Moraes vs Sterling

Who won Moraes vs Sterling?

Marlon Moraes beat Aljamain Sterling by during the main card of UFC Fight Night 123, on Saturday 9th December 2017 at SaveMart Center in Fresno.

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 Sterling stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Aljamain Sterling made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Aljamain Sterling marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in February 2014.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Aljamain Sterling's came in at 16-4-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a large advantage in power over Sterling, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Sterling's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sterling had an advantage over Moraes, with a 43% submission rate over Moraes' 26%.

Marlon Moraes was the older man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Sterling had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moraes. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Moraes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years earlier than Sterling, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 72 to Sterling's 76.

Moraes vs Sterling 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 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.

Sterling 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 been defeated by Sean O’Malley at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Henry Cejudo at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by split decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had won against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Petr Yan at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by split decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

He had defeated Petr Yan at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by split decision in the 4th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Marlon Moraes had last fought 3 years, 6 months and 8 days ago, while Aljamain Sterling's last outing had been 7 months and 30 days ago.

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.

Sterling's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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