Holm vs Aldana

Who won Holm vs Aldana?

Holly Holm beat Irene Aldana by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Island 4, on Saturday 3rd October 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Holly Holm.

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

Holm vs Aldana stats

Holly Holm stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Irene Aldana made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Holly Holm's 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015.

Holly Holm's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Irene Aldana's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Holm had an advantage in power over Aldana, with a 62% knock out percentage over Aldana's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aldana had a large advantage over Holm, boasting a 25% submission rate over Holm's 0%.

Holly Holm was the older woman by 6 years, at 42 years old.

Aldana had a height advantage of 1 inch over Holm. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Holm was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made her debut in 2011, 1 year and 7 months earlier than Aldana, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 21 more professional rounds, 74 to Aldana's 53.

Holm vs Aldana form

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

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Megan Anderson at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Cris Cyborg at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had beaten Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night 111 on 17th June 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

She had been defeated by Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208 on 11th February 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

Activity check

Holm's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 12 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Aldana's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years and 6 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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