Cejudo vs Moraes

Who won Cejudo vs Moraes?

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

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 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 2 years, at 37 years old.

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

Cejudo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 17 years 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

Moraes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Jose Aldo at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Henry Cejudo 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 beaten Raphael Assuncao at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

He had defeated Jimmie Rivera at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

Activity check

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.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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