Vanessa Melo vs Sarah Moras — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar Result, Stats & Scorecards

Women's Bantamweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

Vanessa MeloWinner

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar

Saturday, January 16, 2021 · Abu Dhabi · Abu Dhabi

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Result

Vanessa Melo def. Sarah Moras

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Keith PetersonLukasz Bosacki · 27-30Anders Ohlsson · 28-29Clemens Werner · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Vanessa MeloRound 3Sarah Moras

16 / 49Sig. strikes15 / 71

33%Accuracy21%

16 / 49Total strikes15 / 71

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

0:00Control0:00

3.2Pace / min3.0

—Control share—

Vanessa Melo

Targethead 81% · body 6% · leg 13%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Sarah Moras

Targethead 7% · body 13% · leg 80%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Striking edgeVanessa Melo struck at 33% accuracy to 21%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Defensive driftVanessa Melo absorbed significant strikes +25% faster than in R2, 3.0 against 2.4 per minute.
Pace upSarah Moras's significant-strike pace moved +25% from R2 to R3, 3.0 against 2.4 per minute.
Target shiftSarah Moras's head share of landed strikes moved -27 pts, to 7% head with 13% body and 80% leg.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Vanessa Melo

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Sarah Moras

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

56Vanessa Melo sig. strikes

44Sarah Moras sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-29%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Sarah Moras)