Anjos vs Moicano

Who won Anjos vs Moicano?

Rafael dos Anjos beat Renato Moicano by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 272, on Saturday 5th March 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-44, 49-44, 49-45 in favor of winner Rafael dos Anjos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Anjos vs Moicano division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Anjos vs Moicano stats

Rafael dos Anjos stepped into the octagon with a record of 30 wins, 13 loses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Renato Moicano made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins and 0 draws.

The stats suggested Anjos had an advantage in power over Moicano, with a 17% knock out percentage over Moicano's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anjos had a massive advantage over Moicano, boasting at 33% submission rate over Moicano's 0%.

Rafael dos Anjos was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Moicano had a height advantage of 3 inches over Anjos. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Anjos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 43 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 5 years and 5 months earlier than Moicano, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 83 more professional rounds, 136 to Moicano's 53.

Anjos vs Moicano form

Renato Moicano had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Alexander Hernandez at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jai Herbert at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Damir Had ovi at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Before that, he had been beaten by Chan Sung Jung at UFC on ESPN+ 12 on 22nd June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, United States.

He had lost to Jose Aldo at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

Moicano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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