The former empress of the Strawweight division tries to find another crack in the title this Saturday (October 12, 2019) with the title Joanna Jedrzejczyk meets Michelle Waterson within the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida and installs the latest UFC on ESPN +. It is. UFC Fight Night 161 features a featherweight crossroads fight between Cub Swanson and Kron Gracie and Mackenzie Dern's return to Amanda Amanda Ribas in Brazil.
UFC Fight Night 161 Four additional "Prelims" undercard matches remain to preview and predict (check the first batch here). We go!
170 lbs: Nico Price vs. James Big
Niko Price (13-3) earned two “night performance” bonuses before heading to Abdul Razzak Alhassan in 43 seconds with a 4-1 (1 NC) UFC start. "Hybrid" is back with a team average comeback knockout, gaining additional bonuses but could not stop Jeff Neal's rise in the wild UFC 240 battle.
"Texecutioner" drove 9 points away from his professional career only once.
James Big (13-4) 's Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 15 match ended in the semi-finals but failed to prevent him from winning nine times in the 10-octagon match and securing himself in the rankings. Justin Gaethje first headlined in 87 seconds, dropping a bout for Paul Felder and Dan Hooker.
Despite the weight gain in this fight, he is three inches taller or taller.
Put these two in the headgear and 16 ounce gloves, and Big takes it every day of the week. The amazing technology of the price has not been developed yet, and the 6 & 3 ”Vick can be hard to solve when the rhythm begins. Unfortunately, Vick has no jaw and tends to turn his body straight back against aggressive sluggers like Price, especially when there are two.
Unless Vick's durability issue is a byproduct of weight loss, I expect this to look like a price fight with Tim Means. Vick makes Price's right hand look silly for a few minutes before making a definitive finish.
Forecast: Price through Primary Knockout
205 lbs: Ryan Span vs. Devin Clark
Ryan Spann (16-5) 's first bid for the "Contender Series" glory didn't go as planned, thanks to Karl Roberson's elbow, but he got him with a 26-second strike in the trio of LFA victory and the return to Dana White's show. After deciding on Louis Henrique after his debut, regardless of the octagon, “Superman” made it 2-0 with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira's knock-out of Rio de Janeiro.
Nine of his ten submission victories came in the first round.
Devin Clark (10-3), the second person who graduated from UFC in Dana White's "Lookin & # 39; for Fight", fell out of the door to a strike loss to Alex Nicholson before getting four of the next six. His most recent effort was that he sent Darko Stosic from Sweden in the future.
He will give up a distance of 5 inches shorter than the span and about 7 inches.
Both Span and Clark's potentials are players who struggled to reach their full potential. Span thinks that he put more effort into turning the corner. This is because historically suspicious heart confronts Henrik and is generally seen more in his game than wrestling Happy Clark.
Like Mike Rodriguez, Clark can surely win by choking Span against the fence every time “Superman” opens the door. Span is a bit faster than “slow mic,” and Clark's rocking jaw is hardly punished enough to roll him. Spann clips him early and gets ready for another round of submission when “Brown Bear” hits the ground.
Prediction: Spanning Through First Submission
125 lbs: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Team Elliott
Brazil's Deiveson Figueiredo (16-1) won three of his first four octagonal victories, hitting his nickname "God of War", and the tough John Moraga who broke out in the process. Became the first person to stop. He made his final run against Jussier Formiga in Brazil in March, but four months later he returned to the “Fight of the Night” decision against Alexandre Pantoja.
He knocked out eight professional opponents and submitted five more.
Team Elliott (15-8-1) claimed a Titan FC flyweight title in the UFC release and then ran a table at TUF 24 to punch tickets in octagons. He started in the competition and went 2-2 in the current game. Loss of Decision with Demetrius Johnson and most recently Mark De La Rosa.
This will be his first fight in almost two years.
Elliott is a response to the annoying mindset that Flyweights are boring and annoying. I don't think he can fight in a way that confronts the department's scariest punchers. Elliott sometimes tends to float around his face using inhuman speed and toughness, and when he finds his jaws, “Deus de Guerra” gives a little odd advice when considering what to do with people. .
If Elliott was a wrestler of two and could put Brazil on his back, he won, but Figueredo essentially slid out of everyone except Formiga. Figueiredo kicked him to end Elliott's 10-year (technical) knockout loss drought.
Prediction: Figueiredo through 2nd (technical) knockout
170 lbs: Max Griffin vs. Alex Morono
Max Griffin (15-6) lost Colby Covington and Elizeu Zaleski, who opened their Palgonian career 1-2, and the “Pight of the” against the latter. Night) and won the Mike Perry showdown. Following a series of defeats to Curtis Millander and Thiago Alves, “Max Payne” was able to conquer the ship with a narrow decision against rival Jelim Imadaef.
Seven of his nine strike victories came in the form of a knockout.
Alex Morono (16-5) picked Derrick Krantz in the legacy welterweight championship and won his first two octagonal races against Kyle Noke and James Moontasri. Skid continued on 1-2 days (1NC), but this Saturday they won two consecutive victories and entered the cage.
Give up the distance of 4 inches to Griffin.
You play a great Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu game that no one can question Morono's grit. Unfortunately, he is usually happy to straighten his arms and get a fever. He has not yet made an official official takedown in Octagon, despite the technology on the ground yet. It's great when you're willing to slurp like Song Kenan, or deal with fragile opposition like Zak Ottow, without having to deal with a skilled fire striker.
Griffin is the more proficient of two of the firefighters and needs to wrestle to dictate where the fight takes place. Morono has always been headhunting, but Griffin endeavors to ferry away with patience.
Prediction: Griffin through unanimous decision
There's always a bit of conspiracy in the crossroad battle, and there's a nice collection on the ESPN + main card of UFC Fight Night 161. See you on Saturday, lunatic.
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