Miesha Tate is slightly favored against Marion Reneau at UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises on Saturday, July 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event is one of five fights on the main card on ESPN/ESPN+. Reneau is 9-7-1 in her career, while Tate is 18-7 in her career. There are a total of five fights on the main card on ESPN/ESPN+ of UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises and seven preliminary bouts on ESPN/ESPN+. Let’s look at the bout between Reneau and Tate and UFC predictions.
UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises takes place at UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 17 with five fights on the main card on ESPN/ESPN+ and seven preliminary bouts also on ESPN/ESPN+.
UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises Betting
Marion Reneau (9-7-1, 5-6-1 UFC)
Reneau came into the UFC with a record of 4-1 and she has five wins, six losses, and one loss in the UFC. In her last six fights, she has two wins and four losses. She defeated Talita Bernardo by TKO and Sara McMann by triangle choke submission; while losing to Cat Zingano by unanimous decision, Yana Kunitskaya by unanimous decision, Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision, and Macy Chiasson by unanimous decision. Reneau has been a pro since 2010 and she has five wins by TKO/KO and three by submission. She has four first round finishes.
Reneau said this to cbssports.com about her upcoming fight against Tate, “I knew that my last fight would be when I was 43 or 44 years old. Granted, I feel amazing. I feel the best I've ever felt. But there just comes a time when I feel it's time to move on and in my mind, I always knew I would finish out my contract and that was going to be it. I can't think of a better situation, just because I like to say I grew up watching Miesha. She was one of my first idols when I started fighting. I used to dream about fighting her, and now it's coming to pass in what happens to be my last hoorah.”
Miesha Tate (18-7, 5-4 UFC)
Tate came into the UFC with a record of 13-3 and she has five wins and four losses in the UFC. She defeated Liz Carmouche by unanimous decision, Rin Nakai by unanimous decision, Sara McMann by majority decision,Jessica Eye by unanimous decision, and Holly Holm by technical submission; while losing to Cat Zingano by TKO, Ronda Rousey by armbar submission, Amanda Nunes by rear-naked choke submission, and Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision. Tate has been a pro since 2007 and she has three wins by TKO/KO and seven by submission. She has four first round finishes.
Tate said this to mmajunkie.usatoday.com about her upcoming fight against Reneau, “I used to go so hard, and I used to put myself under so much stress and now I’m like, ‘What if I got rid of all that? What if I don’t need that to be better? What if I don’t have to get through all these big moments of adversity before the fight? What if I just had the fight? What if? ‘Marion Reneau is going to be the first woman to find out. She’ll be the first woman to really fight the Miesha Tate that I believe I could have been all along, but it’s better late than never. I’m not out of this game, so I’m happy for the comeback.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Reneau 3.29 / Tate 1.93
Striking Accuracy: Reneau 41% / Tate 41%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Reneau 3.37 / Tate 2.71
Defense: Reneau 61% / Tate 50%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Reneau 0.66 / Tate 2.06
Takedown Accuracy: Reneau 63% / Tate 31%
Takedowns defended: Reneau 50% / Tate 52%
Submission average: Reneau 0.8 / Tate 1.6
UFC Picks
It is hard to know what we are going to get from Tate in this fight, as she hasn’t fought in five years. I definitely can’t back her in this fight, especially when it is Reneau’s swan song. I will take Reneau and also play the rounds to go over the total.
UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises Card & Odds
Lightweight - Thiago Moises +456 vs. Islam Makhachev -700
Women's Bantamweight - Miesha Tate -147 vs. Marion Reneau +117
Middleweight - Dustin Stoltzfus +172 vs. Rodolfo Vieira -220
Lightweight - Jeremy Stephens +175 vs. Mateusz Gamrot -225
Bantamweight - Sergey Morozov +127 vs. Khalid Taha -160
Flyweight - Malcolm Gordon +228 vs. Francisco Figueiredo -300
Bantamweight - Anderson dos Santos +143 vs. Miles Johns -180
Women's Strawweight - Montserrat Ruiz +365 vs. Amanda Lemos -525
Heavyweight - Alan Baudot +261 vs. Rodrigo Nascimento -350
Featherweight - Gabriel Benítez -180 vs. Billy Quarantillo +143
Welterweight - Preston Parsons +207 vs. Daniel Rodriguez -270
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