Moraes vs Assunção

Who won Moraes vs Assunção?

Marlon Moraes beat Raphael Assuncao by submission in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 2, on Saturday 2nd February 2019 at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza.

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).

Moraes vs Assunção stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Raphael Assuncao made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Raphael Assuncao's came in at 12-7-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a massive power advantage over Assuncao, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Assuncao's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Assuncao had an advantage over Moraes, with a 37% submission rate over Moraes' 24%.

Marlon Moraes was the younger man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Assuncao. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Moraes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 2 months later than Assuncao, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 72 to Assuncao's 88.

Moraes vs Assunção form

Moraes had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Gabriel Alves Braga at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Sheymon Moraes at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had lost to Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Assuncao's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 10 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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