Warlley Alves vs. Nicolas Dalby – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 21, 2023, in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Warlley Alves will take on Nicolas “Danish Dynamite” Dalby in the Welterweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 283 card.

In this post, we will break down Warlley Alves vs. Nicolas Dalby matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 33-year-old, Warlley Alves is coming in with a 15-5-0 record. Alves will be fighting for the first time since a loss via KO/TKO against Jeremiah Wells at UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov in June.

Dalby, meanwhile, is coming off a U-DEC win against Claudio Silva on June 26, 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall and holds a 20-4-1 (2 NC) record.

Warlley Alves has an orthodox fighting stance with a 72″ reach. The 39-year-old, Nicolas Dalby 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.

Warlley Alves:
→ Alves’s striking accuracy is 48%.
→ Alves lands 3.07 significant strikes per minute.
→ Alves’s takedown accuracy is 52%.
→ Alves’s takedown average is 1.42 per 15 minutes.
→ Alves’s takedown defense is 78%.

Alves comes in with 48% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.07 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Dalby fires at 39% accuracy, landing about 3.22 significant strikes per minute. Warlley Alves also has a 52% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.42 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Dalby’s 1.22 takedowns and 65% takedown accuracy.

Nicolas Dalby:
→ Dalby’s striking accuracy is 39%.
→ Dalby lands 3.22 significant strikes per minute.
→ Dalby’s takedown accuracy is 31%.
→ Dalby’s takedown average is 1.22 per 15 minutes.
→ Dalby’s takedown defense is 65%.

Nicolas spent on average 13:39 minutes in the Octagon and Warlley has an average fight time of 9:47 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 283 is live in , who do you think will win, Warlley or Nicolas? Sound off in the comments.

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