Cejudo vs Moraes

Who won Cejudo vs Moraes?

Henry Cejudo beat Marlon Moraes by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 238, on Saturday 8th June 2019 at United Center in Chicago.

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).

This contest was for the UFC Bantamweight championship.

Cejudo vs Moraes stats

Henry Cejudo stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Marlon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Henry Cejudo's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Henry Cejudo's UFC record stood at 10-5-0, while Marlon Moraes' came in at 5-6-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a slight advantage in power over Cejudo, with a 45% knock out percentage over Cejudo's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a large advantage over Cejudo, boasting a 27% submission rate over Cejudo's 0%.

Henry Cejudo was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cejudo. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Cejudo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 18 years earlier than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 19 less professional rounds, 53 to Moraes' 72.

Cejudo vs Moraes form

Moraes had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to 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, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Rob Font at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Cejudo's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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