Morales vs Pearce

Who won Morales vs Pearce?

Jonathan Pearce beat Omar Morales by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 266, on Saturday 25th September 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Morales vs Pearce stats

Omar Morales stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jonathan Pearce made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Pearce had a massive power advantage over Morales, boosting at 80% knock out percentage over Morales' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Morales had a massive advantage over Pearce, boasting at 45% submission rate over Pearce's 10%.

Omar Morales was the older man by 7 years, at 37 years old.

Pearce had a height advantage of 1 inch over Morales. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Morales was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Pearce, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 27 to Pearce's 36.

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Pearce's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Morales vs Pearce?

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