Arteaga vs Porto

Who won Arteaga vs Porto?

Veta Arteaga beat Vanessa Porto by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of Bellator MMA, on Friday 22nd July 2022 at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel in Tacoma.

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).

Arteaga vs Porto stats

Veta Arteaga stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Vanessa Porto made her way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

Veta Arteaga's Bellator record stood at 6-6-0, while Vanessa Porto's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Arteaga had a slight advantage in power over Porto, with a 20% knock out percentage over Porto's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Porto had a large advantage over Arteaga, boasting a 48% submission rate over Arteaga's 20%.

Veta Arteaga was the younger woman by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Arteaga had a height advantage of 1 inch over Porto. Despite this, Porto had 1-inch reach advantage.

Arteaga was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2016, 8 years and 2 months later than Porto, whose first professional fight was in . She had fought 38 less professional rounds, 37 to Porto's 75.

Arteaga vs Porto form

Veta Arteaga had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Sumiko Inaba at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Vanessa Porto at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Desiree Yanez at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had been beaten by Alejandra Lara at Bellator 235 on 20th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

She had been defeated by Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

Arteaga's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 30 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Porto's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 17 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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