Waterson vs Casey

Who won Waterson vs Casey?

Michelle Waterson-Gomez beat Cortney Casey by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on FOX 29, on Saturday 14th April 2018 at Gila River Arena in Glendale.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Michelle Waterson-Gomez.

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).

Waterson vs Casey stats

Michelle Waterson-Gomez stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Cortney Casey made her way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Casey had a massive power advantage over Waterson, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Waterson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Casey had a massive advantage over Waterson, boasting a 43% submission rate over Waterson's 0%.

Michelle Waterson-Gomez was the older woman by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Casey had a height advantage of 4 inches over Waterson. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Waterson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2007, 6 years and 3 months earlier than Casey, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 27 more professional rounds, 73 to Casey's 46.

Waterson vs Casey form

Michelle Waterson-Gomez had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Marina Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Angela Hill at UFC Vegas 10 on 12th September 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Before that, she had beaten Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

She had defeated Felice Herrig at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Waterson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 9 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

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