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 23rd 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 14-9-0.

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 42 less professional rounds, 72 to Aldo's 114.

Moraes vs Aldo form

Marlon Moraes had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Rob Font at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had won against Jose Aldo at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Jose Aldo had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Aiemann Zahabi at UFC 315 on 10th May 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Centre Bell, Montreal, Canada.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Mario Bautista at UFC 307 on 5th October 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jonathan Martinez at UFC 301 on 4th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

He had defeated Rob Font at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Marlon Moraes had last fought 3 years, 3 months and 6 days ago, while Jose Aldo's last outing had been 1 month and 8 days ago.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 6 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 3 years, 6 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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