Figueiredo vs Moraga

Who won Figueiredo vs Moraga?

Deiveson Figueiredo beat John Moraga by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 135, on Saturday 25th August 2018 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Figueiredo vs Moraga stats

Deiveson Figueiredo stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

John Moraga made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Deiveson Figueiredo's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Deiveson Figueiredo's UFC record stood at 13-5-1, while John Moraga's came in at 8-6-0.

The stats suggested Figueiredo had a massive power advantage over Moraga, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Moraga's 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraga had a slight advantage over Figueiredo, with a 42% submission rate over Figueiredo's 36%.

Deiveson Figueiredo was the younger man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Moraga had a height advantage of 1 inch over Figueiredo. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Figueiredo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 3 months later than Moraga, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 66 to Moraga's 64.

Figueiredo vs Moraga form

Figueiredo had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Brandon Moreno at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by majority draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alex Perez at UFC 255 on 21st November 2020 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Joseph Benavidez at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Joseph Benavidez at UFC on ESPN+ 27 on 29th February 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Chartway Arena, Norfolk, United States.

He had lost to Jussier Formiga at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Activity check

Figueiredo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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