Thiago Santos vs Glover Teixeira 11/7/20 - UFC Fight Night Picks & Predictions
Thaigo Santos is coming to the fight here standing at 6’2” and 205 pounds. He does have a 76 inch reach as well. When it comes to his overall record Santos is sitting at a 21-7 mark on the year so far.
The fighting style that is being used by Santos is coming in as the orthodox stance. The fighting style that has been used by Santos is seen as the striker style. In the last 5 bouts for Santos he has ended up posting a 4-1 mark. The loss was by split decision. The wins have ended up with a unanimous decision win, but has 3 KO/TKO wins.
Glover Teixeira is coming to the fight standing at 6’2” and 205 pounds. He has the exact same reach as Santos at 76 inches. In his career Teixeira has posted a 31-7 mark so far.
Glover is coming to the fight using the orthodox stance in his fights. When it comes to his fighting style is seen as a striker as well. The last 5 bouts for Glover have put him in at a 4-1 mark. He has won by 2 submission wins, a split decision and a KO/TKO. The loss he had pinned on him was by a unanimous decision loss.
In this fight the fighters are very evenly matched and definitely will provide some great action between the fighters. However, Santos is throwing more strikes and is slightly better at landing them accurately to get the blows in. The one thing that could help Glover out is if the fight goes to the mat as he is the better tactician on the ground, but that is unlikely here as Thiago keeps the fight up. UFC Fight Night Winner Prediction, Thiago Santos.
