Vieira vs Zingano

Who won Vieira vs Zingano?

Ketlen Vieira beat Cat Zingano by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 222, on Saturday 3rd March 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ketlen Vieira.

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).

Vieira vs Zingano stats

Ketlen Vieira stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Cat Zingano made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Ketlen Vieira's UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Cat Zingano's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Zingano had a massive power advantage over Vieira, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Vieira's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vieira had an advantage over Zingano, with a 44% submission rate over Zingano's 33%.

Ketlen Vieira was the younger woman by 9 years, at 32 years old.

Vieira had a height advantage of 2 inches over Zingano. Despite this, Zingano had 2-inch reach advantage.

Vieira was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2014, 6 years and 3 months later than Zingano, whose first professional fight was in 2008. She had fought 2 more professional rounds, 44 to Zingano's 42.

Vieira vs Zingano form

Ketlen Vieira had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Raquel Pennington at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Miesha Tate at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had been beaten by Yana Santos at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had defeated Sijara Eubanks at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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Vieira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 23 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 17 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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