Who won Prates vs Rocha?
Carlos Prates beat Moacir Rocha by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of LFA 146, on Friday 4th November 2022 at Ginásio do Polvilho in Cajamar.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).
Prates vs Rocha stats
Carlos Prates stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.
Moacir Rocha made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.
This was Carlos Prates' 2nd fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Moacir Rocha will be making their debut in the LFA.
Carlos Prates' LFA record stood at 2-0-0.
The stats suggested Prates had a large advantage in power over Rocha, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Rocha's 25%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rocha had a large advantage over Prates, boasting a 50% submission rate over Prates' 20%.
Carlos Prates was the same age as Moacir Rocha, at 30 years old.
Rocha had a height advantage of 3 inches over Prates.
Prates was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Rocha, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 42 to Rocha's 40.
Prates vs Rocha form
Prates had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Eduardo Ramon at LFA 154 on 10th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio do Polvilho, Cajamar, Brazil.
Previous to that, he had beaten Moacir Rocha at LFA 146 on 4th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio do Polvilho, Cajamar.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Joseph Luciano at ONE Warrior Series 9 on 4th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in Singapore.
Before that, he had lost to Gadjimurad Abdulaev at ONE Warrior Series 6 on 20th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.
He was victorious against Gunter Kalunda Ngunza at ONE Warrior Series 5 on 25th April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round.
Activity check
Prates' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Prates vs Rocha?
Carlos Prates was a 6/25 (-420) favourite going into the contest, while Moacir Rocha made his way into the ring at 27/10 (+270) with oddsmakers.
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