UFC ON ESPN 50: Tanner Boser vs Aleksa Camur 08/05/2023 Predictions, Spread and Preview

UFC ON ESPN 50: Boser vs Camur 08/05/2023 – Light heavyweight fighters Tanner Boser and Aleksa Camur square off in a three-round encounter that is part of the UFC on ESPN 50 main card. The clash is slated to take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, August 5. Matches in this card will begin at 9:00 PM ET with ESPN+ covering them on live television and UFC Fight Pass featuring the matchups for live streaming subscribers. Both fighters are trying to avoid a third straight setback and a win will revitalize their UFC careers.

Boser is coming off successive defeats to Rodrigo Nascimento and Ion Cutelaba. Camur, meanwhile, lost his fights against William Knight and Nicolae Negumereanu after kicking off his mixed martial arts journey with six straight wins. Online MMA oddsmakers see this encounter as a dogfight as both individuals are determined to notch a win to halt their losing skid and secure more matches in the future.

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Tanner Boser

After having a promising start to his UFC career where he went 3-1, Boser (20-10-1, 4-5 UFC), all of a sudden, struggled in his next five fights, going 1-4. This includes a technical knockout loss to Cutelaba in April in his first fight as a light heavyweight in nine years. The Bonnyville, Alberta native needs to step up a notch in his next fight to revitalize his career in the UFC. The 31-year-old Boser has a two-inch height advantage and 1 1/2-inch edge in reach that he can use in setting up his strikes during the fight.

Boser has earned 11 knockout and two submission victories in his career. Most of his losses were by decision (eight), meaning he can tough it out and last the distance during fights. He prefers to stand and bang with his opponent as evidenced by his low takedown rate. Boser has not been successful in any takedown tries but was able to stop 61% of the attempts launched by his foes. He has yet attempt any submission maneuver in the UFC. Boser has the propensity to deliver effective punches and kicks that can rock or knock down his opponents. He has a significant strike success rate of 51% and landed an average of 4.17 strikes per minute. His defense against strikes is above average at 60% and has absorbed 2.47 strikes per minute.

Aleksa Camur

The Sarajevo-born Aleksa Camur (6-2, 1-2 UFC) had a hot start to his mixed martial arts career, winning his first six matches, including a unanimous decision win over Justin Ledet in his UFC debut on January 18, 2020. The 27-year-old fighter stumbled in his next two fights, picking up tough decision losses to Knight and Negumereanu. He returns to the octagon in over two years with the hope of stopping the two-fight losing skid that would open new beginnings in the UFC. Camur, who now resides in Ohio, comes in at a disadvantage in height and reach but he hopes to cancel that out with his firing determination to pick up the win.

Camur enters the fight against Boser with a significant strike accuracy rate of 59% and an average of 4.78 strikes per minute. His defense rate is 60% and has absorbed 3.15 strikes per minute. In terms of grappling, the American has an average of 0.59 takedowns per 15 minutes and has a 25% proficiency rate. He has stopped 50% of the takedown attempts against him and has yet to connect any submission maneuver in his UFC fights. Camur has five knockout finishes and his two losses were by decision.