Deiveson Figueiredo vs Brandon Moreno 12/12/20 - UFC 256 Picks & Predictions
Coming to the fight here Figueiredo is coming into the fight standing at 5’5” and 125 pounds. The reach that is seen for Deiveson is sitting at 68 inches. The record that Figueiredo is coming in with on his career is sitting at 20-1 in his career.
When it comes to the fighting stance that has been used for Deiveson it is seen as an orthodox stance. The fighting style that he has used in the past is seen as a wrestling style. The last 5 fights for Deiveson has been 5-0. The wins have been a unanimous decision, a KO, and 3 submission wins so far.
Moreno is coming to the fight with a slight size advantage at 5’7” and comes in with the same weight. The overall reach that Brandon has is sitting at 70 inches so far. The career mark that is coming in for Moreno is sitting at 18-5-1 in his career so far.
The fighting stance that has been used by Moreno in the past is more like an orthodox style. The fighting style that has been used is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The last 5 bouts for Brandon Moreno has been 4 wins and a draw. The draw ended up being a split decision draw. The wins are 2 unanimous decision wins, but also 2 KO/TKO wins.
In this bout it could be easy to consider Moreno as having a goodchance to win the fight with 3.01 strikes per minute. However, looking closer he is only landing them at 35.18%. Even with Figueiredo he is throwing 2.79 strikes, but landing them at 55.8%. Now, the key thing is that Deiveson is coming in doing a lot better when it comes to submission style wrestling and fighting which is what this match turns into. UFC 256 Winner Prediction, Deiveson Figueiredo.
