Feb 02 2019
Saturday

Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil

Main Event
5 rounds contest @ Bantamweight
21-5-0
Sub 1
Sub 1
27-5-0

The tape

36
Age
42
5' 6" / 168 cm
Height
5' 5" / 165 cm
66.5" / 169 cm
Reach
66.5" / 169 cm

Tape record

KOKOSDSDKO
Form
UDKOSDSDUD
21
Wins
27
10
By KO
4
48
KO%
15
5
By SUB
10
24
SUB%
37
5
Loses
5
2
Stopped
1
2
Tapped
1
1
Draws
0
2007
Debut
2004
27
Bouts
32
53
Rounds
74
3 hours, 25 minutes
Fight Time
5 hours, 24 minutes

Tape rankings @ Bantamweight

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UFC
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Tapology
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Marlon Moraes vs Raphael Assuncao report

Who won Moraes vs Assunção?

Marlon Moraes beat Raphael Assuncao by submission in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 2, on Saturday 2nd February 2019 at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Moraes vs Assunção stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Raphael Assuncao made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Raphael Assuncao's came in at 12-7-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a massive power advantage over Assuncao, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Assuncao's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Assuncao had an advantage over Moraes, with a 37% submission rate over Moraes' 24%.

Marlon Moraes was the younger man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Assuncao. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Moraes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 2 months later than Assuncao, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 72 to Assuncao's 88.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Marlon Moraes had last fought 6 years, 5 months and 3 days ago, while Raphael Assuncao's last outing had been 6 years, 11 months and 24 days ago.

Moraes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Assuncao's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Moraes vs Assunção?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Moraes vs Assunção.

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