Jauregui vs Nunes

Who won Jauregui vs Nunes?

Yazmin Jauregui beat Istela Nunes by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 3rd December 2022 at Amway Center in Orlando.

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).

Jauregui vs Nunes stats

Yazmin Jauregui stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Istela Nunes made her way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Yazmin Jauregui's 5th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2022.

Yazmin Jauregui's UFC record stood at 3-2-0, while Istela Nunes' came in at 0-4-0.

The stats suggested Jauregui had a massive power advantage over Nunes, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Nunes' 33%.

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

Yazmin Jauregui was the younger woman by 6 years, at 26 years old.

Nunes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jauregui.

Jauregui was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2018, 3 years later than Nunes, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 7 less professional rounds, 21 to Nunes' 28.

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Nunes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Jauregui vs Nunes?

Yazmin Jauregui was a 7/25 (-360) favourite going into the contest, while Istela Nunes made her way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.