2024-06-24 15:45:04
Aliskerov will exchange Chimaev within the combat with Whittaker, Volkov will meet with Pavlovich, Walker towards Oezdemir
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The UFC Saudi Arabia match will happen on the evening of June 22-23. Robert Whittaker and Ikram Aliskerov will combat in the primary occasion of the night within the center division
Preliminary card fights
1. Lengthy Xiao will combat Cho Han Lee within the bantamweight division
2. Magomed Gadzhiyasulov will combat Brandson Ribeiro in gentle heavyweight
3. Muin Gafurov will combat Kyun Ho Dangle within the bantamweight division
4. Rinat Fakhretdinov will combat Nicklas Dalby in welterweight
5. Nasrat Haqparast will combat Jared Gordon at light-weight
6. Sharabutdin Magomedov will combat towards Joylton Lutterbach in middleweight
UFC Saudi Arabia: Countdown – Whittaker vs Aliskerov
Predominant card fights
The primary card of the match in Saudi Arabia will open with a lightweight heavyweight conflict between Johnny Walker and Volkan Oezdemir, the seventh and ninth ranked numbers. The fighters carried out otherwise in earlier conferences. Walker beforehand suffered an early defeat to Magomed Ankalaev.
In whole, the Brazilian gentle heavyweight has 3 wins and a pair of losses in his 5 earlier fights. Johnny is an enormous drummer with unconventional approach. It’s value noting the Brazilian’s slightly uncommon timings.
What does Ozdemir have? Maybe Volkan is a extra versatile fighter general. However he does not have a single facet on the prime stage. In his earlier combat, Oezdemir defeated Bogdan Guskov by submission. However the Swiss aren’t recognized for his or her stability.
He has 3 wins and three losses in his final 6 conferences. For Volkan, the combat with Walker is not going to be straightforward. Johnny is bodily stronger, hits a lot tougher, and in addition has good takedown protection. This time, preventing Oezdemir as he did towards Guskov will certainly not assist.
Featherweight fighters Muhammadjon Naimov and Philip Lima will enter the cage subsequent. The blokes approached the head-to-head confrontation in good condition. Naimov continues to be undefeated within the UFC. Beforehand, he received all 3 fights within the league.
Within the final of them, Muhammadjon stopped Eric Silva within the first spherical. Rather more usually, the consultant of Tajikistan prefers to combat in a standing place, which he has already demonstrated in earlier fights within the UFC – 2 out of three victories have been achieved by knockouts.
This will likely be his UFC debut for his opponent Philip Lima. The Brazilian suffered just one defeat in 13 fights earlier in his profession. Stylistically, he’s the fundamental consultant of BJJ.
Nevertheless, Lima also can combat in a stand-up place. For instance, the UFC debutant, like Naimov, received his final combat by knockout. Nevertheless, Muhammadjon’s stage is way larger than that of his earlier opponents. Philip could also be going through the hardest combat of his profession.
Subsequent, 2 welterweights Kelvin Gastelum and Daniel Rodriguez will enter the octagon. The blokes are approaching the head-to-head assembly after early defeats. Gastelum, in his debut within the as much as 77.1 kg class, misplaced by choke to top-10 consultant Sean Brady.
Kelvin has 6 losses in 8 earlier fights. However not all of them have been just like the Brady confrontation. At his finest, Gastelum fought 5 rounds towards Adesanya for the interim middleweight title and misplaced to him solely on factors.
In comparison with his present opponent, Calvin has a bonus in punching energy. And it is a severe assist for victory, as a result of Rodriguez doesn’t have excellent sturdiness. In his final combat, he misplaced by knockout to Ian Garry within the first spherical.
And in simply 7 fights, Daniel has 3 defeats and 4 victories. True, the extent of opposition, except for Garry, was unremarkable. Subsequently, Gastelum has each probability to shut his earlier failure and begin a successful streak within the welterweight division. For Calvin, that is the final probability to reboot his profession.
Volkov and Aliskerov are one step away from the title
Within the co-main occasion of the night, Sergey Pavlovich and Alexander Volkov will meet within the heavy division. The Russians now occupy third and fifth locations within the rating. In his earlier combat, Pavlovich fought for the interim title.
However then he was defeated by knockout within the first spherical from Tom Aspinall. Earlier than his setback at UFC 295 final December, Pavlovich set the division’s all-time successful streak. He received 6 fights in a row by knockout within the first spherical.
Stylistically, Pavlovich is a boxer and prefers to work with highly effective hooks from mid-range. Sergei’s fashion shouldn’t be with out its drawbacks. For instance, a fighter usually forces occasions and goes forward to combat already in the beginning of the assembly.
However all of the disadvantages are offset by the terrifying putting energy from which Blaydes, Tuivasa and different tops of the division suffered. Volkov is a extra skilled and tactically skilled fighter than his compatriot. “Drago” had many five-round confrontations behind him.
Alexander is aware of easy methods to monotonously work for factors and suck the power out of his opponent at a distance. Maybe prudence and composure have all the time been Volkov’s essential weapons. On this combat, probably the most tough factor for Alexander is to outlive the preliminary onslaught of the enemy.
If he can do that, then maybe he’ll be capable of put on out Pavlovich and take the combat on factors. In any other case, Sergey will win within the first spherical by knockout, as he beforehand did with the earlier six opponents he defeated.
In the primary occasion of the night, the third quantity within the rating, Robert Whittaker and Ikram Aliskerov, will combat within the center division. The Australian was initially scheduled to face Khamzat Chimaev. Nevertheless, “Borz” withdrew from the combat, and the UFC invited Aliskerov to exchange him.
Ikram was tentatively scheduled to combat on the newest match in Las Vegas. However you merely can’t refuse the possibility to get into the highest 3 and probably turn out to be the subsequent contender for the title. Furthermore, the Russian’s possibilities of success are fairly good.
Ikram burst onto the UFC scene final yr with a surprising first-round knockout win over Phil Hawes. Then he made quick work of Worley Alvis. Ikram has 15 wins and one loss in MMA towards Khamzat Chimaev.
Doubtlessly, the Dagestani has all the things to turn out to be a center division celebrity within the close to future. And Robert Whittaker now not appears just like the dominator he was 3-4 years in the past. The Australian has 3 wins and a pair of losses in his final 5 fights.
The extent of opposition was fairly excessive. However Whittaker is let down by his bodily situation. He started to rapidly run out of steam, and the final 2 fights additionally confirmed that Robert couldn’t take a punch effectively. New division champion Dricus Du Plessis knocked him out within the second spherical.
Costa was additionally near this within the earlier combat. He shocked Robert with a excessive kick, however he was saved by the half-time whistle on the finish of the beginning interval. The gaps in Whittaker’s protection may very well be a boon for Aliskerov, who has no much less spectacular putting energy than Dricus Du Plessis.
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