Corey “Overtime” Anderson and Jan Blachowicz will face each other for the second time at UFC Fight Night 167. The two fighters will head the event in a Light Heavyweight brawl. The two had earlier met at UFC 191. The fight carried on till the end of the third round as both fighters fought with everything they had.

Corey Anderson gave a significantly more impactful performance than Jan Blachowicz. Even though Jan is a great striker, Anderson outdid him by landing many more strikes. While Jan landed 33/62 strikes, Anderson bagged a whopping 156/237. Owing to his superior wrestling skills, Anderson was able to carry out 4 successful takedowns whereas Blachowicz managed 1. The significant strike rate also had a huge difference, as Anderson overpowered Blanchowicz in yet another aspect of judgment.

The fight ended at the end of the 3rd round with Corey Anderson winning the decision. Both the fighters have come a long way since then and their performances are now evidently much more polished.

Their careers at present look much better than they did all that time back. Corey Anderson is coming off of defeating the likes of Ilir Latifi and Johnny Walker, and Jan Blachowicz is on a roll himself. He is freshly coming off defeating Ronaldo Souza and Luke Rockhold, the latter also winning him the Performance of the Night.

Can Jan Blachowicz avenge his loss against Corey Anderson?

Some of the best-informed personalities in the UFC World gave their predictions for the upcoming fixture. Curtis Blaydes, Leon Edwards, Alexander Volkanovski, Stephen Thompson, Casey Kenney, Grant Dawson, and Juan Adams spoke to The Score MMA. They obliged with the request placed and gave their predictions regarding the match.

All of these experts had the same conclusions as to their predictions. Corey Anderson will win. The reasons they all gave were largely similar too.

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The foremost reason for a clean sweep in predictions by Corey Anderson is his most recent fight with Johnny Walker. Experts said that Corey did to Walker that no one had previously, and is fresh off a huge win.

They also said that Corey has been improving at a continuous pace, and would definitely carry on the streak of wins that he is currently on.

The predictions are all on Corey’s side, but if there’s one thing that the UFC always promises, it is uncertain excitement. All that is left to do is watch UFC Fight Night 167 and watch for ourselves whether history truly does repeat itself.

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