UFC 313: King Green vs. Mauricio Ruffy Predictions for Saturday, 03/08/25
UFC 313: King Green vs. Mauricio Ruffy Pickswise Expert Predictions
The first fight on the Main Card at UFC 313 will see King Green take on Mauricio Ruffy. This will be a fight in the UFC Lightweight division. Green enters this fight with an MMA record of 32-16-1 and 17-13-1 in the UFC. He is averaging 6.43 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 53%. Green is absorbing 3.73 strikes and has a striking defense of 62%. His grappling has been decent throughout his career, averaging 1.23 takedowns every 15 minutes. He has a takedown accuracy of 39% and a takedown defense of 74%.
Ruffy enters this fight with an MMA record of 11-1 and 3-0 in the UFC. He averages 4.70 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 59%. Ruffy absorbs 4.76 strikes and has a striking defense of 60%. He has not shown any grappling ability but has a takedown defense of 100%.
Given that Ruffy is one of the biggest favorites on this card, we will instead look at this fight to end inside the distance. Green has seen 4 of his last 5 UFC fights end inside the distance, while Ruffy has seen 2 of his 3 UFC fights do the same. Based on the fact that both fighters have had a high finish rate recently, backing this fight to also end inside the distance will be our lean.
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