Mauricio Rua vs. Ihor Potieria – 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, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will take on Ihor “Duelist” Potieria in the Light Heavyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 283 card.

In this post, we will break down Mauricio Rua vs. Ihor Potieria matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 43-year-old, Mauricio Rua is coming in with a 27-13-1 record. Rua will be fighting for the first time since a loss via S-DEC against Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje in May.

Potieria, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO loss against Nicolae Negumereanu on May 7, 2022 at UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 and holds a 19-3-0 record.

Mauricio Rua has an orthodox fighting stance with a 76″ reach. The 28-year-old, Ihor Potieria is an southpaw fighter with a 75″ 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.

Mauricio Rua:
→ Rua’s striking accuracy is 50%.
→ Rua lands 3.57 significant strikes per minute.
→ Rua’s takedown accuracy is 48%.
→ Rua’s takedown average is 2.03 per 15 minutes.
→ Rua’s takedown defense is 48%.

Rua comes in with 50% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.57 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Potieria fires at 58% accuracy, landing about 4.58 significant strikes per minute. Mauricio Rua also has a 48% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 2.03 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Potieria’s 0 takedowns and 33% takedown accuracy.

Ihor Potieria:
→ Potieria’s striking accuracy is 58%.
→ Potieria lands 4.58 significant strikes per minute.
→ Potieria’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Potieria’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Potieria’s takedown defense is 33%.

Ihor spent on average 6:07 minutes in the Octagon and Mauricio has an average fight time of 9:11 minutes.

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

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