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 22nd 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 14-8-0, 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 24 more professional rounds, 111 to Vera's 87.

Aldo vs Vera form

Jose Aldo had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Rob Font at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Pedro Munhoz at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had defeated Marlon Vera at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by 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.

Activity check

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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