Aldana vs Kunitskaya

Who won Aldana vs Kunitskaya?

Irene Aldana beat Yana Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 264, on Saturday 10th July 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Aldana vs Kunitskaya stats

Irene Aldana stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Yana Santos made her way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Irene Aldana's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Yana Santos' came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested that Aldana and Santos have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aldana had an advantage over Santos, with a 25% submission rate over Santos' 7%.

Irene Aldana was the older woman by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Aldana had a height advantage of 3 inches over Santos. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Aldana was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2012, 3 years and 4 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 7 more professional rounds, 53 to Santos' 46.

Aldana vs Kunitskaya form

Aldana had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, she had won against Macy Chiasson at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Yana Santos at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had been beaten by Holly Holm at UFC Fight Island 4 on 3rd October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

She had defeated Vanessa Melo at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Aldana's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 1 day. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 23 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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