Vera vs Cerilli

Who won Vera vs Cerilli?

Brandon Vera beat Mauro Cerilli by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of ONE Championship – Conquest of Champions, on Friday 23rd November 2018 at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Heavyweight championship.

Vera vs Cerilli stats

Brandon Vera stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Mauro Cerilli made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Mauro Cerilli marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Brandon Vera's One Championship record stood at 4-3-0, while Mauro Cerilli's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Cerilli had a massive power advantage over Vera, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Vera's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cerilli had a large advantage over Vera, boasting a 25% submission rate over Vera's 0%.

Brandon Vera was the older man by 5 years, at 47 years old.

Vera had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cerilli.

Vera was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2002, 9 years and 9 months earlier than Cerilli, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 52 to Cerilli's 35.

Vera vs Cerilli form

Mauro Cerilli had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Amir Aliakbari at ONE Championship 161 on 26th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Abdulbasir Vagabov at ONE Championship – Unbreakable 2 on 29th January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Arjan Bhullar at ONE Championship – Century – Part 2 on 13th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Alain Ngalani at ONE Championship – Reign of Valor on 8th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar.

He had been defeated by Brandon Vera at ONE Championship – Conquest of Champions on 23rd November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Heavyweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

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Cerilli's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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