Moraes vs Assunção

Who won Moraes vs Assunção?

Marlon Moraes beat Raphael Assuncao by submission in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 2, on Saturday 2nd February 2019 at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Moraes vs Assunção stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Raphael Assuncao made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Raphael Assuncao's came in at 12-7-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a massive power advantage over Assuncao, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Assuncao's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Assuncao had an advantage over Moraes, with a 37% submission rate over Moraes' 24%.

Marlon Moraes was the younger man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

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

Moraes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 2 months later than Assuncao, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 72 to Assuncao's 88.

Moraes vs Assunção form

Marlon Moraes had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rob Font at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had been defeated 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.

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.

Activity check

Moraes' 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 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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