Montaño vs Modafferi

Who won Montaño vs Modafferi?

Nicco Monta o beat Roxanne Modafferi by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale, on Friday 1st December 2017 at Park Theatre in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nicco Monta o.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Women’s Flyweight championship.

Montaño vs Modafferi stats

Nicco Monta o stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Roxanne Modafferi made her way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Nicco Monta o's UFC record stood at 1-1-0, while Roxanne Modafferi's came in at 4-8-0.

The stats suggested o had a massive power advantage over Modafferi, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Modafferi's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Modafferi had a large advantage over o, boasting a 24% submission rate over o's 0%.

Nicco Monta o was the younger woman by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Modafferi had a height advantage of 2 inches over o. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

o was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 29 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2015, 12 years later than Modafferi, whose first professional fight was in 2003. She had fought 97 less professional rounds, 24 to Modafferi's 121.

Montaño vs Modafferi form

Modafferi 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 lost to Viviane Araujo at UFC Fight Island 8 on 20th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, she had won against Andrea Lee at UFC Vegas 10 on 12th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Antonina Shevchenko at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Before that, she had defeated Barb Honchak at The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale on 6th July 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas, United States.

She had been beaten by Nicco Monta o at The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale on 1st December 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Park Theatre, Las Vegas.

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Modafferi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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