Jake Matthews vs. Matthew Semelsberger – 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, Jake “The Celtic Kid” Matthews will take on Matthew “Semi The Jedi” Semelsberger in the Welterweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 66 card.

In this post, we will break down Jake Matthews vs. Matthew Semelsberger matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 30-year-old, Jake Matthews is coming in with a 18-5-0 record. Matthews will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Andre Fialho at UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka in June.

Semelsberger, meanwhile, is coming off a U-DEC loss against Alex Morono on June 11, 2022 at UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 and holds a 10-4 record.

Jake Matthews has an orthodox fighting stance with a 73″ reach. The 32-year-old, Matthew Semelsberger is an switch fighter with a 75″ 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.

Jake Matthews:
→ Matthews’s striking accuracy is 45%.
→ Matthews lands 3.17 significant strikes per minute.
→ Matthews’s takedown accuracy is 41%.
→ Matthews’s takedown average is 1.85 per 15 minutes.
→ Matthews’s takedown defense is 66%.

Matthews comes in with 45% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.17 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Semelsberger fires at 43% accuracy, landing about 4.99 significant strikes per minute. Jake Matthews also has a 41% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.85 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Semelsberger’s 0.99 takedowns and 63% takedown accuracy.

Matthew Semelsberger:
→ Semelsberger’s striking accuracy is 43%.
→ Semelsberger lands 4.99 significant strikes per minute.
→ Semelsberger’s takedown accuracy is 100%.
→ Semelsberger’s takedown average is 0.99 per 15 minutes.
→ Semelsberger’s takedown defense is 63%.

Matthew spent on average 10:05 minutes in the Octagon and Jake has an average fight time of 11:10 minutes.

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

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