Mar 30 2019
Saturday

Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States

Main Card
3 rounds contest @ Featherweight
Sheymon Moraes
Moraes
Brazil flag
8-1-0
UD 3
UD 3
11-2-0

The tape

31
Age
34
5' 9" / 175 cm
Height
5' 8" / 173 cm
70.9" / 180 cm
Reach
72" / 183 cm

Tape record

KOUDKOKOKO
Form
SDUDSUBUDKO
8
Wins
11
5
By KO
5
63
KO%
45
0
By SUB
0
0
SUB%
0
1
Loses
2
1
Stopped
0
0
Tapped
2
0
Draws
0
2016
Debut
2012
9
Bouts
13
17
Rounds
32
1 hours, 5 minutes
Fight Time
2 hours, 26 minutes

Tape rankings @ Featherweight

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UFC
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Tapology
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Sodiq Yusuff vs Sheymon Moraes report

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.

Activity check

Yusuff's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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