Seokhyeon Ko vs Oban Elliott Pick, 06/21/2025 Predictions UFC Baku Odds

Seokhyeon Ko vs Oban Elliott

UFC Baku

Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Seokhyeon Ko will battle Oban Elliott at UFC Baku on Saturday, June 21, 2025. The opener has Ko coming in at +380 while Elliott is priced at -500.

Seokhyeon "The Korean Tyson" Ko steps into the cage with a mark of 11-2-0. The 31-year-old records a weight of 170 lbs and comes in at 5'10". The southpaw fighter extends his reach 71". Oban "The Welsh Gangster" Elliott measures 6'0" and weighs in at 170 lbs. The orthodox fighter looks to add a win to his career record of 12-2-0. The 27-year-old extends his reach 72". When talking about significant strikes, Seokhyeon Ko lands 3.60 per minute while Oban Elliott connects on 4.26 significant strikes per minute. Ko lands 51% of the significant strikes he attempts and Elliott lands 49%. When it comes to defending in the cage, "The Korean Tyson" takes 3.33 significant strikes per minute while "The Welsh Gangster" allows 2.25. Ko also defends 57% of the significant strikes that are aimed in his direction and Elliott deflects 62% of the strikes thrown in his direction.

Regarding grappling, Seokhyeon Ko is the not as competent as a wrestler as he takes his opponents to the canvas 2.00 times per 15 minutes. Ko is getting his opponent to the mat on 33% of the times he tries and defending 50% of takedowns his opponents have tried. Elliott is finishing his takedown attempts on 50% of his takedown tries and is stopping 72% of all takedowns attempted on him. When it comes to sub attempts, Ko is the lesser skilled of the two fighters by attempting 0.5 submissions per 3 rounds while Elliott looks to get 0.9 submissions per 3 rds.

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In his previous bout, Seokhyeon Ko squared up with Igor Cavalcanti and took home the win by way of unanimous decision in round 3. Cavalcanti landed 69 of 144 of the strikes he threw in total in this fight. Ko finished this fight landing 107 of 173 total strikes. Concerning significant strikes, Cavalcanti ended up landing 50 of 117, which gave him a rate of 42%. He ended up landing 22 of 78 significant strikes to the head. Statistically, Ko ended up landing 51% of his significant strikes by landing 54 of 104. Of all the significant strikes, he landed 45 of 92 aimed at the head. 84% of the significant strikes connected on by Cavalcanti and 75% of them landed by Ko were thrown at distance.

In the last Octagon appearance for Oban Elliott, he faced off with Bassil Hafez and ended up winning this fight by a punch to the head in round 3. Hafez ended up connecting on 95% of his significant strikes at distance and Elliott landed 84% of the significant strikes he attempted from distance. Elliott landed 55% of the significant strikes he attempted by connecting on 65 of 117. He ended up landing 22 of 60 significant strikes directed at the head. Hafez ended up connecting on 24 of 70 significant strikes in that contest. Of all the significant strikes, he ended up landing 16 of 55 to the head. Regarding total strikes that he let go in that contest, Hafez connected on 24 of 70 and Elliott was 66 of 118 total strikes.

Other bouts on the card to keep an eye on

One more match to look forward to is when Ismail Naurdiev faces off with JunYong Park. Naurdiev has a career mark of 24-7-0. The 28-year-old is weighing in at 185 lbs and stands in at 5'10". The orthodox fighter has a wingspan of 74". Park stands in at 5'10" and will fight at 185 lbs. The orthodox fighter steps into the Octagon holding a mark of 18-6-0. The 34-year-old extends his reach 73". In the grappling category, Ismail Naurdiev scores a takedown 1.60 times per 15 min and JunYong Park takes his opponents to the mat 1.85 times per 3 rounds. When it comes to striking, Naurdiev is landing 3.41 strikes per minute and landing 53% out of all the strikes he attempts. The other fighter in this bout is JunYong Park, who connects on 51% of his attempted strikes and is landing 4.77 per minute.

An additional fight that you're going to want to see is when Azat Maksum is set to enter the Octagon with Tagir Ulanbekov. Ulanbekov looks to add a win to his career record of 16-2-0. The 33-year-old is weighing in at 125 lbs and comes in at 5'7". The southpaw fighter stretches 70". Maksum stands 5'7" and will fight at 125 lbs. The southpaw fighter has a mark of 15-1-0. The 30-year-old reaches 70". In terms of wrestling, Tagir Ulanbekov thwarts 63% of the takedowns fighters have gone for and is getting his opponent to the mat on 47% of the times he tries. Maksum is finishing his takedowns on 22% of his attempts and curbs 66% of all takedown tries against him. In the category of striking, Ulanbekov takes 3.20 strikes/minute and he is dealing 3.13 per min. Maksum, on the other side, takes 5.23 strikes per min and deals 2.80 per minute.

Who will win tonight's UFC match against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oban Elliott (-500)

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