Saldana hurt his foot in the first round of that fight and then faded hard down the stretch. Instead he got tied up on the mat and let the clock run out. Lingo foolishly went to the mat with him opposed to immediately making him stand up or else the fight may have been stopped. However, while Saldana led in striking in round one, Lingo led in the later rounds and also landed a knockdown from a body shot late in round three. In his more recent decision loss to Lingo, the overall striking numbers were again close with Saldana actually ahead in significant strikes 77-73 and in total strikes 81-74. Saldana’s corner told him he was going through an adrenaline dump and he certainly looked to be slowing down after the first round, which has now become a trend that we’ve seen in both of his UFC fights.
We thought Griffin clearly won the fight. It was strange that the judges all gave Saldana both the close first and third rounds as both of those seemed like coin flips at best for Saldana. The fight ended with Saldana ahead 36-33 in significant strikes and 40-39 in total strikes, while Griffin landed 4 of his 7 takedown attempts and amassed over six minutes of control time. We didn’t see much happen in the third round as Griffin led just 11-8 in significant strikes, but a failed submission attempt resulted in Saldana spending a minute and a half in top position before Griffin was able to reverse the position and finish the fight on Saldana’s back. That continued into round two as Griffin dominated Saldana on the mat and looked seconds away from finishing him with a rear-naked choke but Saldana was saved by the bell.
In that fight, Saldana took the early striking lead but was then taken down twice to close out the first round. Looking to skip the reading and get straight to the best plays and top bets? We're now offering premium DFS and betting content at /mmadfs that includes our new DFS Cheat Sheet, with our top DraftKings, FanDuel and PrizePicks plays along with our DraftKings ownership projections, as well as our top early bets and our complete betting chart for every UFC fight.įight Day Scratches: Ilir Latifi/Aleksei Oleinik is OFF! Fighter Notes: Fight #13 Luis Saldana 3rd UFC Fight (1-1)Ĭoming off a decision loss to Austin Lingo, Saldana arguably should be 0-2 in the UFC, but won/stole a close decision over Jordan Griffin in his UFC debut.
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