Gadelha vs Kowalkiewicz

Who won Gadelha vs Kowalkiewicz?

Claudia Gadelha beat Karolina Kowalkiewicz by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC 212, on Saturday 3rd June 2017 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

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).

Gadelha vs Kowalkiewicz stats

Claudia Gadelha stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz marked her 18th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Claudia Gadelha's UFC record stood at 7-5-0, while Karolina Kowalkiewicz's came in at 9-9-0.

The stats suggested Gadelha had a slight advantage in power over Kowalkiewicz, with a 14% knock out percentage over Kowalkiewicz's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gadelha had a large advantage over Kowalkiewicz, boasting a 43% submission rate over Kowalkiewicz's 20%.

Claudia Gadelha was the younger woman by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Gadelha had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kowalkiewicz. Despite this, Kowalkiewicz had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Gadelha was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2008, 3 years and 10 months earlier than Kowalkiewicz, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 8 less professional rounds, 55 to Kowalkiewicz's 63.

Gadelha vs Kowalkiewicz form

Karolina Kowalkiewicz had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Vanessa Demopoulos 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, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Silvana Gomez Juarez at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Felice Herrig at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had lost to Jessica Penne at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

She had been beaten by Yan Xiaonan at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Kowalkiewicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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