UFC 269 – Ryan Hall vs. Darrick Minner – Fight Analysis & Predictions

Two excellent grapplers will share the octagon at UFC 269 prelims. Ryan Hall and Darrick Minner will fight in the featherweight division to find out who the better grappler is.

Ryan Hall is globally famous for his amazing skills. He has been fighting MMA for a while, but he is also very famous for winning some tournaments in no-GI (which is better for MMA), BJJ tournaments. His professional record is 8-2, but he also has 2 victories in the UFC – Ultimate fighter season 22. He defeated former champion B.J Penn, via submission Heel Hook in a very spectacular way. His last appearance was against Georgian Beast, undefeated fighter Ilia Topuria. Hall could not close the distance and start grappling in this fight, but Ilia caught him and knocked him out with massive ground and pound.

Darrick Minner is more experienced in MMA, but his grappling is amazing, too. 22 out of 26 victories he earned via submissions, which is an 85% rate. He fought 4 times in the UFC and earned 2 victories. His last appearance was against Darren Elkins, where Darren earned a TKO victory.

I think Ryan will earn the easy victory in this bout. Darrick is a true finisher, but he also has 8 submission losses, which is too many. Ryan is good in MMA’s grappling and is famous in the BJJ world with his tremendous skills. Everyone avoids fighting with him, so this grappling fight will be exciting. Ryan is favorite with the odd 1.5, but his early victory should have the odd around 2.0 or even more. (this odd is not finalized yet).