Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 174: Kattar vs. Ige is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Calvin Kattar will take on Dan “Fifty K” Ige in the Featherweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 174 card.

In this post, we will break down Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 36-year-old, Calvin Kattar is coming in with a 21-4-0 record. Kattar will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Jeremy Stephens at UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje in May.

Ige, meanwhile, is coming off a split decision win against Edson Barboza on May 9, 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris and holds a 14-2-0 record.

Calvin Kattar has an orthodox fighting stance with a 72″ reach. The 33-year-old, Dan Ige is an orthodox fighter with a 71″ 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.

Kattar comes in with 41% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 5.29 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Ige fires at 48% accuracy, landing about 4.12 significant strikes per minute. Calvin Kattar also has a 28% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.42 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Ige’s 2.15 takedowns and 61% takedown accuracy.

Dan spent on average 11:19 minutes in the Octagon and Calvin has an average fight time of 10:14 minutes.

This looks like an fun matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 174 is live in , who do you think will win, Calvin or Dan? Sound off in the comments.

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