Rosa vs Kassem

Who won Rosa vs Kassem?

Montana De La Rosa beat Nadia Kassem by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 234, on Saturday 9th February 2019 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Rosa vs Kassem stats

Montana De La Rosa stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Nadia Kassem made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Montana De La Rosa's 12th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2017.

Montana De La Rosa's UFC record stood at 6-5-1, while Nadia Kassem's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Kassem had a massive power advantage over Rosa, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Rosa's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rosa had a massive advantage over Kassem, boasting a 78% submission rate over Kassem's 0%.

Montana De La Rosa was the older woman by 1 year, at 30 years old.

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

Rosa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 11 months earlier than Kassem, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 47 more professional rounds, 58 to Kassem's 11.

Rosa vs Kassem form

Montana De La Rosa had stopped 1 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to JJ Aldrich at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Tatiana Suarez at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been defeated by Maycee Barber at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had won against Ariane da Silva at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

She had lost to Viviane Araujo at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Rosa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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