Raoni Barcelos vs. Khalid Taha – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 182: Santos vs. Teixeira is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 7, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Raoni Barcelos will take on Khalid “The Warrior” Taha in the Bantamweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 182 card.

In this post, we will break down Raoni Barcelos vs. Khalid Taha matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 36-year-old, Raoni Barcelos is coming in with a 15-1-0 record. Barcelos will be fighting for the first time since a win via unanimous decision against Said Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie in December.

Taha, meanwhile, is coming off a submission nc against Bruno Silva on December 21, 2019 at UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya and holds a 13-2-0 (1 NC) record.

Raoni Barcelos has an orthodox fighting stance with a 67″ reach. The 32-year-old, Khalid Taha is an orthodox fighter with a 69″ 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.

Raoni Barcelos:
→ Barcelos’s striking accuracy is 50%.
→ Barcelos lands 4.79 significant strikes per minute.
→ Barcelos’s takedown accuracy is 58%.
→ Barcelos’s takedown average is 2.31 per 15 minutes.
→ Barcelos’s takedown defense is 83%.

Barcelos comes in with 50% striking accuracy, typically landing about 4.79 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Taha fires at 50% accuracy, landing about 2.64 significant strikes per minute. Raoni Barcelos also has a 58% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 2.31 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Taha’s 0.00 takedowns and 63% takedown accuracy.

Khalid Taha:
→ Taha’s striking accuracy is 50%.
→ Taha lands 2.64 significant strikes per minute.
→ Taha’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Taha’s takedown average is 0.00 per 15 minutes.
→ Taha’s takedown defense is 63%.

Khalid spent on average 9:28 minutes in the Octagon and Raoni has an average fight time of 11:23 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 182 is live in , who do you think will win, Raoni or Khalid? Sound off in the comments.

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