Veronica Macedo takes on Andrea Lee at UFC Fight Night 129 on Saturday in Santiago, Chile. This event is one of six fights on the main card on FS1. Macedo is 5-1-1 in her career, while Lee is 8-2 in her career. There are a total of six fights on the main card at UFC Fight Night 129, with the headliner a bout between Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman. There are also a total of seven fights on the preliminary card with four on FS2 and three on UFC Fight Pass. Let’s look at the bout between Macedo and Lee and UFC picks.
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Veronica Macedo (5-1-1, 0-1 UFC)
Macedo came into the UFC with a record of 5-0-1 and then lost her UFC bout against Ashlee Evans-Smith by TKO in September of 2016. Macedo has been a pro since 2016 and has one win by KO and one by submission. She has just one first round finish in her career.
There are some major concerns if you like Macedo in this fight, as she didn’t look good in her UFC debut, as she was pounded by Evans-Smith. Macedo has also not fought in a year and a half, so the layoff is a worry.
Andrea Lee (8-2, UFC debut)
Lee is making her UFC debut and she comes into this fight with a record of 8-2. Her two losses were against Sarah D’Alelio by submission and Roxanne Modafferi by split decision. Lee has been a pro since 2014 and has two wins by TKO/KO and four by submission. She is on a four-fight winning streak and has two first round finishes.
Andrea Lee said this to ufc.com about coming to fight in the UFC, “The UFC is where I’ve always wanted to be and it’s where I feel I belong. I am a warrior and I want to test myself against the best on the biggest stage in the world.”
Andrea Lee said this to fansided.com about her upcoming UFC bout against Macedo, “She’s a Tae Kwan Do champion so we are working a lot on giving me looks like she is going to give me, she loves to throw spinning sidekicks and spinninghook kicks and ax kicks, she’s a spinner, she has a lot of crazy tricks.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Macedo 1.80 / Lee 0.00
Accuracy: Macedo 56% / Lee 0%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Macedo 5.72/ Lee 0.00
Defense: Macedo 36% / Lee 0%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Macedo 0.00 / Lee 0.00
Accuracy: Macedo 0% / Lee 0%
Takedowns defended: Macedo 60% / Lee 0%
Submission average: Macedo 0.0/ Lee 0.0
UFC Picks
Both Macedo and Lee do not have much experience in fighting the UFC, so I will avoid picking a side and instead look at the total. Neither of these two fighters has shown a great deal of finishing experience, as they have a combined total of three first round finishes, so I will take the rounds to go over the total.
UFC Fight Night 129 takes place on Saturday, May 119, 2018 at Movistar ArenainSantiago, Chile with a welterweight match between Demian Maia and Kamaru Usman as the event headliner. There are six fights on the main card on FS1 and seven preliminary bouts, with four on FS2 and three on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card (FS1)
Welterweight – Demian Maia vs. Kamaru Usman
Women’s Strawweight – Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
Light Heavyweight – Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes
Women’s Flyweight – Veronica Macedo vs. Andrea Lee
Bantamweight – Diego Rivas vs. Guido Cannetti
Welterweight – Vicente Luque vs. Chad Laprise
Preliminary Card (FS2)
Welterweight – Zak Cummings vs. Michel Prazeres
Flyweight – Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja
Women’s Strawweight – Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo
Featherweight – Gabriel Benitez vs. Humberto Bandenay
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight – Enrique Barzola vs. Brandon Davis
Bantamweight – Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz
Lightweight – Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva
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