Moraes vs Song

Who won Moraes vs Song?

Yadong Song beat Marlon Moraes by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Song stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Yadong Song made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Yadong Song's came in at 10-3-1.

The stats suggested Moraes had a slight advantage in power over Song, with a 43% knock out percentage over Song's 39%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a slight advantage over Song, with a 26% submission rate over Song's 17%.

Marlon Moraes was the older man by 9 years, at 35 years old.

Song had a height advantage of 2 inches over Moraes. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Moraes was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 17 years later than Song, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 72 to Song's 78.

Moraes vs Song form

Marlon Moraes had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before 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.

He had lost to 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.

Song had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Julio Arce at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Casey Kenney at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Marlon Vera at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had drawn with Cody Stamann at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

He had won against Vince Morales at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Marlon Moraes had last fought 2 years, 7 months and 21 days ago, while Yadong Song's last outing had been 2 years, 5 months and 12 days ago.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Song's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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