Demopoulos vs Alencar

Who won Demopoulos vs Alencar?

Talita Alencar beat Vanessa Demopoulos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 5th April 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Talita Alencar.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Demopoulos vs Alencar stats

Vanessa Demopoulos stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Talita Alencar made her way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw and 3 by submission.

This was Vanessa Demopoulos' 9th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2021. Talita Alencar marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Vanessa Demopoulos' UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Talita Alencar's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Demopoulos had a slight advantage in power over Alencar, with a 9% knock out percentage over Alencar's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alencar had a large advantage over Demopoulos, boasting a 60% submission rate over Demopoulos' 36%.

Vanessa Demopoulos was the older woman by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Demopoulos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Alencar. Despite this, Alencar had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Demopoulos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made her debut in 2017, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Alencar, whose first professional fight was in 2021. She had fought 27 more professional rounds, 47 to Alencar's 20.

Demopoulos vs Alencar form

Vanessa Demopoulos had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Jaqueline Amorim at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady on 7th September 2024 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Emily Ducote at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy on 18th May 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Kanako Murata at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had been beaten by Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

She had defeated Maria Oliveira at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Demopoulos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 20 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Alencar's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Demopoulos vs Alencar start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 10:25 PM UTC , which was 6:25 PM EST or 3:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:25 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Demopoulos vs Alencar?

Vanessa Demopoulos was a 9/10 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Talita Alencar made her way into the ring at 9/10 (-110) with oddsmakers.