Julian Marquez vs Zachary Reese Prediction: A bout between men in their 30s

The bout between Julian Marquez and Zachary Reese is one of the main cards in middleweight professional mixed martial arts to take place on Sunday. Both players are coming from defeats, hoping to change the state of things in this upcoming bout. Fans can catch up live with the event via ESPN.

Julian Marquez had an amateur record of 5-0-0 but has a professional record of 9-4-0. Out of his nine wins, Julian has five knockout victories and four submissions. After his loss in 2016 against Chris Harris through a unanimous decision, Julian had a 5-year winning streak before being defeated again in 2018 by Alessio Di Chirico through a split decision. After this, Julian won against Maki Pitolo and Sam Alvey, both through knockouts in rounds 2 and 4, respectively. After these were his two previous fights, which she lost to Gregory Rodrigues and Marc-Andre Barriault through knockouts as well. Julian hopes to erase this losing streak with a win.

With an impressive professional record of 6-1-0, Zachary Reese has won 4 bouts through knockouts and 2 submissions, while he has only one knockout loss. Although Zachary began the amateur division with a unanimous decision loss against Kevin Holland in 2012, he upgraded his performance by winning all three other games in the amateur division, which were victories for him. In professional MMA, Zachary had a six-year winning streak between 2021 and 2023, which was broken by Cody Brundage, who won Zachary through a knockout. His loss to Cody Brunage happens to be his last professional bout and the first game he would lose.

This game will possibly end in a knockout. Julian Marquez is more experienced and even older than Zachary, but this does not guarantee his victory. Even though Julian ranks number 55 as the current best MMA middleweight fighter while Zachary ranks number 112, it doesn’t determine Julian’s victory nonetheless. Zachary is more youthful, and that’s an added advantage for him. He surpasses Julian in height and reach and also has a higher knockout percentage than him. The fact that Zachary has only lost one bout while Julian has lost four gives Zachary a higher winning percentage in this upcoming bout. This game will see Zachary Reese become the winner with a knockout.