Thiago Moises at Islam Makhachev 7/17/21 - UFC Fight Night Picks & Predictions
Coming to the fight Islam is standing at 5’10” and 156 pounds. The reach for Makhachev is sitting at 70 inches. The career record for Makhachev sits at 19-1-0 so far.
In the fighting stance Makhachev has been known to use the orthodox stance. Islam tends to be more of a wrestling style of fighter. In his last 5 bouts the fights have all been wins. Two of the wins were by submission, two were by unanimous decision and then their is one KO/TKO.
Thiago is a decent fighter, but is coming in standing at 5’9” and 155 pounds. The reach for Moises is the exact same as that of Islam at 70 inches. The career mark for Thiago is coming in at 15-4-0 in his career so far.
The fighting stance that is coming from Thiago is the orthodox stance. Thiago does not have a true fighting style that he follows. The last 5 fights for Moises have seen him go 4-1. The loss was by a unanimous decisions, but he does have 3 unanimous decision wins. The other win for Thiago was a submission win.
The fight here is heavily slanted to Makhachev, but it will not be as easy to see as the odds makers like it to be. The fight will go to Islam as he is a lot more accurate with his strikes, but throws fewer per minute than Thiago, but the accuracy makes up the difference in the fight here. UFC Fight Night Winner Prediction, Islam Makhachev.
