Namajunas vs Andrade

Who won Namajunas vs Andrade?

Rose Namajunas beat Jessica Andrade by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 251, on Saturday 11th July 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rose Namajunas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Namajunas vs Andrade stats

Rose Namajunas stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jessica Andrade made her way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Rose Namajunas' 17th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2014. Jessica Andrade marked her 28th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Rose Namajunas' UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Jessica Andrade's came in at 17-11-0.

The stats suggested Andrade had a large advantage in power over Namajunas, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Namajunas' 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Namajunas had a large advantage over Andrade, boasting a 63% submission rate over Andrade's 35%.

Rose Namajunas was the younger woman by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Namajunas had a height advantage of 4 inches over Andrade. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Namajunas was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2013, 1 year and 3 months later than Andrade, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 14 less professional rounds, 64 to Andrade's 78.

Namajunas vs Andrade form

Andrade had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Weili Zhang at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

Previous to that, she had won against Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States.

Before that, she had defeated Tecia Pennington at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando.

She was victorious against Claudia Gadelha at UFC Fight Night 117 on 22nd September 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

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Namajunas' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 27 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Andrade's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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