Charles Byrd is favored over Darren Stewart at UFC 228 on Saturday in Dallas, Texas. This event is one of four on the FX portion of the preliminary card. Byrd is 10-4 in his career, while Stewart is 8-3 in his career. There are a total of five fights on the main pay-per-view card at UFC 228, with the headliner a bout between Tyron Woodley and Darren Till. There are also a total of nine fights on the preliminary card with four on FX and five on UFC Fight Pass. Let’s look at the bout between Byrd and Stewart and UFC predictions.
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Charles Byrd (10-4, 1-0 UFC)
Byrd came into the UFC with a record of 9-4 and he won his UFC debut against John Phillips by submission in March of 2018. His four losses were against Donyiell Winrow by DQ, Marcelo Azevedo by submission, Derrick Krantz by submission, and Bojan Velickovic by unanimous decision. Byrd has been a pro since 2009 and has three wins by TKO/KO and five by submission. He has seven first round finishes.
Darren Stewart (8-3, 1-3 UFC)
Stewart came into the UFC with a record of 7-0 and he has one win and three losses in the UFC. He defeated Eric Spicely by TKO; while losing to Francimar Barroso by unanimous decision, Karl Roberson by submission, and Julian Marquez by submission. Stewart has been a pro since 2014 and has six wins by TKO/KO. He has four first round finishes.
Stewart said this to bloodyelbow.com about his upcoming fight against Byrd, “Charles is a very good fighter and he reminds me a lot of me, when I first came to the UFC; just the stuff he does. He’s good, very explosive, but he rushes things a lot — which used to be me. He’s going to do the same thing as Spicely, in trying to take me down. The only difference is he’s got a bit more striking than Spicely, but he’s going to try and take me down. And that’s not going to happen. I take my time. I just see a lot of early me in him, that’s not a bad thing, but I reckon I’m just a much more evolved fighter than him. I reckon he’s just going to be explosive in the first round, but after that it’s game over.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Byrd 3.33 / Stewart 3.20
Accuracy: Byrd 58% / Stewart 44%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Byrd 0.82/ Stewart 2.65
Defense: Byrd 61% / Stewart 59%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Byrd 3.77/ Stewart 2.59
Accuracy: Byrd 100% / Stewart 42%
Takedowns defended: Byrd 57% / Stewart 60%
Submission average: Byrd 2.8 / Stewart 0.0
UFC Predictions
Even though Byrd has fought only once in the UFC, I think he has a better chance to win than Stewart who is just 1-3 in the UFC. I also think that Stewart is overconfident in what he can do. I will lay the price and take Byrd in this fight.
UFC 228 takes place on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at Staples American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas with a men’s welterweight match Tyron Woodley and Darren Till as the event headliner. There are five fights on the main pay-per-view card and nine preliminary bouts, with four on FX and five on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card (Pay-Per-View)
Welterweight – Darren Till -144 vs. Tyron Woodley
Women’s Flyweight – Valentina Shevchenko -1438 vs. Nicco Montaño
Featherweight – Zabit Magomedsharipov -1314 vs. Brandon Davis
Women’s Strawweight – Jessica Andrade -455 vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Welterweight – Abdul Razak Alhassan -130 vs. Niko Price
Preliminary Card (FX)
Women’s Strawweight – Tatiana Suarez -550 vs. Carla Esparza
Bantamweight – Aljamain Sterling -133 vs. Cody Stamann
Bantamweight – Jimmie Rivera -150 vs. John Dodson
Middleweight – Charles Byrd -235 vs. Darren Stewart
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight – Craig White -231 vs. Diego Sanchez
Lightweight – Alex White -150 vs. Jim Miller
Women’s Bantamweight – Irene Aldana -120 vs. Lucie Pudilová
Flyweight – Jarred Brooks -400 vs. Roberto Sanchez
Welterweight – Geoff Neal -186 vs. Frank Camacho
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