UFC 271 brings us one of the most anticipated rematches of 2022. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will be defending his title against former champion Robert Whittaker in the main event. The pair previously fought at UFC 243 in Australia and in that fight, Robert Whittaker was brutally knocked out in the second round. Since the stoppage win back in 2019, Israel Adesanya and gone up to defend his title multiple times and Whittaker has also taken the slow route back and has fought his way back to the title shot having defeated the likes of Darren Till, Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum.
Israel Adesanya:
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute: 3.94
Significant Striking Accuracy: 50%
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute: 2.59
Significant Strike Defence (the % of opponents strikes that did not land): 62%
Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes: 0.00
Takedown Accuracy: 0%
Takedown Defense (the % of opponents TD attempts that did not land): 80%
Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes: 0.2
Robert Whittaker:
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute: 4.68
Significant Striking Accuracy: 41%
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute: 3.34
Significant Strike Defence (the % of opponents strikes that did not land): 61%
Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes: 0.64
Takedown Accuracy: 34%
Takedown Defense (the % of opponents TD attempts that did not land): 83%
Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes: 0.0
(Stats via UFCstats.com)
Betting Tips:
The MMA India Show brings you another series of “The Prediction”, where, I, Jay Rock, analyze the upcoming fight cards and give my predictions, analysis, betting tips.
For the last fight card, I didn’t have a great day as I went 4-1 on picks, bringing my overall record to 258-108
Check out my previous predictions here.
UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker Picks
Middleweight Championship – Israel Adesanya (1.36) vs Robert Whittaker (3.10)
Prediction: Israel Adesanya wins or the fight goes over 2.5 rounds @1.40
Heavyweight – Derrick Lewis (1.53) vs Tai Tuivasa (2.50)
Prediction: Derrick Lewis wins @1.53 or the fight doesn’t go the distance @1.18 or the fight goes over 1.5 rounds @2.30
Middleweight – Jared Cannonier (1.61) vs Derek Brunson (2.30)
Prediction: Derek Brunson wins or the fight goes over 1.5 rounds @1.50
Bantamweight – Kyler Phillips (1.25) vs Marcelo Rojo (4.00)
Prediction: Kyler Phillips wins or Kyler Phillips wins via submission @6.00
Lightweight – Bobby Green (1.66) vs Nasrat Haqparast (2.20)
Prediction: The fight goes the distance @1.50
Prelims
Heavyweight – Andrei Arlovski (1.61) vs Jared Vanderaa (2.30)
Prediction: Jared Vanderaa wins
Women’s Flyweight – Roxanne Modafferi (4.00) vs Casey O’Neill (1.25)
Prediction: Casey O’Neill wins
Flyweight – Alex Perez (1.25) vs Matthew Christopher Schnell (4.00)
Prediction: Alex Perez wins
Light Heavyweight – William Knight (2.40) vs Maxim Grishin (1.57)
Prediction: William Knight wins or the fight goes over 1.5 rounds @1.50
Bantamweight – Mana Martinez (3.25) vs Ronnie Lawrence (1.33)
Prediction: Ronnie Lawrence wins
Lightweight – Alexander Hernandez (2.40) vs Renato Moicano (1.57)
Prediction: (Prop) Alexander Hernandez Round 1 @6.00 (Not Advisable to bet on this fight)
Light Heavyweight – Carlos Ulberg (1.36) vs Fabio Cherant (3.10)
Prediction: The fight goes over 1.5 rounds @2.10
Middleweight – AJ Dobson (1.90) vs Jacob Malkoun (1.90)
Prediction: AJ Dobson wins
Bantamweight – Douglas Silva de Andrade (2.75) vs Sergey Morozov (1.44)
Prediction: Sergey Morozov wins
Welterweight – Jeremiah Wells (1.44) vs Mike Mathetha Aka Blood Diamond (2.75)
Prediction: Jeremiah Wells wins.
Watch UFC 271 – Adesanya Vs Whittaker on February 13, 2021, LIVE on Sony Ten 2 and Sony Ten 3 channels from 8:30 AM IST
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