Gilbert Burns vs. Neil Magny – 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, Gilbert “Durinho” Burns will take on Neil “The Haitian Sensation” Magny in the Welterweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 283 card.

In this post, we will break down Gilbert Burns vs. Neil Magny matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 38-year-old, Gilbert Burns is coming in with a 20-5-0 record. Burns will be fighting for the first time since a loss via U-DEC against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie in April.

Magny, meanwhile, is coming off a SUB win against Daniel Rodriguez on April 9, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos and holds a 27-10-0 record.

Gilbert Burns has an orthodox fighting stance with a 71″ reach. The 37-year-old, Neil Magny is an orthodox fighter with a 80″ 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.

Gilbert Burns:
→ Burns’s striking accuracy is 48%.
→ Burns lands 3.46 significant strikes per minute.
→ Burns’s takedown accuracy is 34%.
→ Burns’s takedown average is 2 per 15 minutes.
→ Burns’s takedown defense is 47%.

Burns comes in with 48% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.46 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Magny fires at 46% accuracy, landing about 3.62 significant strikes per minute. Gilbert Burns also has a 34% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 2 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Magny’s 2.43 takedowns and 57% takedown accuracy.

Neil Magny:
→ Magny’s striking accuracy is 46%.
→ Magny lands 3.62 significant strikes per minute.
→ Magny’s takedown accuracy is 42%.
→ Magny’s takedown average is 2.43 per 15 minutes.
→ Magny’s takedown defense is 57%.

Neil spent on average 12:48 minutes in the Octagon and Gilbert has an average fight time of 11:40 minutes.

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

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