Waterson vs Lemos

Who won Waterson vs Lemos?

Amanda Lemos beat Michelle Waterson-Gomez by submission in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 16th July 2022 at UBS Arena in Long Island, New York.

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).

Waterson vs Lemos stats

Michelle Waterson-Gomez stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Amanda Lemos made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Michelle Waterson-Gomez's 15th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Amanda Lemos marked her 13th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Michelle Waterson-Gomez's UFC record stood at 6-9-0, while Amanda Lemos' came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Lemos had a massive power advantage over Waterson, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Waterson's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Waterson had a massive advantage over Lemos, boasting a 50% submission rate over Lemos' 18%.

Michelle Waterson-Gomez was the older woman by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Lemos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Waterson. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Waterson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made her debut in 2007, 7 years and 5 months earlier than Lemos, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 35 more professional rounds, 76 to Lemos' 41.

Waterson vs Lemos form

Michelle Waterson-Gomez had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Felice Herrig at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Cortney Casey at UFC on FOX 29 on 14th April 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

She had been beaten by Tecia Pennington at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

Activity check

Waterson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 10 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Lemos' last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 23 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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