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Events · UFC 8: David vs Goliath · Paul Varelans vs Joe Moreira
From the tape · 16 Feb 1996

Paul Varelans vs Joe Moreira

UFC 8: David vs Goliath · San Juan, Puerto Rico
Result

Paul Varelans beat Joe Moreira

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
1 of 1
Clock
10:00
Open WeightMain cardReferee · John McCarthy

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

PV
Red corner PaulVarelans“The Polar Bear”Fairbanks, Alaska
VSOn the tape
JM
Blue corner JoeMoreiraRio de Janeiro
Open Weight1 rounds16 Feb 1996
9-9
Record
2-2
−8 yr26
Age
34
+9″6' 8"
Height
5' 11"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Fairbanks, Alaska
From
Rio de Janeiro
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

1 round of tape

Round 110:00 of actionEnded 10:00
Paul Varelans9 sig landed
HEAD56%5 of 32BODY0%0 of 1LEGS44%4 of 5
Joe Moreira12 sig landed
HEAD42%5 of 14BODY17%2 of 2LEGS42%5 of 12
9 of 38
Sig.
strikes
12 of 28
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 3
0:00
Control
0:00
Distance 6Clinch 3Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 9Clinch 3Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

No scorecard record on file

This bout went to a decision, but no judge’s card for it has reached our sources yet. Rather than draw an empty grid, the section says so; it fills in on its own when the record catches up.

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Paul Varelans vs Joe Moreira.

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