Cerrone vs Morono

Who won Cerrone vs Morono?

Alex Morono beat Donald Cerrone by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 26, on Saturday 8th May 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Cerrone vs Morono stats

Donald Cerrone stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Alex Morono made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Donald Cerrone's UFC record stood at 23-14-0, while Alex Morono's came in at 13-6-0.

The stats suggested that Cerrone and Morono have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Cerrone and Morono would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Donald Cerrone was the older man by 8 years, at 41 years old.

Cerrone had a height advantage of 2 inches over Morono. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Cerrone was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2006, 4 years and 9 months earlier than Morono, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 115 to Morono's 74.

Cerrone vs Morono form

Donald Cerrone had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, his fight against Niko Price at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, he had lost to Conor McGregor at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Justin Gaethje at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tony Ferguson at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at United Center, Chicago, United States.

He had won against Al Iaquinta at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Activity check

Cerrone's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Cerrone vs Morono?

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