Moraes vs Moraes

Who won Moraes vs Moraes?

Sheymon Moraes beat Marlon Moraes by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship, on Friday 25th November 2022 at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden in New York.

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 Moraes stats

Sheymon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Marlon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Sheymon Moraes' PFL record stood at 4-2-0, while Marlon Moraes' came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested that Moraes and Moraes have similar power, both with a 43% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had an advantage over Moraes, with a 26% submission rate over Moraes' 7%.

Sheymon Moraes was the younger man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Moraes. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Moraes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 11 months later than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 50 to Moraes' 72.

Moraes vs Moraes form

Moraes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Boston Salmon at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Lazar Stojadinovic at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jesse Stirn at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had lost to Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had been beaten by Sodiq Yusuff at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Moraes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by 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.

Previous to that, he was victorious 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.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Henry Cejudo at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago.

Before that, he had won against Raphael Assuncao at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

He had beaten Jimmie Rivera at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Sheymon Moraes had last fought 3 years, 1 month and 30 days ago, while Marlon Moraes' last outing had been 4 years, 8 months and 17 days ago.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 5 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Moraes vs Moraes?

Sheymon Moraes was a 8/1 (+450) underdog going into the contest, while Marlon Moraes made his way into the ring at 3/100 (-230) with oddsmakers.