Rosa vs Kassem

Who won Rosa vs Kassem?

Montana De La Rosa beat Nadia Kassem by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 234, on Saturday 9th February 2019 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Rosa vs Kassem stats

Montana De La Rosa stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Nadia Kassem made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins and 0 draws, with 4 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Kassem had a massive power advantage over Rosa, boosting at 80% knock out percentage over Rosa's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rosa had a massive advantage over Kassem, boasting at 78% submission rate over Kassem's 0%.

Montana De La Rosa was the older woman by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Rosa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kassem. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Rosa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 11 months earlier than Kassem, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 44 more professional rounds, 55 to Kassem's 11.

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Rosa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 4 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rosa vs Kassem?

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