Wang vs Caceres

Who won Wang vs Caceres?

Guan Wang beat Alex Caceres by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 122, on Saturday 25th November 2017 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Guan Wang.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Wang vs Caceres stats

Guan Wang stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Alex Caceres made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Guan Wang's UFC record stood at 1-0-0, while Alex Caceres' came in at 16-12-0.

The stats suggested Wang had a massive power advantage over Caceres, boasting a 65% knock out percentage over Caceres' 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Caceres had a large advantage over Wang, boasting a 38% submission rate over Wang's 12%.

Guan Wang was the older man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Wang had a height advantage of 1 inch over Caceres. Despite this, Caceres had 3-inch reach advantage.

Wang was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2006, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Caceres, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 54 less professional rounds, 34 to Caceres' 88.

Wang vs Caceres form

Caceres had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Daniel Pineda at UFC Fight Night – Kara-France vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Julian Erosa at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Sodiq Yusuff at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Seung Woo Choi at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Kron Gracie at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix.

Activity check

Caceres' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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