Mark Madsen vs. Drakkar Klose – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Vegas 63: Kattar vs. Allen is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 29, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Mark “The Olympian” Madsen will take on Drakkar Klose in the Lightweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 63 card.

In this post, we will break down Mark Madsen vs. Drakkar Klose matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 39-year-old, Mark Madsen is coming in with a 12-0-0 record. Madsen will be fighting for the first time since a win via unanimous decision against Vinc Pichel at UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie in April.

Klose, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision win against Rafa Garcia on April 9, 2022 at UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 and holds a 13-2-1 record.

Mark Madsen has an orthodox fighting stance with a 72″ reach. The 36-year-old, Drakkar Klose is an orthodox fighter with a 70″ 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.

Mark Madsen:
→ Madsen’s striking accuracy is 47%.
→ Madsen lands 3.77 significant strikes per minute.
→ Madsen’s takedown accuracy is 66%.
→ Madsen’s takedown average is 3.9 per 15 minutes.
→ Madsen’s takedown defense is 50%.

Madsen comes in with 47% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.77 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Klose fires at 55% accuracy, landing about 4.38 significant strikes per minute. Mark Madsen also has a 66% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 3.9 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Klose’s 1.8 takedowns and 69% takedown accuracy.

Drakkar Klose:
→ Klose’s striking accuracy is 55%.
→ Klose lands 4.38 significant strikes per minute.
→ Klose’s takedown accuracy is 30%.
→ Klose’s takedown average is 1.8 per 15 minutes.
→ Klose’s takedown defense is 69%.

Drakkar spent on average 12:57 minutes in the Octagon and Mark has an average fight time of 11:33 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Vegas 63 is live in , who do you think will win, Mark or Drakkar? Sound off in the comments.

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