Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 12, 2022, in New York City, New York, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Karolina Kowalkiewicz will take on Silvana “La Malvada” Juarez in the Women’s Strawweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 281 card.

In this post, we will break down Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 39-year-old, Karolina Kowalkiewicz is coming in with a 13-7-0 record. Kowalkiewicz will be fighting for the first time since a win via submission against Felice Herrig at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik in June.

Juarez, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Liang Na on June 4, 2022 at UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka and holds a 11-4-2000 record.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz has an orthodox fighting stance with a 64″ reach. The 39-year-old, Silvana Gomez Juarez is an orthodox 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.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz:
→ Kowalkiewicz’s striking accuracy is 41%.
→ Kowalkiewicz lands 5.38 significant strikes per minute.
→ Kowalkiewicz’s takedown accuracy is 18%.
→ Kowalkiewicz’s takedown average is 0.18 per 15 minutes.
→ Kowalkiewicz’s takedown defense is 75%.

Kowalkiewicz comes in with 41% striking accuracy, typically landing about 5.38 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Juarez fires at 48% accuracy, landing about 2.62 significant strikes per minute. Karolina Kowalkiewicz also has a 18% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.18 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Juarez’s 0 takedowns and 37% takedown accuracy.

Silvana Gomez Juarez:
→ Juarez’s striking accuracy is 48%.
→ Juarez lands 2.62 significant strikes per minute.
→ Juarez’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Juarez’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Juarez’s takedown defense is 37%.

Silvana spent on average 2:40 minutes in the Octagon and Karolina has an average fight time of 12:35 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 281 is live in , who do you think will win, Karolina or Silvana? Sound off in the comments.

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