Andre Petroski vs. Wellington Turman – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 12, 2022, in New York City, New York, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Andre Petroski will take on Wellington “The Prodigy” Turman in the Middleweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 281 card.

In this post, we will break down Andre Petroski vs. Wellington Turman matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 33-year-old, Andre Petroski is coming in with a 8-2-2000 record. Petroski will be fighting for the first time since a win via submission against Nick Maximov at UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic in May.

Turman, meanwhile, is coming off a SUB win against Misha Cirkunov on May 14, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green and holds a 18-5-0 record.

Andre Petroski has an switch fighting stance with a 73″ reach. The 28-year-old, Wellington Turman is an orthodox fighter with a 72″ 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.

Andre Petroski:
→ Petroski’s striking accuracy is 61%.
→ Petroski lands 4.07 significant strikes per minute.
→ Petroski’s takedown accuracy is 47%.
→ Petroski’s takedown average is 4.1 per 15 minutes.
→ Petroski’s takedown defense is 100%.

Petroski comes in with 61% striking accuracy, typically landing about 4.07 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Turman fires at 49% accuracy, landing about 2.96 significant strikes per minute. Andre Petroski also has a 47% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 4.1 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Turman’s 1.98 takedowns and 85% takedown accuracy.

Wellington Turman:
→ Turman’s striking accuracy is 49%.
→ Turman lands 2.96 significant strikes per minute.
→ Turman’s takedown accuracy is 20%.
→ Turman’s takedown average is 1.98 per 15 minutes.
→ Turman’s takedown defense is 85%.

Wellington spent on average 10:05 minutes in the Octagon and Andre has an average fight time of 9:45 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 281 is live in , who do you think will win, Andre or Wellington? Sound off in the comments.

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