Moraes vs Rivera

Who won Moraes vs Rivera?

Marlon Moraes beat Jimmie Rivera by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 131, on Friday 1st June 2018 at Adirondack Bank Center in Utica.

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 Rivera stats

Marlon Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jimmie Rivera made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Marlon Moraes' UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Jimmie Rivera's came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a large advantage in power over Rivera, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Rivera's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had an advantage over Rivera, with a 25% submission rate over Rivera's 10%.

Marlon Moraes was the older man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rivera. Despite this, Rivera had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Moraes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Rivera, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 72 to Rivera's 79.

Moraes vs Rivera form

Moraes had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Brendan Loughnane at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Rob Font at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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