Hakeem Dawodu vs Zubaira Tukhugov 9/26/20 - UFC 253 Picks & Predictions
Hakeem is heading to the fight here at 29 years old. He does have a height that is coming in at 5’8” and 145 pounds. The reach that Hakeem has so far is sitting at 72 inches. The record for Hakeem in his career sits at 11-1-1 so far.
The stance that is being used by Hakeem so far is seen more of the orthodox stance. Hakeem is coming to the fight here being seen more as a striker as well. The last 5 bouts for Hakeem have ended up with a 4-1 mark. Dawodu has won by 2 split decisions, a unanimous decision, but also a KO/TKO. The loss for Dawodu was by a submission.
Zubaira is coming to the fight here as the older fighter by 6 months. Tukhugov is coming in with the same 5’8” and 145 pounds into the fight. He does have a reach disadvantage as his reach is coming in at 67 inches. In his career Zubaira has posted a 19-4-1
The stance that has been used in the past for Zubaira is seen as the orthodox stance. The fighting style that tends to be used is the striker style. In his last 5 bouts he has went 3-1-1. The loss was by a split decision and the wins have been by a split decision, but also 2 TKO/KO wins.
With the fight here both fighters are coming in at a -115. However, Hakeem is coming in throwing quite a few more strikes in his career at 5.28 and landing 46.61% of those blows. The strikes for Zubaira is significantly lower with only 2.58 per minute and accuracy is sitting at 38.8%. Look for the better striking ability of Dawodu to make the difference. UFC 253 Winner Prediction, Hakeem Dawodu.
