Song Yadong vs. Kyler Phillips – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Song Yadong will take on Kyler “The Matrix” Phillips in the Bantamweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 259 card.

In this post, we will break down Song Yadong vs. Kyler Phillips matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 26-year-old, Song Yadong is coming in with a 16-4-1 (1 NC) record. Yadong will be fighting for the first time since a win via unanimous decision against Marlon Vera at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris in May.

Phillips, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Cameron Else on May 16, 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana and holds a 8-1-0 record.

Song Yadong has an orthodox fighting stance with a 67″ reach. The 29-year-old, Kyler Phillips is an orthodox fighter with a 72″ 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.

Song Yadong:
→ Yadong’s striking accuracy is 42%.
→ Yadong lands 4.32 significant strikes per minute.
→ Yadong’s takedown accuracy is 75%.
→ Yadong’s takedown average is 0.73 per 15 minutes.
→ Yadong’s takedown defense is 61%.

Yadong comes in with 42% striking accuracy, typically landing about 4.32 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Phillips fires at 49% accuracy, landing about 6.28 significant strikes per minute. Song Yadong also has a 75% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.73 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Phillips’s 2.79 takedowns and 71% takedown accuracy.

Kyler Phillips:
→ Phillips’s striking accuracy is 49%.
→ Phillips lands 6.28 significant strikes per minute.
→ Phillips’s takedown accuracy is 66%.
→ Phillips’s takedown average is 2.79 per 15 minutes.
→ Phillips’s takedown defense is 71%.

Kyler spent on average 7:10 minutes in the Octagon and Song has an average fight time of 10:13 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 259 is live in , who do you think will win, Song or Kyler? Sound off in the comments.

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