Who won Zhang vs Lemos?
Weili Zhang beat Amanda Lemos by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 292, on Saturday 19th August 2023 at TD Garden in Boston.
The scorecards were announced as 50-43, 50-44, 49-45 in favor of winner Weili Zhang.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).
This contest was for the UFC women’s strawweight championship.
Zhang vs Lemos stats
Weili Zhang stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.
Amanda Lemos made her way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 8 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.
The stats suggested Lemos had an advantage in power over Zhang, with a 62% knock out percentage over Zhang's 48%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zhang had an advantage over Lemos, with a 35% submission rate over Lemos' 23%.
Weili Zhang was the younger woman by 2 years, at 34 years old.
Lemos had 2-inch reach advantage.
Zhang was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made her debut in 2013, 8 months earlier than Lemos, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 18 more professional rounds, 54 to Lemos' 36.
Zhang vs Lemos form
Lemos had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.
In her last fight before this contest, she had defeated Marina Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, she had defeated Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York.
Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, she had beat Angela Hill at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest.
She had won against Montserrat Ruiz at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Activity check
Lemos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 6 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Zhang vs Lemos?
Weili Zhang was a 3/10 (-370) favourite going into the contest, while Amanda Lemos made her way into the ring at 13/5 (+330) with oddsmakers.
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