Torres vs Waterson

Who won Torres vs Waterson?

Tecia Torres beat Michelle Waterson-Gomez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 218, on Saturday 2nd December 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tecia Torres.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Torres vs Waterson stats

Tecia Torres stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 1 by submission.

Michelle Waterson-Gomez made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Tecia Torres' UFC record stood at 9-6-0, while Michelle Waterson-Gomez's came in at 6-8-0.

The stats suggested that Torres and Waterson have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Torres had an advantage over Waterson, with a 11% submission rate over Waterson's 0%.

Tecia Torres was the younger woman by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Waterson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Torres. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Torres was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 5 years and 7 months later than Waterson, whose first professional fight was in 2007. She had fought 19 less professional rounds, 54 to Waterson's 73.

Torres vs Waterson form

Tecia Torres had beaten 1 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Mackenzie Dern at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Angela Hill at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Weili Zhang at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had been defeated by Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

She had lost to Jessica Andrade at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Activity check

Torres' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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