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Draws Pearce in October
Sabatini will take on Jonathan Pearce in a featherweight matchup at UFC Vegas 98 on October 12, Nolan King of USA Today reports.
ANALYSIS
After starting his UFC run with four consecutive victories, Sabatini has dropped two of his last three fights. He was set to face Nate Landwehr in March at UFC Atlantic City, but dropped from the fight for undisclosed reasons. He now draws Pearce, who has hit a rough patch of his own lately with two consecutive defeats. Pearce has a much better striking volume, so look for Sabatini to attempt to use his offensive wrestling in an attempt to exploit the 58 percent takedown defense of his opponent. Sabatini will also give up four inches in height and an inch in reach.
After starting his UFC run with four consecutive victories, Sabatini has dropped two of his last three fights. He was set to face Nate Landwehr in March at UFC Atlantic City, but dropped from the fight for undisclosed reasons. He now draws Pearce, who has hit a rough patch of his own lately with two consecutive defeats. Pearce has a much better striking volume, so look for Sabatini to attempt to use his offensive wrestling in an attempt to exploit the 58 percent takedown defense of his opponent. Sabatini will also give up four inches in height and an inch in reach.
Not fighting at Atlantic City
Sabatini is not fighting Nate Landwehr at UFC Atlantic City on March 30, according to Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl.
ANALYSIS
The UFC updated its card for the Atlantic City event, which featured Landwehr but not Sabatini. It is unclear when he will fight again, but it appears certain March is off the table.
The UFC updated its card for the Atlantic City event, which featured Landwehr but not Sabatini. It is unclear when he will fight again, but it appears certain March is off the table.
Scheduled against Landwehr
Sabatini is scheduled to compete against Nate Landwehr in a featherweight fight at UFC Atlantic City on March 30, per Nolan King of USA Today.
ANALYSIS
Sabatini will look to establish some more consistency in 2024, beginning with a win over Landwehr. After all, inconsistency defined his 2023. Sabatini obliterated Lucas Almeida at UFC on ESPN 47 but found himself at the receiving end of an obliteration against Diego Lopes at UFC 295.
Sabatini will look to establish some more consistency in 2024, beginning with a win over Landwehr. After all, inconsistency defined his 2023. Sabatini obliterated Lucas Almeida at UFC on ESPN 47 but found himself at the receiving end of an obliteration against Diego Lopes at UFC 295.
Lasts 90 seconds in NYC
Sabatini lost to Diego Lopes via KO (punches) at 1:30 of Round 1 at UFC 295 on Saturday in New York City.
ANALYSIS
This was a truly awful performance from Sabatini in a pick 'em bout. A noted wrestler that struggles when his takedowns aren't landing, Pat failed on both of his attempts and then got cracked by Lopes as he was getting back to his feet. He was never able to recover, and referee Keith Peterson was stepping in moments later. Sabatini's 5-2 record in his first seven UFC bouts is plenty reasonable, but he's lost two of his last three, and at age 33, there's nothing to suggest any sort of breakthrough is forthcoming.
This was a truly awful performance from Sabatini in a pick 'em bout. A noted wrestler that struggles when his takedowns aren't landing, Pat failed on both of his attempts and then got cracked by Lopes as he was getting back to his feet. He was never able to recover, and referee Keith Peterson was stepping in moments later. Sabatini's 5-2 record in his first seven UFC bouts is plenty reasonable, but he's lost two of his last three, and at age 33, there's nothing to suggest any sort of breakthrough is forthcoming.
Draws Lopes at UFC 295
Sabatini will take on Diego Lopes in a featherweight matchup at UFC 295 on November 11, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Sabatini sits with a tremendous 5-1 record in UFC fights, and most recently bounced back from his only loss with a second-round submission over Lucas Almeida in June. On paper, he'll be giving up three inches in height and two inches of reach to Lopes, which he'll presumably look to negate with his wrestling. Sabatini averages an impressive 3.83 takedowns per 15 minutes of fight time, and while it's only a three-fight sample size, Lopes has a well below-average 33 percent takedown defense.
Sabatini sits with a tremendous 5-1 record in UFC fights, and most recently bounced back from his only loss with a second-round submission over Lucas Almeida in June. On paper, he'll be giving up three inches in height and two inches of reach to Lopes, which he'll presumably look to negate with his wrestling. Sabatini averages an impressive 3.83 takedowns per 15 minutes of fight time, and while it's only a three-fight sample size, Lopes has a well below-average 33 percent takedown defense.