Thiago Moises vs. Guram Kutateladze – 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, Thiago Moises will take on Guram “Georgian Viking” Kutateladze in the Lightweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 283 card.

In this post, we will break down Thiago Moises vs. Guram Kutateladze matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 29-year-old, Thiago Moises is coming in with a 16-6-0 record. Moises will be fighting for the first time since a win via SUB against Christos Giagos at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot in June.

Kutateladze, meanwhile, is coming off a S-DEC loss against Damir Ismagulov on June 25, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett and holds a 12-3 record.

Thiago Moises has an orthodox fighting stance with a 70″ reach. The 32-year-old, Guram Kutateladze 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.

Thiago Moises:
→ Moises’s striking accuracy is 37%.
→ Moises lands 2.48 significant strikes per minute.
→ Moises’s takedown accuracy is 36%.
→ Moises’s takedown average is 1.11 per 15 minutes.
→ Moises’s takedown defense is 60%.

Moises comes in with 37% striking accuracy, typically landing about 2.48 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Kutateladze fires at 42% accuracy, landing about 3.83 significant strikes per minute. Thiago Moises also has a 36% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.11 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Kutateladze’s 0.5 takedowns and 77% takedown accuracy.

Guram Kutateladze:
→ Kutateladze’s striking accuracy is 42%.
→ Kutateladze lands 3.83 significant strikes per minute.
→ Kutateladze’s takedown accuracy is 12%.
→ Kutateladze’s takedown average is 0.5 per 15 minutes.
→ Kutateladze’s takedown defense is 77%.

Guram spent on average 15:00 minutes in the Octagon and Thiago has an average fight time of 10:51 minutes.

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

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