Jennifer Maia vs Viviane Araujo Picks and Prediction – 10/14/2023
On Saturday evening October 14th, Jennifer Maia squares off against Viviane Araujo in this Women's Flyweight Fight. Catch up and find a great bet with all of our UFC Picks. The bout will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. They both stand at 5'4', however, Araujo will have a 4-inch reach advantage over Maia.
Viviane Araujo comes into this bout with a fight record of 11-5-0 with 3 knockouts and 4 submissions. Since winning her first two fights in the UFC, she has since gone just 3-4 through her last 7 fights. She has also dropped her last two fights - one to Alexa Grasso and one to Amanda Ribas. In her 9 UFC fights, only one didn't go to the judges' scorecards. In her most recent fight against Ribas, she was out-struck 98-46 and lost the takedown battle 2-0. Araujo lost via unanimous decision when it went to the judges' scorecards. Viviane "Vivi" Araujo fights out of the Cerrado MMA camp.
Jennifer Maia has a fight record of 21-9-1 with 4 knockouts and 5 submissions. Unlike Araujo, Maia has been fighting well as of late. She has put together a 2-fight win-streak with victories over Moroz and O'Neill. However, like Araujo, all but one of Maia's fights have gone to the judges' scorecards. In her most recent win over O'Neill, Maia out-struck her opponent by a narrow margin 145-137, but still got the unanimous decision from the judges. Maia also landed 108 of 226 significant strikes aimed at the head of O'Neill and had an impressive 51% accuracy rate in strikes. Jennifer Maia fights out of the Chute Boxe camp.
Jennifer Maia vs Viviane Araujo Prediction
Jennifer Maia vs Viviane Araujo Pick Analysis
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Get expert picks from the hottest cappersThis is a pretty evenly matched bout on Saturday that we can all look forward to. Araujo has a slightly higher significant strike percentage than Maia, but has a slightly lower defending percentage than her opponent. Casey O'Neill was supposed to fight Araujo, but she withdrew due to an injury and Maia stepped up in short notice. With Maia handing the Aussie O'Neill her first loss back in April, she will be hungry to continue her win-streak. Although Araujo has lost two to former champs in her last couple of fights, the edge here has to go to the Brazilian Maia. Look for Maia to out-strike and out-point Araujo on her feet as she cruises to a unanimous decision. Final Score Prediction, Jennifer Maia wins via unanimous decision.