Cyborg vs Holm

Who won Cyborg vs Holm?

Cris Cyborg beat Holly Holm by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 219, on Saturday 30th December 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cris Cyborg.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the vacant UFC Women’s Featherweight championship.

Cyborg vs Holm stats

Cris Cyborg stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Holly Holm made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Cris Cyborg's 7th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2016. Holly Holm marked her 16th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Cris Cyborg's UFC record stood at 6-1-0, while Holly Holm's came in at 8-7-0.

The stats suggested Cyborg had an advantage in power over Holm, with a 89% knock out percentage over Holm's 73%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Cyborg and Holm would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Cris Cyborg was the younger woman by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Cyborg was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2005, 5 years and 9 months earlier than Holm, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 5 less professional rounds, 69 to Holm's 74.

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Holm's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 23 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 4 years and 25 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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