Murata vs Demopoulos

Who won Murata vs Demopoulos?

Vanessa Demopoulos beat Kanako Murata by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson, on Saturday 7th October 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Vanessa Demopoulos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Murata vs Demopoulos stats

Kanako Murata stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Vanessa Demopoulos made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Kanako Murata's UFC record stood at 1-2-0, while Vanessa Demopoulos' came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Murata had a slight advantage in power over Demopoulos, with a 17% knock out percentage over Demopoulos' 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Demopoulos had an advantage over Murata, with a 44% submission rate over Murata's 33%.

Kanako Murata was the younger woman by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Demopoulos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Murata. Despite this, she had 3-inch reach advantage.

Murata's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Demopoulos', having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2016, 1 year and 7 months earlier than Demopoulos, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 2 less professional rounds, 38 to Demopoulos' 40.

Murata vs Demopoulos form

Vanessa Demopoulos had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Kanako Murata at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Maria Oliveira at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Jinh Yu Frey at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She was victorious against Silvana Gomez Juarez at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Activity check

Murata's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 20 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Demopoulos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Murata vs Demopoulos?

Kanako Murata was a 7/25 (-360) favourite going into the contest, while Vanessa Demopoulos made her way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.