Cejudo vs Moraes

Who won Cejudo vs Moraes?

Henry Cejudo beat Marlon Moraes by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 238, on Saturday 8th June 2019 at United Center in Chicago.

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 Moraes stats

Henry Cejudo stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Marlon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Henry Cejudo's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, while Marlon Moraes' came in at 5-6-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a slight advantage in power over Cejudo, with a 45% knock out percentage over Cejudo's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a large advantage over Cejudo, boasting a 27% submission rate over Cejudo's 0%.

Henry Cejudo was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cejudo. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Cejudo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 17 years and 3 months earlier than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 50 to Moraes' 72.

Cejudo vs Moraes form

Cejudo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by split decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marlon Moraes at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago.

Before that, he had defeated T.J. Dillashaw at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He was victorious against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by split decision in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Staples Center, Los Angeles.

Activity check

Cejudo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Moraes' last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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