Yan vs Esparza

Who won Yan vs Esparza?

Carla Esparza beat Yan Xiaonan by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 27, on Saturday 22nd May 2021 in the United States.

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).

Yan vs Esparza stats

Yan Xiaonan stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Carla Esparza made her way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Yan Xiaonan's 13th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2017. Carla Esparza marked her 16th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Yan Xiaonan's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Carla Esparza's came in at 10-6-0.

The stats suggested Yan had an advantage in power over Esparza, with a 38% knock out percentage over Esparza's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Esparza had a large advantage over Yan, boasting a 24% submission rate over Yan's 0%.

Yan Xiaonan was the younger woman by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Yan had a height advantage of 4 inches over Esparza. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Yan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2009, 2 months earlier than Esparza, whose first professional fight was in 2010. She had fought 16 less professional rounds, 56 to Esparza's 72.

Yan vs Esparza form

Yan had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Weili Zhang at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Jessica Andrade at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Mackenzie Dern at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by majority decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had been beaten by Marina Rodriguez at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

She had been defeated by Carla Esparza at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Activity check

Yan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 9 months and 26 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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