Cortney Casey vs Mara Romero Borella – 5/16/20 UFC Fight Night Pick & Prediction

The women’s flyweight will have a fairly decent battle here. However, the battle will feature one fighter who is only a loss away from dropping to five hundred in her career in Casey taking on Borella who has managed to battle here way to five wins over the five hundred mark. What else will be interest, though, is the fact that Borella is often seen as a slower fighter who tends to take quite a few hits.

Cast Iron is heading to the fight using the orthodox style of stance, but when it comes to the fighting style she is more of a striker. Her last bout was a loss by unanimous decision to Cynthia Calvillo. The loss dropped her to an 8-7mark overall, but she is 3-0 in the TKO/KO fights and when it comes to the submission fighting she is 3-1. Coming into the fight here Casey has managed to get 4.80 significant strikes per minute, but has an accuracy that is sitting at 38.60% so far.

Maraviha is heading into the fight with the orthodox stance, but also with the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu type of fighting style. When she was in her last fight she ended up losing by a unanimous decision to Montana De La Rosa. The loss dropped her to a 12-7 record, but she is not good as a TKO/KO fighter with a 3-4 record and the submission record has her sitting at 4-1. Borella is heading into the fight here with only 2.61 strikes per minute. However, when it comes to accuracy of those significant strikes she is not really that good either with only 36.79% in her career.

The tale of the tape will showcase that Casey is heading into the fight standing at 5’7” and 125 pounds. Her reach is coming into the fight at 67 inches and while that is decent, it is not overly long. When it comes to Borella she is coming into the fight standing at 5’6” and 125 pounds. Borella does have a slight reach advantage at 69 inches.

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This battle is one that sees Casey doing better as a striker and definitely coming in landing more blows. That will be a strong tale of the tape here in the fight as Casey will land quite a few blows on Borella and that will definitely lead to her wearing down in the fight. Look for the fight to go the distance and end up in the judges hands, but once in the judges hands the winner will be Cortney Casey based off of the blows she lands early on in the fight.