Josh Culibao vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 11, 2023, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Josh “Kuya” Culibao will take on Melsik “The Gun” Baghdasaryan in the Featherweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 284 card.

In this post, we will break down Josh Culibao vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 30-year-old, Josh Culibao is coming in with a 10-1-2001 record. Culibao will be fighting for the first time since a win via S-DEC against SeungWoo Choi at UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka in June.

Baghdasaryan, meanwhile, is coming off a U-DEC win against Bruno Souza on June 11, 2022 at UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 and holds a 7-1 record.

Josh Culibao has an orthodox fighting stance with a 73″ reach. The 32-year-old, Melsik Baghdasaryan is an southpaw fighter with a 70″ 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.

Josh Culibao:
→ Culibao’s striking accuracy is 44%.
→ Culibao lands 3.06 significant strikes per minute.
→ Culibao’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Culibao’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Culibao’s takedown defense is 82%.

Culibao comes in with 44% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.06 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Baghdasaryan fires at 62% accuracy, landing about 6 significant strikes per minute. Josh Culibao also has a 0% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Baghdasaryan’s 0 takedowns and 76% takedown accuracy.

Melsik Baghdasaryan:
→ Baghdasaryan’s striking accuracy is 62%.
→ Baghdasaryan lands 6 significant strikes per minute.
→ Baghdasaryan’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Baghdasaryan’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Baghdasaryan’s takedown defense is 76%.

Melsik spent on average 12:17 minutes in the Octagon and Josh has an average fight time of 13:15 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 284 is live in , who do you think will win, Josh or Melsik? Sound off in the comments.

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