Michael Morales vs Jake Matthews Picks and Prediction – 11/18/2023

On Saturday evening November 18th, Michael Morales squares off against Jake Matthews in this Welterweight Fight. The bout will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morales is one-inch taller than Matthews, and will have a whopping six-inch reach advantage. Get ready for all the UFC action with our UFC Picks.

Jake Matthews comes into this bout with a fight record of 19-6-0 with 5 knockouts and 8 submissions. Matthews has won 2 out of his last 3 fights, and will be looking to pull a big upset on Saturday evening. His two wins in that stretch came against the likes of Andre Fialho and Darrius Flowers, and his only loss came to Matthews Semelsberger when he found himself on the wrong side of a unanimous decision. Matthews looked good in his most recent fight when he dominated Flowers on the feet, and then ended it with a rear-naked choke in the second-round. This will be one of, if not the toughest fight since joining the UFC as his opponent is a perfect 15-0-0. Jake "The Celtic Kid" Matthews fights out of the Nexus camp.

Michael Morales has a perfect fight record of 15-0-0 with 11 knockouts and 1 submission. This will only be Morales' 5^th fight since joining the UFC back in 2021, but has already created a lot of hype around his name. He looked impressive in his most recent fight back in July when he had his hand raised against Max Griffin. He dominated the fight on the feet out-landing Griffin 72-36 in significant strikes, and landed one takedown to his opponent's 0. This Saturday's fight will undoubtedly be Morales' toughest fight in the UFC. Jake Matthews is no push-over and it will be tough as hell to get him out of the octagon. Michael Morales fights out of the Entram Gym.