Reed vs Martinez

Who won Reed vs Martinez?

Elise Reed beat Melissa Martinez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 279, on Saturday 10th September 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Elise Reed.

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).

Reed vs Martinez stats

Elise Reed stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Melissa Martinez made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Elise Reed's 9th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2021. Melissa Martinez marked her 2nd fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Elise Reed's UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Melissa Martinez's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Martinez had a massive power advantage over Reed, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Reed's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Reed and Martinez would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Elise Reed was the older woman by 32 years, at 32 years old.

Reed had a height advantage of 1 inch over Martinez. Despite this, Martinez had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Reed was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in , 9 years earlier than Martinez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. She had fought 14 more professional rounds, 33 to Martinez's 19.

Reed vs Martinez form

Elise Reed had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Jinh Yu Frey at UFC Fight Night – Kara- vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Loma Lookboonmee at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Melissa Martinez at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, she had been beaten by Sam Hughes at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had defeated Cory McKenna at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Reed's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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