Montaño vs Modafferi

Who won Montaño vs Modafferi?

Nicco Monta o beat Roxanne Modafferi by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale, on Friday 1st December 2017 at Park Theatre in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nicco Monta o.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Women’s Flyweight championship.

Montaño vs Modafferi stats

Nicco Monta o stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Roxanne Modafferi made her way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Nicco Monta o's UFC record stood at 1-1-0, while Roxanne Modafferi's came in at 4-8-0.

The stats suggested o had a massive power advantage over Modafferi, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Modafferi's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Modafferi had a large advantage over o, boasting a 24% submission rate over o's 0%.

Nicco Monta o was the younger woman by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Modafferi had a height advantage of 2 inches over o. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

o was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 29 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2015, 12 years later than Modafferi, whose first professional fight was in 2003. She had fought 97 less professional rounds, 24 to Modafferi's 121.

Montaño vs Modafferi form

Roxanne Modafferi had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Casey O’Neill at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Taila Santos at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had been defeated by Viviane Araujo at UFC Fight Island 8 on 20th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, she had won against Andrea Lee at UFC Vegas 10 on 12th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

She had beaten Antonina Shevchenko at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Modafferi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 19 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 24 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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