Aldrich vs Demopoulos

Who won Aldrich vs Demopoulos?

JJ Aldrich beat Vanessa Demopoulos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Vegas 35, on Saturday 28th August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner JJ Aldrich.

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 Demopoulos stats

JJ Aldrich stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Vanessa Demopoulos made her way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

This was JJ Aldrich's 15th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2016. Vanessa Demopoulos marked her 8th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2021.

JJ Aldrich's UFC record stood at 9-6-0, while Vanessa Demopoulos' came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Aldrich had a large advantage in power over Demopoulos, boasting a 22% knock out percentage over Demopoulos' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Demopoulos had a massive advantage over Aldrich, boasting a 60% submission rate over Aldrich's 0%.

JJ Aldrich was the younger woman by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Aldrich had a height advantage of 3 inches over Demopoulos. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Aldrich was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Demopoulos, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 7 more professional rounds, 51 to Demopoulos' 44.

Aldrich vs Demopoulos form

Vanessa Demopoulos had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Jinh Yu Frey at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Silvana Gomez Juarez at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Going into that contest, she had lost to JJ Aldrich at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, she had been beaten by Lupita Godinez at LFA 94 on 30th October 2020 by majority decision in their LFA Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Hartman Arena, Park City.

She had defeated Sam Hughes at LFA 85 on 17th July 2020 by submission in the 4th round in their LFA Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

Aldrich's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 2 months, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 years and 30 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Demopoulos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 4 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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