Demopoulos vs Hughes

Who won Demopoulos vs Hughes?

Vanessa Demopoulos beat Sam Hughes by submission in the 4th round during the main event of LFA 85, on Friday 17th July 2020 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Demopoulos vs Hughes stats

Vanessa Demopoulos stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

Sam Hughes made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Vanessa Demopoulos' 7th fight in the LFA, having made her debut for the promotion in 2018. Sam Hughes marked her 3rd fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Vanessa Demopoulos' LFA record stood at 5-2-0, while Sam Hughes' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested that Demopoulos and Hughes have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Demopoulos had a massive advantage over Hughes, boasting a 50% submission rate over Hughes' 0%.

Vanessa Demopoulos was the older woman by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Hughes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Demopoulos. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Demopoulos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2017, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Hughes, whose first professional fight was in 2019. She had fought 4 more professional rounds, 44 to Hughes' 40.

Demopoulos vs Hughes form

Vanessa Demopoulos had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Silvana Gomez Juarez at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to JJ Aldrich at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by 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.

Before that, she had beaten 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.

She had defeated 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.

Activity check

Demopoulos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year 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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