Moraes vs Aldo

Who won Moraes vs Aldo?

Marlon Moraes beat Jose Aldo by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 245, on Saturday 14th December 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marlon Moraes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Moraes vs Aldo stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Jose Aldo made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Jose Aldo's came in at 13-7-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had an advantage in power over Moraes, with a 61% knock out percentage over Moraes' 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a large advantage over Aldo, boasting a 27% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Marlon Moraes was the younger man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Aldo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moraes. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Moraes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 8 months later than Aldo, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 33 less professional rounds, 72 to Aldo's 105.

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Moraes' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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