Walt Harris vs. Marcin Tybura – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 189: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 5, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Walt “The Big Ticket” Harris will take on Marcin “Tybur” Tybura in the Heavyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 189 card.

In this post, we will break down Walt Harris vs. Marcin Tybura matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 41-year-old, Walt Harris is coming in with a 13-9-0 (1 NC) record. Harris will be fighting for the first time since a loss via KO/TKO against Alexander Volkov at UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje in October.

Tybura, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Greg Hardy on October 24, 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal and holds a 21-6-0 record.

Walt Harris has an southpaw fighting stance with a 77″ reach. The 39-year-old, Marcin Tybura is an orthodox fighter with a 78″ 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.

Walt Harris:
→ Harris’s striking accuracy is 38%.
→ Harris lands 2.95 significant strikes per minute.
→ Harris’s takedown accuracy is 28%.
→ Harris’s takedown average is 0.30 per 15 minutes.
→ Harris’s takedown defense is 72%.

Harris comes in with 38% striking accuracy, typically landing about 2.95 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Tybura fires at 50% accuracy, landing about 3.70 significant strikes per minute. Walt Harris also has a 28% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.30 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Tybura’s 1.62 takedowns and 82% takedown accuracy.

Marcin Tybura:
→ Tybura’s striking accuracy is 50%.
→ Tybura lands 3.70 significant strikes per minute.
→ Tybura’s takedown accuracy is 45%.
→ Tybura’s takedown average is 1.62 per 15 minutes.
→ Tybura’s takedown defense is 82%.

Marcin spent on average 12:47 minutes in the Octagon and Walt has an average fight time of 6:39 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 189 is live in , who do you think will win, Walt or Marcin? Sound off in the comments.

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