Moraes vs Aldo

Who won Moraes vs Aldo?

Marlon Moraes beat Jose Aldo by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 245, on Saturday 14th December 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marlon Moraes.

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).

Moraes vs Aldo stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Jose Aldo made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Jose Aldo marked his 22nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Jose Aldo's came in at 14-8-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had an advantage in power over Moraes, with a 61% knock out percentage over Moraes' 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a large advantage over Aldo, boasting a 27% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Marlon Moraes was the younger man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Aldo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moraes. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Moraes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 8 months later than Aldo, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 39 less professional rounds, 72 to Aldo's 111.

Moraes vs Aldo form

Moraes had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gabriel Alves Braga at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Sheymon Moraes at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had lost to Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Jose Aldo had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Renato Moicano at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jeremy Stephens at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

Before that, he had lost to Max Holloway at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

He had been beaten by Max Holloway at UFC 212 on 3rd June 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Marlon Moraes had been fighting more than Jose Aldo.

Going to this contest, Marlon Moraes had last fought 1 year, 10 months and 23 days ago, while Jose Aldo's last outing had been 5 years, 11 months and 20 days ago.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 7 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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