Kowalkiewicz vs Demopoulos

Who won Kowalkiewicz vs Demopoulos?

Karolina Kowalkiewicz beat Vanessa Demopoulos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2, on Saturday 20th May 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Kowalkiewicz vs Demopoulos stats

Karolina Kowalkiewicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Vanessa Demopoulos made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz's UFC record stood at 9-7-0, while Vanessa Demopoulos' came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Demopoulos had a slight advantage in power over Kowalkiewicz, with a 11% knock out percentage over Kowalkiewicz's 7%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Demopoulos had a large advantage over Kowalkiewicz, boasting a 44% submission rate over Kowalkiewicz's 21%.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz was the older woman by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Kowalkiewicz had a height advantage of 1 inch over Demopoulos. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Kowalkiewicz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 5 years and 6 months earlier than Demopoulos, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 17 more professional rounds, 57 to Demopoulos' 40.

Kowalkiewicz vs Demopoulos form

Vanessa Demopoulos had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Maria Oliveira at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Jinh Yu Frey at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Silvana Gomez Juarez at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, she had lost to JJ Aldrich at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

She had been beaten by Lupita Godinez at LFA 94 on 30th October 2020 by majority decision in their LFA Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Demopoulos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kowalkiewicz vs Demopoulos?

Karolina Kowalkiewicz was a 3/4 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Vanessa Demopoulos made her way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.