Bryan Battle vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Vegas 66: Cannonier vs. Strickland is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Bryan “Pooh Bear” Battle will take on Rinat “Gladiator” Fakhretdinov in the Welterweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 66 card.

In this post, we will break down Bryan Battle vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 29-year-old, Bryan Battle is coming in with a 9-1 record. Battle will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Takashi Sato at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill in August.

Fakhretdinov, meanwhile, is coming off a U-DEC win against Andreas Michailidis on August 6, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik and holds a 19-1-0 record.

Bryan Battle has an orthodox fighting stance with a 77″ reach. The 32-year-old, Rinat Fakhretdinov is an orthodox fighter with a 74″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Bryan Battle:
→ Battle’s striking accuracy is 56%.
→ Battle lands 7.18 significant strikes per minute.
→ Battle’s takedown accuracy is 22%.
→ Battle’s takedown average is 1.31 per 15 minutes.
→ Battle’s takedown defense is 55%.

Battle comes in with 56% striking accuracy, typically landing about 7.18 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Fakhretdinov fires at 73% accuracy, landing about 3 significant strikes per minute. Bryan Battle also has a 22% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.31 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Fakhretdinov’s 5 takedowns and 100% takedown accuracy.

Rinat Fakhretdinov:
→ Fakhretdinov’s striking accuracy is 73%.
→ Fakhretdinov lands 3 significant strikes per minute.
→ Fakhretdinov’s takedown accuracy is 50%.
→ Fakhretdinov’s takedown average is 5 per 15 minutes.
→ Fakhretdinov’s takedown defense is 100%.

Rinat spent on average 15:00 minutes in the Octagon and Bryan has an average fight time of 7:40 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Vegas 66 is live in , who do you think will win, Bryan or Rinat? Sound off in the comments.

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