Caceres vs Yusuff

Who won Caceres vs Yusuff?

Sodiq Yusuff beat Alex Caceres by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Sodiq Yusuff.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Caceres vs Yusuff stats

Alex Caceres stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Sodiq Yusuff made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Sodiq Yusuff marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in December 2018.

Alex Caceres' UFC record stood at 16-12-0, while Sodiq Yusuff's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Yusuff had a massive power advantage over Caceres, boasting a 55% knock out percentage over Caceres' 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Caceres had a massive advantage over Yusuff, boasting a 37% submission rate over Yusuff's 0%.

Alex Caceres was the older man by 5 years, at 35 years old.

Caceres had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yusuff. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Caceres was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 5 months earlier than Yusuff, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 51 more professional rounds, 88 to Yusuff's 37.

Caceres vs Yusuff form

Caceres had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Giga Chikadze at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Daniel Pineda at UFC Fight Night – Kara-France vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Julian Erosa at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Sodiq Yusuff at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Seung Woo Choi at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Caceres' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Yusuff's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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