Chris Gutierrez vs Vince Morales 5/30/2020 – UFC Fight Night Pick & Prediction

The fight here for the featherweight is going to feature Gutierrez taking on Morales. The interesting thing is that Gutierrez has only 3 losses in his career and a no decision as well. That is out of a total of 18 fights that he has been involved in. When it comes to Morales he has ended up getting only 4 losses, but he has not really been that impressive with only 13 fights under his belt.

Chris Gutierrez is heading into the bout here as a striker who has used the orthodox type of stance. The last bout that Gutierrez was involved in was in August and it ended up being a split decision win over Geraldo de Freitas. The win allowed Gutierrez to improve to 14-3-1 in his career, but has a 6-0 TKO/KO record and is 1-1 in the submission decisions.  When it comes to throwing significant strikes Gutierrez has ended up landing 3.65 per minute at an accuracy rate of 55.21%.

Vince Morales is heading into the fight here as a striker and using the orthodox stance. However, he is also coming into the fight here after losing his last fight in June of 2019 by a unanimous decision to Benito Lopez. The loss dropped Morales to a 9-4 record, but when it comes to the KO/TKO record he sits at 5-0, but when it comes to the submission wars he is sitting at 2-2. Morales has only managed to throw 4.84 significant strikes per minute, but has ended up landing them at a rate of 39.53% in his career and that could end up hurting him in the fight.

Chris Gutierrez is coming into the fight here standing at 5’9” and 145 pounds. However, he has a reach that is sitting at 67 inches. For Vince Morales, he is coming into the fight standing at 5’7” and 145 pounds, but he has ended up getting a reach that is sitting at 70 inches which could be a nice advantage.

Chris Gutierrez vs Vince Morales Odds: Vince Morales -110, Chris Gutierrez -110

Round Totals: Over 2.5 -325, Under 2.5 +250

Chris Gutierrez vs Vince Morales Prediction: Chris Gutierrez -110, Over 2.5 -325

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The fight here is very evenly matched with both of the fighters coming in near the same level of skill level, but also with the same type of style and stance. The difference is Gutierrez is coming in with a slight height advantage and that will help him get the better balance, but also helps him in getting the fight slanted towards him in the fight. Look for the bout to go to the judges in this one, but Gutierrez with his height advantage will bring home the win.