Tate vs Avila

Who won Tate vs Avila?

Miesha Tate beat Julia Avila by submission in the 3rd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 2nd December 2023 at Moody Center in Austin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Tate vs Avila stats

Miesha Tate stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Julia Avila made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Miesha Tate's UFC record stood at 7-6-0, while Julia Avila's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Avila had a large advantage in power over Tate, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Tate's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tate had a large advantage over Avila, boasting a 37% submission rate over Avila's 13%.

Miesha Tate was the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Avila had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tate. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Tate was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 2 months earlier than Avila, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 49 more professional rounds, 76 to Avila's 27.

Tate vs Avila form

Miesha Tate had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Lauren Murphy at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ketlen Vieira at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Marion Reneau at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Raquel Pennington at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 200 on 9th July 2016 by submission in the 1st round in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Tate's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tate vs Avila?

Miesha Tate was a 23/20 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Julia Avila made his way into the ring at 71/100 (-140) with oddsmakers.