David Dvorak vs. Manel Kape – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Vegas 66: Cannonier vs. Strickland is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, David “Undertaker” Dvorak will take on Manel “StarBoy” Kape in the Flyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 66 card.

In this post, we will break down David Dvorak vs. Manel Kape matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 32-year-old, David Dvorak is coming in with a 20-4-0 record. Dvorak will be fighting for the first time since a loss via U-DEC against Matheus Nicolau at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus in March.

Kape, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Zhalgas Zhumagulov on March 26, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo and holds a 17-6-0 record.

David Dvorak has an orthodox fighting stance with a 68″ reach. The 31-year-old, Manel Kape is an southpaw fighter with a 68″ 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.

David Dvorak:
→ Dvorak’s striking accuracy is 43%.
→ Dvorak lands 3.87 significant strikes per minute.
→ Dvorak’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Dvorak’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Dvorak’s takedown defense is 81%.

Dvorak comes in with 43% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.87 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Kape fires at 53% accuracy, landing about 4.69 significant strikes per minute. David Dvorak also has a 0% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Kape’s 0.77 takedowns and 80% takedown accuracy.

Manel Kape:
→ Kape’s striking accuracy is 53%.
→ Kape lands 4.69 significant strikes per minute.
→ Kape’s takedown accuracy is 28%.
→ Kape’s takedown average is 0.77 per 15 minutes.
→ Kape’s takedown defense is 80%.

Manel spent on average 9:42 minutes in the Octagon and David has an average fight time of 11:50 minutes.

This looks like an exciting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Vegas 66 is live in , who do you think will win, David or Manel? Sound off in the comments.

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