Aldrich vs Demopoulos

Who won Aldrich vs Demopoulos?

JJ Aldrich beat Vanessa Demopoulos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Vegas 35, on Saturday 28th August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner JJ Aldrich.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Aldrich vs Demopoulos stats

JJ Aldrich stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Vanessa Demopoulos made her way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

This was JJ Aldrich's 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2016. Vanessa Demopoulos marked her 8th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2021.

JJ Aldrich's UFC record stood at 10-6-0, while Vanessa Demopoulos' came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Aldrich had a large advantage in power over Demopoulos, boasting a 22% knock out percentage over Demopoulos' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Demopoulos had a massive advantage over Aldrich, boasting a 60% submission rate over Aldrich's 0%.

JJ Aldrich was the younger woman by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Aldrich had a height advantage of 3 inches over Demopoulos. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Aldrich was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Demopoulos, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 10 more professional rounds, 54 to Demopoulos' 44.

Aldrich vs Demopoulos form

Vanessa Demopoulos had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Lupita Godinez at LFA 94 on 30th October 2020 by majority decision in their LFA Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Hartman Arena, Park City, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Sam Hughes at LFA 85 on 17th July 2020 by submission in the 4th round in their LFA Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Loveth Young at LFA 81 on 31st January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa.

Before that, she had defeated Nadine Mandiau at LFA 69 on 7th June 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon.

She was victorious against Valerie Ann Marie Soto at LFA 62 on 22nd March 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at The Bomb Factory, Dallas.

Activity check

Aldrich's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 3 years, 3 months and 20 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Demopoulos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 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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