Jauregui vs Hughes

Who won Jauregui vs Hughes?

Yazmin Jauregui beat Sam Hughes by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 24th February 2024 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Yazmin Jauregui.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Jauregui vs Hughes stats

Yazmin Jauregui stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sam Hughes made her way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Yazmin Jauregui's UFC record stood at 3-1-0, while Sam Hughes' came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Jauregui had a massive power advantage over Hughes, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Hughes' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hughes had a massive advantage over Jauregui, boasting a 38% submission rate over Jauregui's 0%.

Yazmin Jauregui was the younger woman by 6 years, at 25 years old.

Hughes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Jauregui. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Jauregui was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2018, 3 months earlier than Hughes, whose first professional fight was in 2019. She had fought 14 less professional rounds, 20 to Hughes' 34.

Jauregui vs Hughes form

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

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Jaqueline Amorim at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Piera Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Elise Reed at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Istela Nunes at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had been beaten by Luana Pinheiro at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Jauregui's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 14 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Hughes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Jauregui vs Hughes?

Yazmin Jauregui was a 2/13 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Sam Hughes made her way into the ring at 9/2 (+490) with oddsmakers.