Lauren Murphy vs. Jessica Andrade – 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, Lauren “Lucky” Murphy will take on Jessica “Bate Estaca” Andrade in the Women’s Flyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 283 card.

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

The 41-year-old, Lauren Murphy is coming in with a 16-5-0 record. Murphy will be fighting for the first time since a win via U-DEC against Miesha Tate at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez in July.

Andrade, meanwhile, is coming off a SUB win against Amanda Lemos on July 16, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade and holds a 23-9-0 record.

Lauren Murphy has an orthodox fighting stance with a 67″ reach. The 33-year-old, Jessica Andrade is an orthodox fighter with a 62″ 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.

Lauren Murphy:
→ Murphy’s striking accuracy is 40%.
→ Murphy lands 3.84 significant strikes per minute.
→ Murphy’s takedown accuracy is 34%.
→ Murphy’s takedown average is 1.11 per 15 minutes.
→ Murphy’s takedown defense is 71%.

Murphy comes in with 40% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.84 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Andrade fires at 50% accuracy, landing about 6.16 significant strikes per minute. Lauren Murphy also has a 34% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.11 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Andrade’s 2.85 takedowns and 66% takedown accuracy.

Jessica Andrade:
→ Andrade’s striking accuracy is 50%.
→ Andrade lands 6.16 significant strikes per minute.
→ Andrade’s takedown accuracy is 55%.
→ Andrade’s takedown average is 2.85 per 15 minutes.
→ Andrade’s takedown defense is 66%.

Jessica spent on average 9:31 minutes in the Octagon and Lauren has an average fight time of 14:33 minutes.

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

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