Cejudo vs Cruz

Who won Cejudo vs Cruz?

Henry Cejudo beat Dominick Cruz by during the co-main event of UFC 249, on Saturday 9th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Henry Cejudo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC bantamweight championship.

Cejudo vs Cruz stats

Henry Cejudo stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Dominick Cruz made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Henry Cejudo's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, while Dominick Cruz's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Cejudo had an advantage in power over Cruz, with a 47% knock out percentage over Cruz's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cruz had a slight advantage over Cejudo, with a 5% submission rate over Cejudo's 0%.

Henry Cejudo was the younger man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Cruz had a height advantage of 4 inches over Cejudo. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Cejudo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 19 years and 2 months earlier than Cruz, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 33 less professional rounds, 50 to Cruz's 83.

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Cejudo's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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