Maurice Greene is favored against Gian Villante at UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker on Saturday, June 27 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event is one of four fights on the main card on ESPN. Greene is 8-4 in his career, while Villante is 17-11 in his career. There are a total of four fights on the main card with the headliner a bout between Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker. There are also a total of seven fights on the preliminary card on ESPN. Let’s look at the bout between Greene and Villante and UFC picks.
UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker
Maurice Greene (8-4, 3-2 UFC)
Greene came into the UFC with a record of 5-2 and he has three wins and two losses in the UFC. In his UFC action, he defeated Michel Batista by triangle choke submission, Jeff Hughes by split decision, and Júnior Albini by TKO; while losing to Sergei Pavlovich by TKO and Aleksei Oleinik by armbar submission. Greene has been a pro since 2012 and he has two wins by TKO/KO and four by submission. He has a total of six first round finishes.
Gian Villante (17-11, 7-8 UFC)
Villante came into the UFC with a record of 10-3 and he has seven wins and eight losses in the UFC. In his last five fights, he has two wins and three losses. He defeated Francimar Barroso by split decision and Ed Herman by split decision; while losing to Patrick Cummins by split decision, Sam Alvey by split decision, and Michal Oleksiejczuk by TKO. Villante has been a pro since 2009 and he has 10 wins by TKO/KO and two by submission. He has eight first round finishes.
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Greene 4.19/ Villante 4.26
Striking Accuracy: Greene 44% / Villante 42%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Greene 3.43/ Villante 5.34
Defense: Greene 54% / Villante 55%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Greene 0.00/ Villante 0.53
Takedown Accuracy: Greene 0% / Villante 23%
Takedowns defended: Greene 33% / Villante 83%
Submission average: Greene 0.5/ Villante 0.2
UFC Picks
This is a fight in which you have to decide which think is more important. Villante has not fought in over a year so there is definitely a concern about him coming off a layoff, but Greene has lost his last two fights. I have a hard time taking a fighter coming off a layoff, so I give Greene the slight edge, but there is no way I want to be laying more than 2-1 on him. I am tempted to take Villante at the price, but I think the better choice is the rounds. The two have combined for 14 first round finishes and it should help that Villante is coming off a long layoff and probably won’t be in great cardio shape. I will go under the rounds total in this fight.
Lightweight - Dan Hooker+170 vs. Dustin Poirier -217
Heavyweight - Gian Villante +179 vs. Maurice Greene -229
Heavyweight - Tanner Boser-110 vs Philipe Lins -120
Welterweight - Mickey Gall+238 vs. Mike Perry -313
Lightweight - Khama Worthy+214 vs. Luis Peña -279
Middleweight - Kyle Daukaus +221 vs. Brendan Allen -290
Catchweight - Kyle Nelson +182 vs. Sean Woodson -234
Women's Flyweight - Mara Romero Borella +233 vs. Miranda Maverick -307
Welterweight - Ramiz Brahimaj +105 vs. Takashi Sato -135
Featherweight - Youssef Zalal -122 vs. Jordan Griffin -108
Women's Strawweight - Jinh Yu Frey +140 vs. Kay Hansen-176
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