Moraes vs Aldo

Who won Moraes vs Aldo?

Marlon Moraes beat Jose Aldo by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 245, on Saturday 14th December 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marlon Moraes.

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).

Moraes vs Aldo stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Jose Aldo made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Jose Aldo's came in at 13-7-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had an advantage in power over Moraes, with a 61% knock out percentage over Moraes' 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a large advantage over Aldo, boasting a 27% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Marlon Moraes was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Aldo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moraes. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Moraes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 8 months later than Aldo, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 33 less professional rounds, 72 to Aldo's 105.

Moraes vs Aldo form

Moraes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Jose Aldo at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Henry Cejudo at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago.

Before that, he had beaten Raphael Assuncao at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

He had defeated Jimmie Rivera at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

Activity check

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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