Figueiredo vs Moraga

Who won Figueiredo vs Moraga?

Deiveson Figueiredo beat John Moraga by during the main card of UFC Fight Night 135, on Saturday 25th August 2018 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Deiveson Figueiredo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Figueiredo vs Moraga stats

Deiveson Figueiredo stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

John Moraga made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Deiveson Figueiredo's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in June 2017.

Deiveson Figueiredo's UFC record stood at 12-3-1, while John Moraga's came in at 8-6-0.

The stats suggested Figueiredo had a massive power advantage over Moraga, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Moraga's 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraga had a slight advantage over Figueiredo, with a 42% submission rate over Figueiredo's 36%.

Deiveson Figueiredo was the younger man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Moraga had a height advantage of 1 inch over Figueiredo. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Figueiredo was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 3 months later than Moraga, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 56 to Moraga's 64.

Figueiredo vs Moraga form

Deiveson Figueiredo had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rob Font at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Brandon Moreno at UFC 283 on 21st January 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Brandon Moreno at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Brandon Moreno at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

He had drawn with Brandon Moreno at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by majority draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Figueiredo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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