Vera vs Cruz

Who won Vera vs Cruz?

Marlon Vera beat Dominick Cruz by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

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).

Vera vs Cruz stats

Marlon Vera stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Dominick Cruz made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Marlon Vera's 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Marlon Vera's UFC record stood at 15-9-0, while Dominick Cruz's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Vera had a slight advantage in power over Cruz, with a 37% knock out percentage over Cruz's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vera had a massive advantage over Cruz, boasting a 42% submission rate over Cruz's 4%.

Marlon Vera was the younger man by 8 years, at 32 years old.

Vera had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Vera's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Cruz's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 years and 4 months later than Cruz, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 87 to Cruz's 83.

Vera vs Cruz form

Vera had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov on 3rd August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Sean O’Malley at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, he had been defeated by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 5 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

He had beaten Dominick Cruz at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Activity check

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Cruz's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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