Durden vs Mota

Who won Durden vs Mota?

Cody Durden beat Carlos Mota by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 29th October 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cody Durden.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Durden vs Mota stats

Cody Durden stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Carlos Mota made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Cody Durden's UFC record stood at 5-3-1, while Carlos Mota's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Mota had a slight advantage in power over Durden, with a 50% knock out percentage over Durden's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Durden had a massive advantage over Mota, boasting a 38% submission rate over Mota's 0%.

Cody Durden was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Durden had a height advantage of 2 inches over Mota. Despite this, Mota had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Durden was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 4 months earlier than Mota, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 41 to Mota's 25.

Durden vs Mota form

Durden had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jake Hadley at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Charles Johnson at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Carlos Mota at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against JP Buys at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Muhammad Mokaev at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Durden's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Mota's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Durden vs Mota?

Cody Durden was a 7/5 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Carlos Mota made his way into the ring at 59/100 (-170) with oddsmakers.