Quinonez vs Barcelos

Who won Quinonez vs Barcelos?

Raoni Barcelos beat Cristian Quinonez by during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 24th February 2024 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Raoni Barcelos.

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).

Quinonez vs Barcelos stats

Cristian Quinonez stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Raoni Barcelos made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Cristian Quinonez's UFC record stood at 1-2-0, while Raoni Barcelos' came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Quinonez had a slight advantage in power over Barcelos, with a 56% knock out percentage over Barcelos' 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Quinonez had a slight advantage over Barcelos, with a 17% submission rate over Barcelos' 12%.

Cristian Quinonez was the younger man by 9 years, at 28 years old.

Quinonez had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Quinonez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 4 months later than Barcelos, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 51 to Barcelos' 56.

Quinonez vs Barcelos form

Raoni Barcelos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kyler Phillips at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had won against Trevin Jones at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Victor Henry at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He had lost to Timur Valiev at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Quinonez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Barcelos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Quinonez vs Barcelos?

Cristian Quinonez was a 11/8 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Raoni Barcelos made his way into the ring at 4/7 (-180) with oddsmakers.