Nate Maness vs Mateus Mendonca Prediction: Expect a long fight

On Sunday, Nate Maness and Mateus Mendonca will compete against each other in the flyweight UFC men division at UFC Vegas 80. The most recent fight that Mateus Mendonca competed in was against Javid Basharat, and Nate Maness has now lost two in a row prior to this showdown.

Nate Maness was defeated by Tagir Ulanbekov in the first round of his most recent fight through submission via guillotine choke, making it his second consecutive defeat with the first against Umar Nurmagomedov. In the match, Tagir Ulanbekov was successful with nine of the fourteen total blows he attempted to land. At the conclusion of the night, Nate Maness had successfully landed 23 of a total of 30 strikes. Tagir Ulanbekov finished the match with a score of 4 for 9 in the category of major strikes, giving him a percentage of 44%. In the end, he was successful in landing 4 out of 8 heavy blows that were aimed at the head. On the other side of the cage, Maness was successful in landing forty percent of his critical strikes by scoring four out of ten knockouts. In terms of the positioning of these critical blows, he was only successful with two of the eight blows targeted at the head. Maness was responsible for 75% of the significant hits that were linked on by Tagir Ulanbekov, who was responsible for landing 50% of those significant hits.

In Mateus Mendonca's most recent bout, which took place in the Octagon versus Javid Basharat, the bout was decided via unanimous decision in the third round. Mendonca was ultimately victorious in the fight. Both Javid Basharat and Mateus Mendonca were successful in landing big blows at a distance, with the former landing 63% of his significant blows and the latter landing 86% of the significant blows he attempted from a distance. Mateus Mendonca was successful in 29 out of 88 of his important strike attempts, which is a connection rate of 32 percent. He ultimately connected on 21 of the important strikes that were directed at the head, for a total of 72. In the end, Javid Basharat connected on 95 of the 130 key strikes that were thrown during the fight. He was successful in landing 62 out of 93 blows that were aimed at the head, which is a high percentage. Basharat landed 70 of the 133 total strikes he attempted during that bout, whereas Mateus Mendonca landed 70 of the 133 total blows he threw. In terms of overall strikes, Javid Basharat was 125 out of 164.

Even though it is not embarrassing to lose to Javid Basharat, Mateus Mendonca appeared to be in considerably worse shape than was anticipated during the match's conclusion, particularly in terms of endurance. However, if he is able to fix his gas tank and reduce his weight to 125 pounds while remaining healthy, this fight will be his to lose. Nate Maness gets off to a poor start and has never been skilled at dealing with aggressive strikers, both of which are tendencies that he does not appear to be able to change. In each of his three UFC victories, he was forced to battle back from rounds that were decisively won by his opponent, and as a result, it is not difficult to imagine a focused Mateus Mendonca dominating him via pure tenacity.