Sandhagen vs Moraes

Who won Sandhagen vs Moraes?

Cory Sandhagen beat Marlon Moraes by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Fight Island 5, on Saturday 10th October 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

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).

Sandhagen vs Moraes stats

Cory Sandhagen stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

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

This was Cory Sandhagen's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Cory Sandhagen's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, while Marlon Moraes' came in at 5-6-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a slight advantage in power over Sandhagen, with a 43% knock out percentage over Sandhagen's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a slight advantage over Sandhagen, with a 26% submission rate over Sandhagen's 25%.

Cory Sandhagen was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Sandhagen had a height advantage of 5 inches over Moraes. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Sandhagen was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 8 years and 1 month later than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 60 to Moraes' 72.

Sandhagen vs Moraes form

Moraes had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Rob Font at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten 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.

Activity check

Sandhagen's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 19 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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