UFC 303 Odds, Prediction: Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva
Jourdain is a -123 favourite on the MMA odds and Silva +103 with an over-under of 2.5 rebounds.
Charles Jourdain UFC 303 odds
Ilia Topuria is the current UFC featherweight champion, and the 28-year-old Jourdain, from Quebec, is unranked in the division with a professional MMA record of 15-7 with one draw, which came against Joshua Culibao on October 2020. Jourdain was previously a TKO Major League MMA double champion, winning that organization’s featherweight title and also the interim lightweight belt. Jourdain is 6-6-1 in the UFC, largely beating lesser competition.
“Air” Jourdain (get it?) had a two-fight winning streak snapped in January in Toronto as he was beaten via split decision against Sean Woodson. There was some confusion following the winner announcement as the referee raised the wrong hand and Jourdain celebrated thinking he won briefly. The 28-29, 29-28, 29-28 decision drew boos from the crowd and Jourdain left the cage shaking his head. Jourdain gave up five inches in height and nine inches in reach to Woodson, who had an 80-60 edge in significant strikes.
The 5-foot-9 Jourdain has a reach of 69 inches and his fights average 12:31. He lands 5.56 significant strikes per minute with 48 per cent accuracy and absorbs 4.31 per minute with 57 per cent defence. His takedown average is 0.09 per 15 minutes with 10 per cent accuracy, and his takedown defence is 48 per cent.
Jourdain has six losses by decision and one by submission with eight wins by KO/TKO, five by submission and two by decision. His favoured method of victory Saturday is by decision at +165, followed by KO/TKO/DQ at +600 and submission at +800 with a draw at +5000.
Jean Silva UFC 303 odds
The 27-year-old Silva, from Brazil, is unranked in the UFC featherweight division and has a professional record of 12-2 with the defeats coming in May 2017 via split decision to Pedro Henrique in the Apera Fighting Championship and then to Gabriel Schlupp de Lima by unanimous decision in April 2018 in San Jose Super Fight qualifying.
Silva is a graduate of Dana White’s Contender Series as he earned a spot on the UFC roster with a unanimous decision victory over Kevin Vallejos in that competition last September. “Lord” made his official UFC debut in January and beat Westin Wilson by first-round TKO (punches) for a ninth straight win.
The 5-foot-7 Silva has a reach of 69 inches and his bouts average 9:37. He lands 5.83 significant strikes per minute with 52 per cent accuracy and absorbs 4.27 with 57 per cent defence. His takedown average is 1.56 per 15 minutes with 50 per cent accuracy, and his takedown defence 100 per cent.
Silva has nine wins by KO/TKO, two by submission and one by decision. For Saturday, his favoured method of victory is by decision at +250, followed by KO/TKO/DQ at +300 and submission at +1250. That the fight goes the full three rounds is -125 with no at -105. That either wins by KO/TKO/DQ is +125, by decision at -125 and submission +700.