Jessica Eye vs. Maycee Barber – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Jessica “Evil” Eye will take on Maycee “The Future” Barber in the Women’s Flyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 276 card.

In this post, we will break down Jessica Eye vs. Maycee Barber matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 38-year-old, Jessica Eye is coming in with a 15-10-0 (1 NC) record. Eye will be fighting for the first time since a loss via unanimous decision against Jennifer Maia at UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 in July.

Barber, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision win against Montana De La Rosa on July 10, 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade and holds a 10-2-0 record.

Jessica Eye has an orthodox fighting stance with a 66″ reach. The 26-year-old, Maycee Barber is an switch fighter with a 65″ 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.

Jessica Eye:
→ Eye’s striking accuracy is 36%.
→ Eye lands 3.96 significant strikes per minute.
→ Eye’s takedown accuracy is 44%.
→ Eye’s takedown average is 0.55 per 15 minutes.
→ Eye’s takedown defense is 57%.

Eye comes in with 36% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.96 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Barber fires at 51% accuracy, landing about 4.45 significant strikes per minute. Jessica Eye also has a 44% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.55 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Barber’s 1.30 takedowns and 62% takedown accuracy.

Maycee Barber:
→ Barber’s striking accuracy is 51%.
→ Barber lands 4.45 significant strikes per minute.
→ Barber’s takedown accuracy is 32%.
→ Barber’s takedown average is 1.30 per 15 minutes.
→ Barber’s takedown defense is 62%.

Maycee spent on average 11:33 minutes in the Octagon and Jessica has an average fight time of 14:28 minutes.

This looks like an exciting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 276 is live in , who do you think will win, Jessica or Maycee? Sound off in the comments.

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