Miles Johns and Douglas Silva de Andrade meet Saturday within the co-feature of UFC on ESPN 58 from UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Try this fast breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom.
Miles Johns vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade UFC on ESPN 58 preview
Johns (14-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) enters on the heels of a unanimous resolution win over Cody Gibson in March. Previous to a no contest towards Dan Argueta in September, Johns, 30, defeated Vince Morales by resolution. His final loss preceded that outing, a submission setback vs. John Castaneda in February 2022. … De Andrade (29-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) enters off a choice win over Cody Stamann final Could. The 38-year-old misplaced the combat prior, dropping a choice to Mentioned Nurmagomedov in July 2022.
Miles Johns vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade UFC on ESPN 58 knowledgeable choose, prediction
The impromptu co-main occasion in Las Vegas includes a potential banger at bantamweight between Johns and de Andrade.
Regardless of Johns arguably being on a three-fight successful streak heading into this bout, I’m unsure I like this matchup for the fighter from the Midwest.
Johns is a good energy puncher for the division, however de Andrade is arguably an even bigger and extra athletic model of the American and is troublesome to place away.
Though Johns has been leaning extra on his wrestling as of late, he doesn’t precisely rating a lot from his positional work – usually spending massive parts of entanglements warding off submissions.
For that purpose, I believe that Johns’ offensive wrestling will solely open him as much as opportunistic submissions reverse a fighter like de Andrade (who will even provide potent hooks and knees standing).
The choose is de Andrade by club-and-sub in Spherical 2.
Miles Johns vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade UFC on ESPN 58 odds
The oddsmakers and the general public are barely favoring the youthful fighter, itemizing Johns as a slight favourite at -140 and de Andrade a small underdog at +110, by way of FanDuel.
Miles Johns vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade UFC on ESPN 58 begin time, tips on how to watch
Because the co-feature bout, Johns and de Andrade are anticipated to make their walks to the octagon at roughly 12:05 p.m. ET. The combat broadcasts stay on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.
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