Yusuff vs Moraes

Who won Yusuff vs Moraes?

Sodiq Yusuff beat Sheymon Moraes by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN 2, on Saturday 30th March 2019 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sodiq Yusuff.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Yusuff vs Moraes stats

Sodiq Yusuff stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sheymon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Sodiq Yusuff's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Sodiq Yusuff's UFC record stood at 6-3-0, while Sheymon Moraes' came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Yusuff had an advantage in power over Moraes, with a 63% knock out percentage over Moraes' 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Yusuff and Moraes would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Sodiq Yusuff was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Yusuff had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moraes. Despite this, Moraes had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Yusuff was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 4 years later than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 37 to Moraes' 50.

Yusuff vs Moraes form

Yusuff had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Don Shainis at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alex Caceres at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Gabriel Benitez at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He was victorious against Sheymon Moraes at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Activity check

Yusuff's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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