Velasquez vs Williams

Who won Velasquez vs Williams?

Juliana Velasquez beat Kristina Williams by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 224, on Friday 12th July 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

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).

Velasquez vs Williams stats

Juliana Velasquez stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Kristina Williams made her way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Juliana Velasquez's Bellator record stood at 7-2-0, while Kristina Williams' came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Velasquez had a slight advantage in power over Williams, with a 38% knock out percentage over Williams' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Velasquez had an advantage over Williams, with a 13% submission rate over Williams' 0%.

Juliana Velasquez was the older woman by 3 years, at 37 years old.

Williams had a height advantage of 2 inches over Velasquez. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Velasquez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Williams, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 33 more professional rounds, 47 to Williams' 14.

Velasquez vs Williams form

Velasquez had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Liz Carmouche at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Liz Carmouche at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, she had won against Denise Kielholtz at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by split decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had beaten Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 254 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

She had defeated Kristina Williams at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

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Velasquez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 18 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Williams' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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