Demopoulos vs Alencar

Who won Demopoulos vs Alencar?

Talita Alencar beat Vanessa Demopoulos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 5th April 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Talita Alencar.

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).

Demopoulos vs Alencar stats

Vanessa Demopoulos stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Talita Alencar made her way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw and 3 by submission.

This was Vanessa Demopoulos' 10th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2021. Talita Alencar marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Vanessa Demopoulos' UFC record stood at 5-5-0, while Talita Alencar's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Demopoulos had a slight advantage in power over Alencar, with a 9% knock out percentage over Alencar's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alencar had a large advantage over Demopoulos, boasting a 60% submission rate over Demopoulos' 36%.

Vanessa Demopoulos was the older woman by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Demopoulos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Alencar. Despite this, Alencar had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Demopoulos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made her debut in 2017, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Alencar, whose first professional fight was in 2021. She had fought 30 more professional rounds, 50 to Alencar's 20.

Demopoulos vs Alencar form

Vanessa Demopoulos had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Jinh Yu Frey at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Silvana Gomez Juarez at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Going into that contest, she had lost to JJ Aldrich at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, she had been beaten by Lupita Godinez at LFA 94 on 30th October 2020 by majority decision in their LFA Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Hartman Arena, Park City.

She had defeated Sam Hughes at LFA 85 on 17th July 2020 by submission in the 4th round in their LFA Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

Demopoulos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Alencar's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 2 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 25 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Demopoulos vs Alencar start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 10:25 PM UTC , which was 6:25 PM EST or 3:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:25 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Demopoulos vs Alencar?

Vanessa Demopoulos was a 9/10 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Talita Alencar made her way into the ring at 9/10 (-110) with oddsmakers.