Arteaga vs Yanez

Who won Arteaga vs Yanez?

Veta Arteaga beat Desiree Yanez by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 257, on Friday 16th April 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Veta Arteaga.

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 Yanez 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.

Desiree Yanez made her way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Veta Arteaga's Bellator record stood at 6-6-0, while Desiree Yanez's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Yanez had an advantage in power over Arteaga, with a 40% knock out percentage over Arteaga's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Arteaga and Yanez would have been pretty equal, both with a 20% submission rate.

Veta Arteaga was the older woman by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Arteaga was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made her debut in 2016, 2 years earlier than Yanez, whose first professional fight was in 2018. She had fought 9 more professional rounds, 37 to Yanez's 28.

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Arteaga's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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