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The Clinch

Brazil “Magic” 2017-2022 · 21 rounds on file

Marlon Moraes

5-6-0 W-L-D in this database

Marlon Moraes, photograph by Sambo1096
Strike accuracy 290/714
Takedown accuracy 5/12
Sig. strikes / round 13.8
Control / round 0:17
Inside the distance 60% 3 of 5 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
67″170.2 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
3826 APR 1988
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 11 fights - 1.7 takedown attempts and 6% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Hybrid 6 3-3-0 vs 1604 avg
Well-Rounded 6 3-3-0
Grappling 3 1-2-0 vs 1590 avg
Positional Controller 3 1-2-0
Striking 2 1-1-0 vs 1644 avg
Distance Striker 2 1-1-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 6 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

03 JUN 2017 - lost to Raphael Assuncao · Decision (Split) 11 NOV 2017 - beat John Dodson · Decision (Split) 09 DEC 2017 - beat Aljamain Sterling · Technical Knockout 01 JUN 2018 - beat Jimmie Rivera · Technical Knockout 02 FEB 2019 - beat Raphael Assuncao · Submission 08 JUN 2019 - lost to Henry Cejudo · Technical Knockout 14 DEC 2019 - beat Jose Aldo · Decision (Split) 10 OCT 2020 - lost to Cory Sandhagen · Technical Knockout 19 DEC 2020 - lost to Rob Font · Technical Knockout 25 SEP 2021 - lost to Merab Dvalishvili · Technical Knockout 12 MAR 2022 - lost to Song Yadong · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 21 rounds across 11 of 11 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 13.8
Sig. strikes absorbed 18.6
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:17 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 41% 290/714
Takedowns 42% 5/12
Opponents’ accuracy 46% 390/851

Where the strikes land

Head 65% 189
Body 16% 46
Leg 19% 55

And from where

At distance 92% 267
In the clinch 1% 4
On the ground 7% 19

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-5
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-0
Decision 2 won Decision (Split) · 2-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
12 MAR 2022 Song Yadong Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:06 9 14 UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev
25 SEP 2021 Merab Dvalishvili Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:25 29 69 UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
19 DEC 2020 Rob Font Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:47 9 30 UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal
10 OCT 2020 Cory Sandhagen Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:03 14 38 UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
14 DEC 2019 Jose Aldo Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 59 58 UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
08 JUN 2019 Henry Cejudo Lost Technical Knockout R3 4:51 57 90 UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes
02 FEB 2019 Raphael Assuncao Won Submission R1 3:17 10 2 UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2
01 JUN 2018 Jimmie Rivera Won Technical Knockout R1 0:33 7 0 UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes
09 DEC 2017 Aljamain Sterling Won Technical Knockout R1 1:07 7 3 UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
11 NOV 2017 John Dodson Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 45 43 UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis
03 JUN 2017 Raphael Assuncao Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 44 43 UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway

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