Youssef Zala vs Ilia Topuria 10/10/20 – UFC Fight Night Picks & Odds
Ilia is coming to the fight here giving up the height advantage as he stands only at 5’7” and 145 pounds. The reach for Topuria is coming in at 178 cm and that is decent for a fighter that is at his size. The record that he has is very impressive at 8-0.
Ilia is coming to the match with no UFC experience either, which could hurt his chances. However, he is a hightly touted featherweight fighter in Europe and is ranked 22nd out of the 461 active featherweight fighters in Europe.
Youssef is coming to the fight here with a height that is standing at 5’10” and 145 pounds. The reach that Youssef has is coming to the fight at 72 inches so far. The career mark that Youssef has so far is sitting at 10-2.
The fighting style that is used by Youssef is a switch stance and the fighting style that is being used is not really declared heading into the fight. Youssef has been impressive in his last 5 bouts with 4 wins, but also a loss. The loss was a split decision loss. The wins were 3 unanimous decision wins, but also a KO win as well.
Coming to the bout here Ilia will be outmatched with how he comes in. Granted he will have a good fight here in his debut in the bout here. However, what is going to really happen here is the experience of the bigger fights will help Youssef out and combined with his better overall ability leads to him bringing home the win in this bout. UFC Fight Night Winner Prediction, Youssef Zala.