Montana De La Rosa is favored against Mara Romero Borella at UFC Fight Night 167 on February 15 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. This event is one of six fights on the main card on ESPN+. De La Rosa is 10-5 in her career, while Borella is 12-6 in her career. There are a total of six fights on the main card on ESPN with the headliner a bout between Corey Anderson and Jan Blachowicz. There are also a total of seven fights on the preliminary card, all on ESPN+. Let’s look at the bout between De La Rosa and Romero Borella and UFC picks.
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Montana De La Rosa (10-5, 3-1 UFC)
De La Rosa came into the UFC with a record of 7-4 and she has three wins and one loss in the UFC. She defeated Christina Marks by armbar submission, Rachael Ostovich by rear-naked choke submission, and Nadia Kassem by armbar submission; while losing to Andrea Lee by unanimous decision. De La Rosa has been a pro since 2014 and she has eight wins by submission. She has two first round finishes.
De La Rosa said this to thescore.com about her upcoming bout against Borella, “I would always love to get a submission. But, you know, (Borella) just got TKO'd in her last fight, and I hear (when) you get knocked out, it can be a little bit easier to hit that button. So, I mean, I've never gotten a TKO, but I'm always working on my striking, so that would be pretty awesome.”
Mara Romero Borella (12-6, 2-2 UFC)
Borella came into the UFC with a record of 10-4 and she has two wins and two losses in the UFC. She defeated Kalindra Faria by rear-naked choke submission and Taila Santos by split decision; while losing to Katlyn Chookagian by unanimous decision and Lauren Murphy by TKO. Borella has been a pro since 2014 and she has three wins by TKO/KO and four by submission. She has four first round finishes.
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: De La Rosa 2.49 / Lansberg 2.98
Striking Accuracy: De La Rosa 31% / Borella 35%
Strikes absorbed per minute: De La Rosa 3.28/ Borella 2.87
Defense: De La Rosa 47% / Borella 73%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: De La Rosa 2.69/ Borella 1.68
Takedown Accuracy: De La Rosa 33% / Borella 41%
Takedowns defended: De La Rosa 50% / Borella 66%
Submission average: De La Rosa 2.3 / Borella 0.3
UFC Picks
De La Rosa has shown more in the UFC than has Borella, so it is not a surprise that De La Rosa is favored. I think De La Rosa will likely get the win, but laying almost 2-1 with a fighter that has five losses is tough for me to do. These two have combined for 15 finishes so I think there is some value in taking the rounds to go under the total.
UFC Fight Night 167 takes place at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico on Saturday, February 15, with six fights on the main card on ESPN+, headlined by Corey Anderson vs. Jan Blachowicz and seven preliminary bouts, all on ESPN+.
Main Card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight - Corey Anderson -230 vs. Jan Blachowicz
Welterweight - Michel Pereira -175 vs. Diego Sanchez
Women's Flyweight - Montana De La Rosa -180 vs. Mara Romero Borella
Lightweight - Brok Weaver -275 vs. Kazula Vargas
Flyweight - Ray Borg -148 vs. Rogério Bontorin
Lightweight - Yancy Medeiros -116 vs. Lando Vannata
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Welterweight - Tim Means -255 vs. Daniel Rodriguez
Bantamweight - Nathaniel Wood -168 vs. John Dodson
Lightweight - Scott Holtzman -145 vs. Jim Miller
Light Heavyweight - Devin Clark -310 vs. Dequan Townsend
Bantamweight - Merab Dvalishvili -154 vs. Casey Kenney
Flyweight - Raulian Paiva -200 vs. Mark De La Rosa
Women's Bantamweight -Macy Chiasson vs. Shanna Young
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