Alex Morono will battle Matthew Semelsberger at UFC 277 on Saturday, July 30, 2022. The moneyline has Morono priced at +135 while Semelsberger is at -155.Alex "The Great White" Morono walks into the cage holding a mark of 21-7-0 (1 NC). The 31-year-old records a weight of 170 lbs and comes in at 5'11". The orthodox fighter reaches 72". Matthew "Semi The Jedi" Semelsberger stands in at 6'1" and is fighting at 170 lbs. The switch fighter will be looking to add a victory to his record of 10-3-0. The 29-year-old has a reach of 75". With respect to significant strikes, Alex Morono lands 5.21 per min and Matthew Semelsberger is connecting on 5.01 significant strikes per minute. Morono is landing 42% of the significant strikes he throws and Semelsberger connects on 48%. When it comes to defending in the Octagon, "The Great White" takes 3.93 significant strikes per minute and "Semi The Jedi" allows 4.55. Morono also stops 56% of the significant strikes that are aimed in his direction and Semelsberger is able to deflect 59% of them. Concerning wrestling, Alex Morono is not as efficient of a grappler as he is averaging a takedown 0.35 times per 3 rounds. Morono is scoring a takedown on 25% of the times he tries and is stopping 53% of the takedowns his opponents attempt. Semelsberger is finishing his takedown attempts on 85% of the takedowns he attempts and stopping 42% of all takedowns attempted on him. Regarding going for the sub, Morono is the more skilled technician by trying 0.4 subs per 3 rds while Semelsberger tries 0.3 subs per 3 rounds

The last time he fought, Alex Morono squared up with Mickey Gall and wound up getting the victory by unanimous decision in round 3. Gall landed 69 of 149 total strikes that he threw in that fight. Morono walked away from this fight having landed 93 of 233 total strikes. When it comes to significant strikes, Gall landed 65 of 144, giving him a percentage of 45%. He finished the fight landing 35 of 106 significant strikes directed at the head. On the other side of the Octagon, Morono ended up landing 39% of his significant strikes by landing 90 of 230. Looking at the significant strike accuracy, he connected on 70 of 200 to the head. 98% of the significant strikes connected on by Gall and 91% of them connected on by Morono were thrown at distance

In the last bout for Matthew Semelsberger, he faced off with AJ Fletcher and ended up winning this fight by way of unanimous decision in round 3. Fletcher landed 88% of the significant strikes he attempted at distance while Semelsberger ended up landing 52% of the significant strikes he attempted from distance. Semelsberger landed 48% of the significant strikes he attempted by landing 40 of 82. He landed 32 of 67 significant strikes directed at the head. Fletcher connected on 34 of 64 significant strikes in that fight. In terms of accuracy for the significant strikes, he ended up connecting on 21 of 49 to the head. When discussing the total strikes thrown in this fight, Fletcher ended up landing 87 of 124 and Semelsberger ended up connecting on 54 of 97 total strikes.