Tyson Pedro vs. Zhang Mingyang – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 11, 2023, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Tyson Pedro will take on Zhang “Mountain Tiger” Mingyang in the Light Heavyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 284 card.

In this post, we will break down Tyson Pedro vs. Zhang Mingyang matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 33-year-old, Tyson Pedro is coming in with a 9-3 record. Pedro will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Harry Hunsucker at UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards in August.

Mingyang, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Tuco Tokkos on August 20, 2022 at Road to UFC 1.1 and holds a 16-6-0 record.

Tyson Pedro has an orthodox fighting stance with a 79″ reach. The 26-year-old, Zhang Mingyang is an orthodox 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.

Tyson Pedro:
→ Pedro’s striking accuracy is 64%.
→ Pedro lands 2.95 significant strikes per minute.
→ Pedro’s takedown accuracy is 25%.
→ Pedro’s takedown average is 0.64 per 15 minutes.
→ Pedro’s takedown defense is 52%.

Pedro comes in with 64% striking accuracy, typically landing about 2.95 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Mingyang fires at 56% accuracy, landing about 8.86 significant strikes per minute. Tyson Pedro also has a 25% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.64 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Mingyang’s 0 takedowns and 0% takedown accuracy.

Zhang Mingyang:
→ Mingyang’s striking accuracy is 56%.
→ Mingyang lands 8.86 significant strikes per minute.
→ Mingyang’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Mingyang’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Mingyang’s takedown defense is 0%.

Zhang spent on average 3:57 minutes in the Octagon and Tyson has an average fight time of 5:51 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 284 is live in , who do you think will win, Tyson or Zhang? Sound off in the comments.

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