Velasquez vs Lara

Who won Velasquez vs Lara?

Juliana Velasquez beat Alejandra Lara by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 212, on Friday 14th December 2018 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Juliana Velasquez.

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).

Velasquez vs Lara stats

Juliana Velasquez stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Alejandra Lara made her way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Juliana Velasquez's Bellator record stood at 7-2-0, while Alejandra Lara's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested that Velasquez and Lara have similar power, both with a 43% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lara had a large advantage over Velasquez, boasting a 43% submission rate over Velasquez's 14%.

Juliana Velasquez was the older woman by 8 years, at 37 years old.

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

Velasquez was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2014, 2 years and 11 months later than Lara, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 10 more professional rounds, 47 to Lara's 37.

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Velasquez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 3 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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