Mickey Gall is a big favorite against Diego Sanchez at UFC 235 on Saturday, March 2 in Paradise, Nevada. This event is one of four fights on the ESPN portion of the preliminary card. Sanchez is 28-11 in his career, while Gall is 5-1 in his career. There are a total of five fights on the main pay-per-view card at UFC 235, with the headliner a bout between Jon Jones and Anthony Smith. There are also a total of eight fights on the preliminary card with four on ESPN and four on UFC Fight Pass. Let’s look at the bout between Sanchez and Gall and UFC predictions.
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Diego Sanchez (28-11, 17-11 UFC)
Sanchez came into the UFC with a record of 11-0 and he has 17 wins and 11 losses in the UFC. In his last five fights, he has two wins and three losses. He defeated Marcin Held by unanimous decision and Craig White by unanimous decision; while losing to Joe Lauzon by TKO, Al Iaquinta by KO, and Matt Brown by KO.
Sanchez has been a pro since 2002 and has six wins by TKO/KO and nine by submission. He has 11 first round finishes.
Mickey Gall (5-1, 4-1 UFC)
Gall came into the UFC with a record of 1-0 and he has four wins and one loss in the UFC. He defeated Mike Jackson by submission, CM Punk by submission, Sage Northcutt by submission, and George Sullivan by submission; while losing to Randy Brown by unanimous decision. Gall has been a pro since 2015 and has five wins by submission. He has four first round finishes.
Gall said this to mymmanews.com about his upcoming fight against Sanchez, “I’m getting more and more excited, I’m hyper focused. The fight’s not right now so I’m staying present. I’m chilling. I’m enjoying this. I’m hanging out, seeing everybody, talking with everybody. It’s just good, man. Look, I know I’m going to win the fight on Saturday. I just got to show up. I never in my life imagined to fight him. The dude’s a legend. He was the first Ultimate Fighter winner. He’s a warrior. He goes to war and I’m excited to go to war with him. I’m very, very confident. I know, for a fact, that I will render him unconscious in the first round. Either it’s going to be my first UFC knockout, or the first time he’s ever been submitted. But regardless, he’s going to be rendered unconscious in the first round. I’m going to get my hand raised, and then we go party.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Sanchez 2.76 / Gall 1.47
Accuracy: Sanchez 37% / Gall 52%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Sanchez 2.91/ Gall 2.21
Defense: Sanchez 57% / Gall 43%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Sanchez 1.52/ Gall 2.33
Accuracy: Sanchez 22% / Gall 66%
Takedowns defended: Sanchez 50% / Gall 50%
Submission average: Sanchez 0.9 / Gall 5.2
UFC Predictions
Sanchez used to be an excellent fighter and was winning fights left and right until things started to fall apart. Gall on the other hand is really just starting in his career and we don’t really know how good he is against more experienced fighters. Gall has great accuracy in both striking and grappling while his defense needs some work. The pick is Gall to win in a fight that may not go past the first round, so I will also play the rounds to go under.
UFC 235 takes place T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday, March 2, with five fights on the main pay-per-view card, headlined by Jon Jones vs. Anthony Smith and eight preliminary bouts, with four on ESPN and four on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card (Pay-Per-View)
Light Heavyweight - Jon Jones -1450 vs. Anthony Smith
Welterweight - Tyron Woodley -179 vs. Kamaru Usman
Welterweight - Ben Askren -280 vs. Robbie Lawler
Women's Strawweight - Weili Zhang -125 vs. Tecia Torres
Bantamweight - Cody Garbrandt -175 vs. Pedro Munhoz
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
Featherweight - Zabit Magomedsharipov -250 vs. Jeremy Stephens
Light Heavyweight - Johnny Walker -142 vs. Misha Cirkunov
Bantamweight - Cody Stamann -185 vs. Alejandro Pérez
Welterweight - Mickey Gall -315 vs. Diego Sanchez
Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight - Edmen Shahbazyan -137 vs. Charles Byrd
Women's Bantamweight - Macy Chiasson -450 vs. Gina Mazany
Bantamweight - Marlon Vera -205 vs. Frankie Saenz
Women's Strawweight - Polyana Viana -290 vs. Hannah Cifers
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