Moraes vs Moraes

Who won Moraes vs Moraes?

Sheymon Moraes beat Marlon Moraes by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship, on Friday 25th November 2022 at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden in New York.

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 Moraes stats

Sheymon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Marlon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Sheymon Moraes' PFL record stood at 4-2-0, while Marlon Moraes' came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested that Moraes and Moraes have similar power, both with a 43% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had an advantage over Moraes, with a 26% submission rate over Moraes' 7%.

Sheymon Moraes was the younger man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Moraes. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Moraes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 11 months later than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 50 to Moraes' 72.

Moraes vs Moraes form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Lance Palmer at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Boston Salmon at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Lazar Stojadinovic at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, he had defeated Jesse Stirn at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had been beaten by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Marlon Moraes had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Rob Font at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated 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.

He was victorious 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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Sheymon Moraes had been fighting more than Marlon Moraes.

Going to this contest, Sheymon Moraes had last fought 1 year and 10 months ago, while Marlon Moraes' last outing had been 2 years, 1 month and 12 days ago.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Moraes vs Moraes?

Sheymon Moraes was a 8/1 (+450) underdog going into the contest, while Marlon Moraes made his way into the ring at 3/100 (-230) with oddsmakers.