Martinez vs Morales

Who won Martinez vs Morales?

Jonathan Martinez beat Vince Morales by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 21st May 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jonathan Martinez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Martinez vs Morales stats

Jonathan Martinez stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Vince Morales made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Jonathan Martinez's UFC record stood at 10-3-0, while Vince Morales' came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Morales had a slight advantage in power over Martinez, with a 55% knock out percentage over Martinez's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Morales had a slight advantage over Martinez, with a 18% submission rate over Martinez's 14%.

Jonathan Martinez was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Martinez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Morales. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Martinez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Morales, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 59 to Morales' 45.

Martinez vs Morales form

Jonathan Martinez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alejandro Perez at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Zviad Lazishvili at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Thomas Almeida at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had been beaten by Andre Soukhamthath at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

Activity check

Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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