Who won Song vs Morales?
Yadong Song beat Vince Morales by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 141, on Saturday 24th November 2018 at Cadillac Arena in Beijing.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Yadong Song.
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).
Song vs Morales stats
Yadong Song stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Vince Morales made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.
The stats suggested Morales had a large advantage in power over Song, boosting at 63% knock out percentage over Song's 38%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Morales had a slight advantage over Song, with a 25% submission rate over Song's 23%.
Yadong Song was the younger man by 7 years, at 26 years old.
Song had a height advantage of 1 inch over Morales. Despite this, Morales had 1-inch reach advantage.
Song was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in , 8 years and 10 months earlier than Morales, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 78 to Morales' 45.
Song vs Morales form
Song had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had beat Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had won against Julio Arce at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
He had beat Casey Kenney at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.
Activity check
Song's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
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