Aldo vs Munhoz

Who won Aldo vs Munhoz?

Jose Aldo beat Pedro Munhoz by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Jose Aldo.

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

Aldo vs Munhoz stats

Jose Aldo stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Pedro Munhoz made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Jose Aldo's UFC record stood at 13-7-0, while Pedro Munhoz's came in at 10-9-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had a massive power advantage over Munhoz, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Munhoz's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Munhoz had a massive advantage over Aldo, boasting a 42% submission rate over Aldo's 3%.

Jose Aldo was the same age as Pedro Munhoz, at 37 years old.

Aldo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Munhoz. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Aldo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Munhoz, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 105 to Munhoz's 73.

Aldo vs Munhoz form

Pedro Munhoz had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Chris Gutierrez at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Sean O’Malley at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Dominick Cruz at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jose Aldo at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

He had been defeated by Frankie Edgar at UFC Vegas 7 on 22nd August 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Munhoz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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