UFC 258: Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green Picks and Predictions

Jim Miller and Bobby Green face off on Saturday in the main card of UFC 258 in a lightweight bout in the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. 

Jim MIller is a UFC veteran in the UFC and MMA and overall during his professional career he sits with a 32-15 record overall. Even with his success during his career, Miller has lost two of his last three fights including his last fight against Vinc Pichel. In that fight, Miller was outstruck 41-13 and the three takedowns didn’t help either as he lost by unanimous decision. Miller during his career is averaging 2.73 significant strikes per minute while absorbing 2.99 significant strikes per minute. Miller is also averaging 1.69 takedowns every 15 minutes and he is successful on 43 percent of those attempts. Miller is also averaging 1.9 successful takedowns every 15 minutes. 

On the other side of this matchup is Bobby Green who comes into this fight with a 27-17-1 record overall and coming into this one he has won three of his last four fights. The one loss during that stretch of games was in his last fight against Thiago Moises back in October of 2020. In that fight, Bobby Green outstruck Moises 85-42 but he still lost by unanimous decision. Green is averaging 5.17 significant strikes per minute while absorbing 3.32 significant strikes per minute Each of the last nine fights for Green have gone to a decision. In this fight if Geen wants to come away with a victory he needs to get out to a fast start.