Greg Hardy vs. Yorgan De Castro – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 172: Overeem vs. Harris is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Greg “Prince of War” Hardy will take on Yorgan “The Mad Titan” Castro in the Heavyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 172 card.

In this post, we will break down Greg Hardy vs. Yorgan De Castro matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 35-year-old, Greg Hardy is coming in with a 5-2-0 (1 NC) record. Hardy will be fighting for the first time since a loss via unanimous decision against Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar in November.

Castro, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Justin Tafa on November 9, 2019 at UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya and holds a 6-0-0 record.

Greg Hardy has an orthodox fighting stance with a 80″ reach. The 37-year-old, Yorgan De Castro 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.

Hardy comes in with 49% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 4.77 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Castro fires at 53% accuracy, landing about 3.58 significant strikes per minute. Greg Hardy also has a 0% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.00 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Castro’s 0.00 takedowns and 75% takedown accuracy.

Yorgan spent on average 3:13 minutes in the Octagon and Greg has an average fight time of 5:57 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 172 is live in , who do you think will win, Greg or Yorgan? Sound off in the comments.

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