Vera vs Cruz

Who won Vera vs Cruz?

Marlon Vera beat Dominick Cruz by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Vera vs Cruz stats

Marlon Vera stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Dominick Cruz made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Marlon Vera's UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Dominick Cruz's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Vera had a slight advantage in power over Cruz, with a 37% knock out percentage over Cruz's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vera had a massive advantage over Cruz, boasting a 42% submission rate over Cruz's 4%.

Marlon Vera was the younger man by 8 years, at 31 years old.

Vera had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Vera's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Cruz's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 years and 4 months later than Cruz, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 84 to Cruz's 83.

Vera vs Cruz form

Vera had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Guido Cannetti at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Douglas Andrade at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

Before that, he had been defeated by John Lineker at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo.

He had beaten Brad Pickett at UFC Fight Night 107 on 18th March 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Vera vs Cruz?

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