Song vs Vera

Who won Song vs Vera?

Yadong Song beat Marlon Vera by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night Jacksonville, on Saturday 16th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yadong Song.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Song vs Vera stats

Yadong Song stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Marlon Vera made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Yadong Song's UFC record stood at 10-3-1, while Marlon Vera's came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Song had a slight advantage in power over Vera, with a 40% knock out percentage over Vera's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vera had a massive advantage over Song, boasting a 53% submission rate over Song's 20%.

Yadong Song was the younger man by 5 years, at 26 years old.

Vera had 3-inch reach advantage.

Song was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 12 years and 10 months earlier than Vera, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 78 to Vera's 84.

Song vs Vera form

Vera had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 5 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Dominick Cruz at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rob Font at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Frankie Edgar at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He was victorious against Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Activity check

Song's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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