Adriano
Moraes
has a second win over a mixed martial arts immortal in
his sights.
The
American Top Team export will defend his undisputed
One
Championship flyweight crown when his rematch with
Demetrious
Johnson shoulders the marquee for
One on Prime Video 1 this Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium
in Kallang, Singapore. Moraes enters the cage on the strength of a
three-fight winning streak. He last appeared at One “One X” on
March 26, when he submitted
Yuya
Wakamatsu with a third-round guillotine choke. Johnson,
meanwhile, has not fought since he was felled by a knee strike from
Moraes in the second round of their One on TNT 1 pairing in April
2021. The former
Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder has never lost to
the same opponent twice.
As Moraes and Johnson make final preparations for their second
encounter, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them
to this point:
33: Years of age for Moraes, who was born on April 21, 1989 in
Brasilia, Brazil.
10: Moraes victories by submission, accounting for 50% of his
career total (20). His methods of choice: four rear-naked chokes,
three guillotine chokes, two arm-triangle chokes and one brabo
choke. Moraes holds four other victories by knockout or technical
knockout (20%) and six more by decision (30%).
90: Seconds needed for Moraes to dispatch
Aldo
Ariel
Villalba with an arm-triangle choke at a Pro Mix Fight show on
March 9, 2013. More than nine years later, it remains his fastest
finish to date.
48: Rounds completed by Moraes as a professional mixed martial
artist. He has gone the distance on nine different occasions and
carries a 6-3 record in those bouts.
.779: Cumulative winning percentage between the three men—
Geje
Eustaquio,
Kairat
Akhmetov and
Yusup
Saadulaev—who have defeated Moraes. They sport a combined
record of 60-16-1.
36: Years of age for Johnson, who was born on Aug. 13, 1986 in
Madisonville, Kentucky.
5: Johnson wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for
17% of his career total (30). His list of victims:
Henry
Cejudo,
Joseph
Benavidez,
Jesse Brock,
Marshall
Carlyle and
Brandon
Fieds. Johnson owns 12 other wins by submission (40%) and 13
more by decision (43%).
1: Stalemate on the Johnson resume. The
AMC Pankration cornerstone fought to a contentious majority
draw with
Ian McCall at
UFC on FX 2 in March 2012. Johnson outpointed McCall in their
rematch three months later.
1,678: Significant strikes landed by Johnson as a UFC flyweight,
placing him first on the promotion’s all-time list at 125 pounds.
Only
Tim
Elliott (1,562) sits within shouting distance of the mark,
which was established in 2018.
85: Combined victories between the four men—Moraes, Cejudo,
Dominick
Cruz and
Brad
Pickett—who have beaten Johnson. They boast a cumulative .794
winning percentage (85-22).