Aldana vs Kunitskaya

Who won Aldana vs Kunitskaya?

Irene Aldana beat Yana Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 264, on Saturday 10th July 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Aldana vs Kunitskaya stats

Irene Aldana stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Yana Santos made her way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Irene Aldana's 14th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2016. Yana Santos marked her 11th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Irene Aldana's UFC record stood at 8-6-0, while Yana Santos' came in at 6-5-0.

The stats suggested that Aldana and Santos have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aldana had an advantage over Santos, with a 25% submission rate over Santos' 7%.

Irene Aldana was the older woman by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Aldana had a height advantage of 3 inches over Santos. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Aldana was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2012, 3 years and 4 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 4 more professional rounds, 56 to Santos' 52.

Aldana vs Kunitskaya form

Yana Santos had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Irene Aldana at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had won against Ketlen Vieira at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had beaten Julija Stoliarenko at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had been defeated by Aspen Ladd at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

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Aldana's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years and 25 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 17 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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