Formiga vs Bunes

Who won Formiga vs Bunes?

Jussier Formiga beat Felipe Bunes by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of LFA 124, on Friday 11th February 2022 at Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix.

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).

Formiga vs Bunes stats

Jussier Formiga stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.

Felipe Bunes made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Jussier Formiga's LFA record stood at 1-0-0, while Felipe Bunes' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested that Formiga and Bunes have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Formiga had a massive advantage over Bunes, boasting a 43% submission rate over Bunes' 0%.

Jussier Formiga was the older man by 5 years, at 39 years old.

Bunes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Formiga.

Formiga was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 31 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 18 years and 11 months later than Bunes, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 38 more professional rounds, 74 to Bunes' 36.

Formiga vs Bunes form

Jussier Formiga had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Felipe Bunes at LFA 124 on 11th February 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Joseph Benavidez at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Before that, he had defeated Ulka Sasaki at UFC Fight Night 117 on 22nd September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had been beaten by Ray Borg at UFC Fight Night 106 on 11th March 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Olympic Training Center, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

Formiga's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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