Brendan Allen vs. Jacob Malkoun – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Kallang, Singapore. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Brendan “All In” Allen will take on Jacob “Mamba” Malkoun in the Middleweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 275 card.

In this post, we will break down Brendan Allen vs. Jacob Malkoun matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 28-year-old, Brendan Allen is coming in with a 18-5-0 record. Allen will be fighting for the first time since a win via submission against Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland in February.

Malkoun, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision win against AJ Dobson on February 5, 2022 at UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 and holds a 6-1-0 record.

Brendan Allen has an orthodox fighting stance with a 75″ reach. The 29-year-old, Jacob Malkoun is an orthodox fighter with a 73″ 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.

Brendan Allen:
→ Allen’s striking accuracy is 54%.
→ Allen lands 4.39 significant strikes per minute.
→ Allen’s takedown accuracy is 33%.
→ Allen’s takedown average is 1.04 per 15 minutes.
→ Allen’s takedown defense is 50%.

Allen comes in with 54% striking accuracy, typically landing about 4.39 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Malkoun fires at 57% accuracy, landing about 3.53 significant strikes per minute. Brendan Allen also has a 33% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.04 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Malkoun’s 6.93 takedowns and 0% takedown accuracy.

Jacob Malkoun:
→ Malkoun’s striking accuracy is 57%.
→ Malkoun lands 3.53 significant strikes per minute.
→ Malkoun’s takedown accuracy is 35%.
→ Malkoun’s takedown average is 6.93 per 15 minutes.
→ Malkoun’s takedown defense is 0%.

Jacob spent on average 10:06 minutes in the Octagon and Brendan has an average fight time of 8:03 minutes.

This looks like an fun matchup, at least on paper. UFC 275 is live in , who do you think will win, Brendan or Jacob? Sound off in the comments.

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