Lyoto Machida vs Luke Rockhold prediction

UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold · Saturday, 18 April 2015 · Middleweight · 5 rounds · main event

Lyoto Machida26-12-0UFC wins: 7 KO, 1 SUB, 8 DEC
vs
Luke Rockhold16-6-0UFC wins: 3 KO, 3 SUB, 0 DEC

Result: Luke Rockhold by Sub, R2 2:31.

Lyoto Machida vs Luke Rockhold: prediction not published yet.

Tale of the tape

Tale of the tape
Lyoto MachidaTale of the tapeLuke Rockhold
26-12-0Record16-6-0
–Nationality–
24UFC fights11
36Age30
185 cmHeight191 cm
188 cmReach196 cm
SouthpawStanceSouthpaw
7 / 1 / 8UFC wins by KO / SUB / DEC3 / 3 / 0
3 / 2 / 3UFC losses by KO / SUB / DEC4 / 0 / 1
2.6Sig. strikes landed per minute4.3
1.7Sig. strikes absorbed per minute3.4
0.8Takedowns per 15 minutes1.1
0.71Knockdowns per 15 minutes0.35

Rates are from UFC fights since 2005, adjusted towards the UFC average for fighters with little UFC time.

Lyoto Machida: last UFC fights

Won 2 (67%)Lost 1 (33%)

Luke Rockhold: last UFC fights

Won 1 (100%)Lost 0 (0%)

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