Matt Brown vs. Miguel Baeza – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 172: Overeem vs. Harris is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Matt “The Immortal” Brown will take on Miguel Baeza in the Welterweight bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 172 card.

In this post, we will break down Matt Brown vs. Miguel Baeza matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 43-year-old, Matt Brown is coming in with a 24-16-0 record. Brown will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Ben Saunders at UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington in December.

Baeza, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Hector Aldana on December 14, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson and holds a 8-0-0 record.

Matt Brown has an orthodox fighting stance with a 75″ reach. The 32-year-old, Miguel Baeza is an orthodox fighter with a 74″ 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.

Brown comes in with 54% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 3.75 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Baeza fires at 58% accuracy, landing about 4.26 significant strikes per minute. Matt Brown also has a 47% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.64 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Baeza’s 0.67 takedowns and 100% takedown accuracy.

Miguel spent on average 11:16 minutes in the Octagon and Matt has an average fight time of 9:10 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 172 is live in , who do you think will win, Matt or Miguel? Sound off in the comments.

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