Artem Vakhitov vs Islem Masraf Masraf hasn’t fought the best compeition, as he only has 3 pro MMA fights, but he looks like the real deal. Patient and very fast. Vakhitov is most famous for having a win over Alex Pereira in kickboxing. Chris’ Pick: Vakhitov by 1st round...
Michel Pereira vs Anthony Hernandez Pereira has three 1st round finishes in a row. Which is great. But at the same time, Pereira hasn’t fought more than 2 minutes in a fight in over 2 years. If Pereira can’t get rid of Hernandez quick, you’d think he’s going to...
Diyar Nurkozhay vs Bartosz Szewczyk Szewczyk looks like a generic. Well rounded. His last fight was a rematch against an opponent he lost to Marcin Lazarz. Szewcyzk’s game plan was probably to be patient, but to me it looked hesitant. I didn’t see much confidence. Nurkozhay has big power,...
Brandon Royval vs Tatsuro Taira Royval really broke through in his last fight with Moreno. And even though the record says win by split decision, the reality is that Royval out struck Moreno 142 to 103. The last 3 rounds weren’t close. Royval’s speed are cardio were really a...
Danylo Voievodkin vs Bailey Schoenfelder Schoenfelder is a unique heavyweight in that he’s smaller for the weight class, but on the flip side, has much better speed and cardio than other heavyweights. As long as he’s able to weather the storm in the 1st round against Voievodkin, he should...
Alex Pereira vs Khalil Rountree Jr Who knows how good Daukaus is at 205 lbs. Not sure what to take away from Rountree Jr’s 1st round KO there. But I know how good Jacoby is and he out struck Rountree Jr 116 to 80. But the Rountree Jr that...
Benoit Saint Denis vs Renato Moicano Moicano, once again, in the Turner fight, his grappling is no doubt a 75 tool now. It’s legit. And his striking is definitely a 70 as striking between him and Turner was close to equal. The market thought Saint Denis’ striking was a...
Aaron Tau vs Elijah Smith Smith is extremely athletic, extremely fast, well rounded. Tau is explosive, but also defensively responsible, moves in and out really well. Trains at City Kickboxing. Chris’ Pick: Tau by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Tau -125 Tallison...
Sean O’Malley vs Merab Dvalishvili The numbers are the numbers. And what the numbers showed in O’Malley’s fight with Sterling is that Sterling out struck him 16 to 10 up until the KO. Fast forward to the Vera rematch and O’Malley out strikes Vera 227 to 85. Wow. That’s...
Phillip Latu vs Navajo Stirling Latu trains at Elevation fight team, has impressive power, but he got hit too much for me to put a 65 grade on his striking. Pretty confident his striking is just a 60 for now. Stirling only has 4 pro MMA fights, so not...