Marcos vs Yanez

Who won Marcos vs Yanez?

Daniel Marcos beat Adrian Yanez by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 14th December 2024 at Amalie Arena in Tampa.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Daniel Marcos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Marcos vs Yanez stats

Daniel Marcos stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Adrian Yanez made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Daniel Marcos' 5th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Adrian Yanez marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Daniel Marcos' UFC record stood at 4-0-0, while Adrian Yanez's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Yanez had an advantage in power over Marcos, with a 65% knock out percentage over Marcos' 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yanez had an advantage over Marcos, with a 12% submission rate over Marcos' 0%.

Daniel Marcos was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Yanez had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Marcos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 5 months later than Yanez, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 42 to Yanez's 51.

Marcos vs Yanez form

Yanez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Vinicius Salvador at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy on 18th May 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jonathan Martinez at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Rob Font at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

Before that, he had beaten Tony Kelley at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin.

He had defeated Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Marcos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Yanez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What time did Marcos vs Yanez start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:40 AM UTC , which was 10:40 PM EST or 7:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:40 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Marcos vs Yanez?

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