Aldrich vs Hardy

Who won Aldrich vs Hardy?

Veronica Macedo beat JJ Aldrich by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 11th May 2024 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Veronica Macedo.

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).

Aldrich vs Hardy stats

JJ Aldrich stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Veronica Macedo made her way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was JJ Aldrich's 15th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2016. Veronica Macedo marked her 8th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2016.

JJ Aldrich's UFC record stood at 9-6-0, while Veronica Macedo's came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Aldrich had a slight advantage in power over Macedo, with a 23% knock out percentage over Macedo's 13%.

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

JJ Aldrich was the older woman by 3 years, at 31 years old.

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

Aldrich was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 1 year and 6 months earlier than Macedo, whose first professional fight was in 2016. She had fought 14 more professional rounds, 51 to Macedo's 37.

Aldrich vs Hardy form

Aldrich 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 won against Montana De La Rosa at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Na Liang at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Ariane da Silva at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, she had been beaten by Erin Blanchfield at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had defeated Gillian Robertson at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Aldrich's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Macedo's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 1 day, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years and 1 day. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Aldrich vs Hardy?

JJ Aldrich was a 11/10 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Veronica Macedo made her way into the ring at 18/25 (-140) with oddsmakers.