Arteaga vs Yanez

Who won Arteaga vs Yanez?

Veta Arteaga beat Desiree Yanez by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 257, on Friday 16th April 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Veta Arteaga.

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).

Arteaga vs Yanez stats

Veta Arteaga stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Desiree Yanez made her way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Veta Arteaga's Bellator record stood at 6-6-0, while Desiree Yanez's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Yanez had an advantage in power over Arteaga, with a 40% knock out percentage over Arteaga's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Arteaga and Yanez would have been pretty equal, both with a 20% submission rate.

Veta Arteaga was the older woman by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Arteaga was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made her debut in 2016, 2 years earlier than Yanez, whose first professional fight was in 2018. She had fought 9 more professional rounds, 37 to Yanez's 28.

Arteaga vs Yanez form

Veta Arteaga had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Sumiko Inaba at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Vanessa Porto at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Desiree Yanez at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, she had been beaten by Alejandra Lara at Bellator 235 on 20th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

She had been defeated by Ilima Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

Arteaga's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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