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Light Heavyweight | Magomed Ankalaev | vs. | Johnny Walker | ||||
Lightweight | Jim Miller | vs. | Gabriel Benítez | ||||
Bantamweight | Ricky Simón | vs. | Mario Bautista | ||||
Middleweight | Phil Hawes | vs. | Brunno Ferreira | ||||
Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | vs. | Waldo Cortes-Acosta |
Good card all in all.
Remember the 1st fight with Magomed and JW? Eye poke and a NC. So these guys get a 2nd chance to dice it up. Mag had a draw with Jan Blanchowicz before his fight with JW. Both are strikers. JW has put together a 3 fight win streak before the eyepoke. I look forward to this one.
Miller vs Benitez Miller won his last outing vs a low level guy. He lost vs Alex Hernandez before that. Both were in 2023. They are feeding him another guy In Benitez that is tough and will stand and strike. Benitez has KO power but gets reckless and can be taken down and TKO'd. Should be a fun fight to watch.
Simon vs Bautista Striker vs grappler. Simon prefers to stand and bang while Bautista is a really good sub guy. a year or so ago I saw him land a reverse triangle/armbar sub that was real pretty. He also has heavy hands but Simon is the much better striker and has good TD defense.
Hawes vs Ferreira is also a good one. Hawes can wrestle and throw power shots that could decapitate a child (not that he would) also very heavy top pressure in wrestling and elbows are really good. Ferreira won his 5 in a row by KO/TKO before loosing his last one via KO. I like Ferreira in this one. Hawes is a beast in the 1st round but gasses, he also lost his last 2 via KO/TKO. Anyway, I think someone will nap in this one.
Arlovski vs WCA, Arlovski has not been a force since 2015 when he beat Frank Mir. But he is a name so they give him a guy with 4 low level fightis in the UFC. WCA won 3 of those, but they were all no names. Arlovski has a shot but has lost his last 2 vs unranked guys.