UFC Fight Night 250: Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov Prediction for Tomorrow, 02/01/25
UFC Fight Night 250: Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov Pickswise Expert Predictions
The Main Event at UFC Fight Night 250 will see Israel Adesanya take on Nassourdine Imavov. This will be a fight in the UFC Middleweight division. Adesanya enters this fight with an MMA record of 24-4 and 13-4 in the UFC. He is averaging 4.00 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 48%. Adesanya is absorbing 3.21 strikes and has a striking defense of 56%. His grappling, however, is much less prominent, averaging 0.05 takedowns every 15 minutes. Further, Adesanya has a takedown accuracy of 12% and a takedown defense of 75%.
Imavov enters this fight with an MMA record of 15-4 and 7-2 in the UFC. He is averaging 4.51 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 55%. Imavov is absorbing 3.20 strikes and has a striking defense of 59%. His grappling is also decent, averaging 0.98 takedowns every 15 minutes and 1.2 submission attempts over the same period. Imavov has a takedown accuracy of 36% and his takedown defense is 78%.
Adesanya is the moderate-sized favorite in this fight, however, Imavov looks to be a good option to pull the upset. Imavov has the better striking and grappling, while Adesanya is currently in poor form, having lost his last 2 UFC fights and 3 of his last 4. Given the recent struggles for Adesanya, backing Imavov to win will be our best bet.
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UFC Fight Night 250 takes place on Saturday at the anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This card features a UFC Middleweight fight between Israel Adesanya and Nassourdine Imavov as the Main Event. ...