UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs Salkilld

Sun 9 Aug · Meta APEX

Las Vegas, United States

Lightweight· 5 rounds

Pick the winner

AI-generated

Quillan Salkilld: Salkilld arrives on five straight wins, four of them finishes, the most recent a knockout of Beneil Dariush in May.
Mateusz Gamrot: Gamrot is the #6 lightweight and got back in the win column by submitting Esteban Ribovics in April.
The market prices this one close to even despite the three-place ranking gap between #6 and #9.
Quillan Salkilld: At 182.9 cm with a 190.5 cm reach, Salkilld is the taller man by five centimetres and has eleven and a half centimetres more reach than Gamrot.
Both men are elite takedown volume merchants — 5.22 per 15 minutes for Gamrot, 7.25 for Salkilld — and both defend at a high clip, 83% against 80%.

What will make the difference?

Gamrot

Championship rounds
Thirteen fights and five years in the division give Gamrot a depth of five-round experience Salkilld has not needed yet.
Wrestling base
A decorated wrestling background plus 83% takedown defense is the profile that tends to shut down opponents who want the same real estate.
Southpaw accuracy
He lands at 52% while giving up only 2.81 strikes a minute, and Salkilld's 45% striking defense is a target.

Salkilld

Length
A 190.5 cm reach against 179.1 cm lets him work behind the jab and meet Gamrot's entries before they arrive.
Volume and finishing
He lands 5.01 strikes a minute to Gamrot's 3.21 and has finished four of his last five.
Grappling threat
Salkilld's 7.25 takedowns per 15 minutes and 0.76 submission attempts mean Gamrot cannot treat the mat as safe ground.

5.22Takedowns / 15 min7.25

83%Takedown defense80%

3.21Strikes landed / min5.01

60%Striking defense45%

Recent fights

Tale of the tape

26-4Record12-1

5'10"Height6'0"

71"Reach75"

SouthpawStance—

How they win

Gamrot26 wins

Salkilld12 wins