Vera vs Cruz

Who won Vera vs Cruz?

Marlon Vera beat Dominick Cruz by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Vera vs Cruz stats

Marlon Vera stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Dominick Cruz made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Marlon Vera's UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Dominick Cruz's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Vera had a slight advantage in power over Cruz, with a 37% knock out percentage over Cruz's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vera had a massive advantage over Cruz, boasting a 42% submission rate over Cruz's 4%.

Marlon Vera was the younger man by 8 years, at 31 years old.

Vera had 2-inch reach advantage.

Vera's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Cruz's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 years and 4 months later than Cruz, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 84 to Cruz's 83.

Vera vs Cruz form

Vera had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Frankie Edgar at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jose Aldo at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Sean O’Malley at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Cruz's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Vera vs Cruz?

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