Soriano vs Baeza

Who won Soriano vs Baeza?

Punahele Soriano beat Miguel Baeza by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 8th June 2024 at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville.

The scorecards were announced as 30-25, 30-25, 30-27 in favor of the winner Punahele Soriano.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Soriano vs Baeza stats

Punahele Soriano stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Miguel Baeza made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Punahele Soriano's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Miguel Baeza marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Punahele Soriano's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Miguel Baeza's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Baeza had a slight advantage in power over Soriano, with a 70% knock out percentage over Soriano's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Soriano had an advantage over Baeza, with a 22% submission rate over Baeza's 10%.

Punahele Soriano was the same age as Miguel Baeza, at 32 years old.

Baeza had a height advantage of 3 inches over Soriano. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Soriano was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 5 months later than Baeza, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 26 to Baeza's 28.

Soriano vs Baeza form

Punahele Soriano had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dustin Stoltzfus at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Roman Kopylov at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Going into that contest, he had won against Dalcha Lungiambula at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York.

Before that, he had been defeated by Nick Maximov at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Brendan Allen at UFC Vegas 32 on 24th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Soriano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Soriano vs Baeza start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:10 AM UTC , which was 8:10 PM EST or 5:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Soriano vs Baeza?

Punahele Soriano was a 13/8 (+160) underdog going into the contest, while Miguel Baeza made his way into the ring at 12/25 (-210) with oddsmakers.