Uriah Hall vs Sean Strickland Predictions & Tips
Sean Strickland can continue his rise up the middleweight rankings.
Strickland is an intelligent striker who times his attacks well, throws excellent combinations and is also comfortable on the ground.
Uriah Hall can produce a highlight reel finish in the blink of an eye, but he also has a knack for underwhelming.
The question of ‘which Hall will turn up’ makes Strickland the more appealing option in a close fight.
- Sean Strickland has won 4 fights in a row
- Sean Strickland lands an average 5.14 significant strikes per minute
- Sean Strickland has a 67% significant strike defence
- Uriah Hall lands an average or 3.34 significant strikes per minute
- Uriah Hall is an unpredictable fighter with a knack for underwhelming performances
- Uriah Hall has been knocked out in 3 of his last 8 fights
Uriah Hall has rebounded from a miserable run of results between November 2015 and July 2018.
Hall lost four of his five fights during that run, albeit against top talent, but he has got his career back on track since then.
He sparked this four-fight win streak with a third-round knockout win over Bevon Lewis in December 2018.
10 months later he won back-to-back fights for the first time in four years when he edged a split decision win over Antonio Carlos Junior.
In his next outing Hall stopped UFC legend Anderson Silva with strikes in the fourth round.
His win streak then hit four fights in April of this year, albeit in disappointing fashion. Opponent Chris Weidman broke his leg in the first 17 seconds.
Hall goes into this fight with a 17-9 record, with 13 of his wins coming via knockout.
Of his nine losses, 4 have come via KO/TKO and 5 have come via decision.
Sean Strickland is enjoying his best run of form since signing with the UFC back in 2014.
Strickland is currently enjoying a four-fight win streak that has put him on the brink of the top 10 in the middleweight division.
He started this run with a second-round TKO win over Nordine Taleb in October 2018.
Strickland followed that up by besting Jack Marshman over five rounds last October, and just two weeks later he knocked out Brendan Allen in the second round.
He made it four-in-a-row in May of this year, earning a decision win over Krzysztof Jotko for the biggest win of his career so far.
Strickland has a 23-3 record as a professional MMA fighter, with 10 wins coming via KO/TKO and 9 by decision.
He has been stopped with strikes once in his career, with his other 2 losses coming via the scorecards.