UFC on FUEL TV 9 will be the first of four events in the month of April.
The organization will take to the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden with a main event between Gegard Mousasi and late replacement Ilir Latifi. On just one weeks notice Latifi took the place of his training partner Alexander Gustafsson who was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a training injury.
Also on the card is a lightweight battle between former TUF winner Ross Pearson and the son of Randy Couture, Ryan.
There are six fights on the main card and in those match-ups there are some interesting statistics. So with that in mind, let’s take a look at The Bottom Line:
Gegard Mousasi vs. Ilir Latifi
– FightMetric has no stats on Ilir Latifi, but in his seven wins he has finished five of them by either submission or (T)KO
– Mousasi is known to finish his fights fairly fast. His average fight time is 6:41
Ross Pearson vs. Ryan Couture
– Pearson has improved his takedown defense over his past few fights and gotten it up to a fantastic 80%
– The one area that Couture has the advantage is his strikes landed per minute, at 3.68
Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries
– Mitrione has the stand-up advantage with his striking accuracy coming in at 51%
– De Fries is a ground technician and has a takedown accuracy of 100%
Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton
– Pickett throws punches in bunches with a Strikes Landed per Minute being 3.29
– Easton is a fantastic wrestler and his takedown defense is 100%
Diego Brandao vs. Pablo Garza
– Brandao has a takedown defense of 82% with an accuracy of 80%
– Garza is a rather tall featherweight at 6’1″ and has a great stand-up game landing 3.54 strikes per minute
Akira Corassani vs. Robbie Peralta
– Corassani has a great takedown defense game, sitting at 91%
– Peralta on the other hand has one of the best takedown games in the sport and his percentage sits at 100.
