Modafferi vs O'Neill

Who won Modafferi vs O’Neill?

Casey O’Neill beat Roxanne Modafferi by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 271, on Saturday 12th February 2022 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Casey O’Neill.

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

Modafferi vs O’Neill stats

Roxanne Modafferi stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 19 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Casey O’Neill made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Roxanne Modafferi's UFC record stood at 4-8-0, while Casey O’Neill's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Neill had a large advantage in power over Modafferi, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Modafferi's 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Neill had a slight advantage over Modafferi, with a 25% submission rate over Modafferi's 20%.

Roxanne Modafferi was the older woman by 15 years, at 41 years old.

Modafferi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Neill. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Modafferi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 36 more fights, and made her debut in 2003, 15 years and 4 months earlier than Neill, whose first professional fight was in 2019. She had fought 92 more professional rounds, 121 to Neill's 29.

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Neill's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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