UFC Fight Night - Wellington Turman vs. Misha Cirkunov Odds

Misha Cirkunov is slightly favored against Wellington Turman at UFC Fight Night 202 on Saturday, February 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event is one of 12 fights on ESPN+. Cirkunov is 15-7 in his career, but he has dropped five of his last seven fights, while Turman is 17-5 in his career and he has lost three of his last five fights. There are a total of 12 fights, all on ESPN+ at UFC Fight Night 202. Let’s look at the bout between Cirkunov and Turman and UFC predictions.

UFC Fight Night 202 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, February 26 with 12 fights, all on ESPN+.

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Misha Cirkunov (15-7, 6-5 UFC)

Cirkunov came into the UFC with a record of 9-2 and he has six wins and five losses in the UFC. In his last six fights, he has two wins and four losses. He defeated Patrick Cummins by arm-triangle choke submission and Jimmy Crute by Peruvian necktie submission; while losing to Glover Teixeira by TKO, Johnny Walker by TKO, Ryan Spann by TKO, and Krzysztof Jotko by split decision. Cirkunov has been a pro since 2010 and he has five wins by TKO/KO and eight by submission. He has 11 first round finishes.

Wellington Turman (17-5, 2-3 UFC)

Turman came into the UFC with a record of 15-2 and he has two wins and three losses in the UFC. He defeated Markus Perez by unanimous decision and Sam Alvey by split decision; while losing to Karl Roberson by split decision, Andrew Sanchez by KO, and Bruno Silva by KO. Turman has been a pro since 2014 and he has four wins by TKO/KO and seven by submission. He has eight first round finishes.

Striking Stats

Strikes landed per minute: Cirkunov 3.77 / Turman 3.04

Striking Accuracy: Cirkunov 49% / Turman 47%

Strikes absorbed per minute: Cirkunov 3.08 / Turman 3.96

Defense: Cirkunov 59% / Turman 43%

Grappling Stats

Takedown average: Cirkunov 4.48 / Turman 2.22

Takedown Accuracy: Cirkunov 44% / Turman 22%

Takedowns defended: Cirkunov 70% / Turman 100%

Submission average: Cirkunov 1.7 / Turman 0.6

UFC Picks

Turman is somewhat of a late replacement in this fight, as it was originally supposed to be Cirkunov taking on Makhmud Muradov but Muradov got hurt and had to pull out. Turman was supposed to fight Rodolfo Vieira at UFC 270 but that fell through. Turman fought Sam Alvey last time out and he won a weird split decision fight that was more about eye poking than anything else. Turman has lost three of his previous four fights. Cirkunov made his middleweight debut against Krzysztof Jotko last October and lost a tough split decision. Not much has gone right for Cirkunov of late, as he has dropped five of his last seven fights. One thing to note is that the last 10 wins for Cirkunov have all come by stoppage.

Cirkunov said that he learned a lot from fighting at 185 for the first time and he expects to be much better in this fight against Turman. Cirkunov said to the media that getting down to 185 was tough but now he “has the formula down.” He said to the media that he overdid it with his weight cut against Jotko and that his body just wouldn’t let him do the things in the fight he wanted to do. He said he is much better prepared this time around and he is very excited for this matchup against Turman.

The odds on this fight are basically a pick. Cirkunov would like to get this fight to the mat, but Turman has been very good in defending takedowns. Cirkunov said to the media that he does not want this fight to go to a decision and both of these fighters have finishing ability. I’ll take the UFC prop and bet this fight not to go the distance.

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