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The Professional Fighters League swings back into gear on Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, where lightweights Clay Collard and Alex Martinez will shoulder the marquee. Collard and Martinez enter their PFL 4 main event with three points each in the current standings at 155 pounds.
Collard climbs into the cage with wins in five of his past six bouts. He last appeared on April 20, when he kicked off his 2022 campaign with a unanimous decision from fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Jeremy Stephens. Martinez, meanwhile, has lost twice in his past three outings. He last competed at PFL 1, where he was awarded a unanimous verdict over Steven Ray in April.
As Collard and Martinez pore over the remaining details associated with their forthcoming clash, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
29: Years of age for Collard, who was born in Payson, Utah, on March 10, 1993.
10: Collard wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 48% of his career total (21). His list of victims includes Lucas Montoya, Steve Sharp and Dustin Collins. Collard holds three other wins by submission and eight more by decision.
44: Seconds needed for Collard to wipe out Steve Walser with punches at Showdown Fights 7 in May 2012. More than a decade later, it remains the fastest finish of his 31-fight career.
124: Significant strikes absorbed by Collard in his third-round technical knockout loss to eventual featherweight champion Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night 49 on Aug. 23, 2014. It was the Hawaiian’s highest output to date at the time.
155: Combined victories between the nine opponents—Holloway, Raush Manfio, Darrick Minner, Tiago dos Santos e Silva, Gabriel Benitez, Justin Buchholz, David Castillo, Oliver Parker and Jose Salgado—who have defeated Collard. They sport a .686 cumulative winning percentage (155-70-1).
28: Years of age for Martinez, who was born on May 21, 1994 in Encarnacion, Paraguay.
4: Martinez victories by submission, accounting for 44% of his career total (nine). His methods of choice: two guillotine chokes, one rear-naked choke and one armbar. Martinez owns two other victories by knockout or technical knockout and three more by decision.
20: Professional rounds completed by Martinez as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on five different occasions and carries a 3-2 record in those bouts.
7: Consecutive calendar years in which Martinez has fought at least once. In addition to his 1-0 mark in 2022, he went 1-0 in 2016, 2-0 in 2017, 2-0 in 2018, 1-0 with one no contest in 2019, 1-0 in 2020 and 1-2 in 2021.
.771: Cumulative winning percentage between the two opponents—Loik Radzhabov and Natan Schulte—who have beaten Martinez. They boast a combined record of 37-9-2.
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