Jake Matthews vs Chidi Njokuani Prediction: Not an easy call for Jake Matthews

Jake Matthews vs Chidi Njokuani: Prediction and odds on the Match on 13 July, 2025

Jake Matthews will take on Chidi Njokuani in the Preliminary Card (fight 5 of 12), with the weight class being 170 lbs (77.1 kg). All actions will be at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Both fighters have won at least two fights before this. Who will win this encounter? Here at Telecom Asia, we take a look at the match’s preview and offer free betting opportunities.

Jake Matthews's recent form

With a professional record of 21-7-0, Jake Matthews has recorded 5 knockout victories, 6 gavazins, and 6 decision wins. He has also recorded 3 submission losses, 3 decisions, and 1 knockout loss. Beginning his professional MMA career in 2012, Jake Matthews kept a 9-win streak, being knocked down by two consecutive losses against Kevin Lee and Andrew Holbrook in 2016. Jake’s last five bouts have been two submission wins against Andre Fialho and Darrius Flowers, along with three losses to Sean Brady (submission), Matthew Semelsberger (KO), and Michael Morales (KO). Jake Matthews also aims to put a stop to losing, and if he wins, it will mark a great achievement for his 20th professional win.

Jake Matthews's Strengths

Jake Matthews has a strong right hand punch power.

Chidi Njokuani's recent form

Chidi Njokuani is the 75th Current Best MMA Welterweight Fighter. He boasts of twenty-five career wins and ten losses. The 35-year-old fighter is fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada, and has an affiliation with Saekson Janjira Muay Thai. Throughout his career, Chidi rarely had success via submission. His major strength has been knockout, which has contributed to fourteen of his victories. His last fight was on March 30, 2024, in UFC Fight Night against Rhys McKee on the Main card, winning by way of Split decision. Before this, He was on the Preliminary card at UFC Fight Night and lost against Michał Oleksiejczuk via a ground and pound technical knockout. In 2022, He joined the UFC promotion and has fought six times, winning three and losing three. In May 2022, he won the Performance of the Night Award in his victory against Duško Todorović via a Technical Knockout. He repeated such a feat and won the award in his bout against Marc-André Barriault, which was an overhand right to a Ground strike knockout victory. Other losses were against Gregory Rodrigues, Rafael Carvalho, Andrey Koreshko,v and John Salter. In 2015, Chidi won the vacant RFA Welterweight Championship against Gilbert Smith via unanimous decision. Exactly four months later, he defeated Max Griffin when he challenged for the TPF Welterweight Championship title belt.

Chidi Njokuani Strength

Chidi Njokuani has a strong right hand punch power.

Jake Matthews vs Chidi Njokuani Betting Insights, Tips & Odds

• Chidi Njokuani is on a three-game winning streak. He has won two of them by a points The option is available at 4.00 odds in the 1XBet bookmaker for Chidi Njokuani to win by decision or technical decision.
• In the last five fights for Jake Matthews, he has won only three. Within those three, two were by decision. They were also his earliest matches. The option is available at 12.00 odds in the 1XBet bookmaker for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr to win by decision or technical decision.

Jake Matthews vs Chidi Njokuani Prediction

This bout is indeed going to be a tight one, but one fans would find interesting to witness. Jake has had the best of shows in UFC promotion and will be looking to keep up new form. However, he is outweighed all round by a fighter who is obviously more experienced with a great Height and reach advantage. The bookies are in favour of Chidi, but his chin might not be easy to trust. I believe an upset is expected. I look forward to seeing Jake use the six age gap advantage and try to drag this bout to the distance. Getting this over two rounds is the safest bet. Jake had more time for his body to recover and train. I would be surprised if gets a win via knockout. There would have been a lot of fatigue on Chidi Njokuani, giving him less chance to exhibit prowess against Jake Matthews. He has more experience than Jake and has won more bouts than him. Yet i think Jake will win.

Our first prediction is +3.5 Spread Jake Matthews - 1.61 odds for 1xbet

Our Second prediction is Fight to go the distance (Yes) - 1.66 odds for Bet365

Lastly, Our third prediction is Over 2.5 total rounds - 1.60 odds for Betway