Andrew Sanchez and Makhmud Muradov are fighting at UFC 257 on Saturday, January 23, 2021 on PPV.

In this middleweight (185lb) bout, we have Andrew Sanchez and Makhmud Muradov. Sanchez is fighting out of St. Louis, Missouri. Sanchez won his last fights against Wellington Turman. He is entering this bout as a +120 underdog. He has a professional MMA record of 12-5-0. Sanchez has 6 wins by KO/TKO (50%), 2 submissions (17%), and 4 decisions (33%). 

Muradov is entering this fight as a -150 favorite. He is fighting out of Uzbekistan. His professional MMA record is 24-6-0. He is currently on a 13 fight win streak. He has notable wins over Trevor Smith and Alessio Di Chirico. Muradov has 16 wins via KO/TKO (67%), 3 submissions (13%), and 1 decision (21%).  

In this fight, Muradov is going to have a significant striking advantage and has really good volume. He also has 100% takedown defense, but it’s a relatively small sample size. What I don’t like about Sanchez is he absorbs more punches than he thitems. He’s extremely hittable. Also, Sanchez tends to depend on his wrestling when he starts to fatigue, which has posed him problems in the past. If Muradov is able to keep this fight on the feet and successfully defend the takedown, he will win. My pick is…