Aldo vs Vera

Who won Aldo vs Vera?

Jose Aldo beat Marlon Vera by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 17, on Saturday 19th December 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jose Aldo.

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

Aldo vs Vera stats

Jose Aldo stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Marlon Vera made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Jose Aldo's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Marlon Vera marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Jose Aldo's UFC record stood at 14-9-0, while Marlon Vera's came in at 15-9-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had a large advantage in power over Vera, boasting a 61% knock out percentage over Vera's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vera had a massive advantage over Aldo, boasting a 50% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Jose Aldo was the older man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

Vera had a height advantage of 1 inch over Aldo. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Aldo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 6 years and 10 months earlier than Vera, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 114 to Vera's 87.

Aldo vs Vera form

Jose Aldo had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Petr Yan at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marlon Moraes at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had won against Renato Moicano at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza.

He had beaten Jeremy Stephens at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

Vera had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Frankie Edgar at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jose Aldo at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Sean O’Malley at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Marlon Vera had been fighting more than Jose Aldo.

Going to this contest, Jose Aldo had last fought 4 years, 10 months and 12 days ago, while Marlon Vera's last outing had been 3 years, 6 months and 17 days ago.

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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