Araujo vs Modafferi

Who won Araujo vs Modafferi?

Viviane Araujo beat Roxanne Modafferi by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Island 8, on Wednesday 20th January 2021 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Viviane Araujo.

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

Araujo vs Modafferi stats

Viviane Araujo stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Roxanne Modafferi made her way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 17 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Viviane Araujo's UFC record stood at 6-5-0, while Roxanne Modafferi's came in at 4-8-0.

The stats suggested Modafferi had an advantage in power over Araujo, with a 16% knock out percentage over Araujo's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Modafferi had an advantage over Araujo, with a 20% submission rate over Araujo's 0%.

Viviane Araujo was the younger woman by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Modafferi had a height advantage of 3 inches over Araujo. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Araujo was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 42 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2015, 11 years and 11 months later than Modafferi, whose first professional fight was in 2003. She had fought 75 less professional rounds, 46 to Modafferi's 121.

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Modafferi's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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