The UFC is about to return to Brazil. UFC 301 will go down from the Jeunesse Enviornment in Rio de Janeiro this Saturday.
The pay-per-view is about to be headlined by a flyweight title struggle between Brazilian champion Alexandre Pantoja and Australian Steve Erceg.
“The King of Rio,” Jose Aldo, the previous featherweight champion, is about to return for the primary time in over a year-and-a-half to struggle bantamweight striker Jonathan Martinez.
Because it stands, the cardboard incorporates a Brazilian in each struggle, high to backside. Let’s check out 5 of the most effective bouts on the UFC 301 preliminary card.
Joanderson Brito vs. Jack Shore
Two of the most effective featherweights outdoors of the official rankings will throw down within the UFC 301 preliminary card headliner. There’s loads at stake for each males, because the winner could not get a quantity subsequent to their identify, however there could be a wonderful case for them to struggle a ranked opponent subsequent.
Brito, since dropping his UFC debut to Invoice Algeo, has been a wrecking ball at 145 kilos, as he has completed Andre Fili, Lucas Alexander, Westin Wilson and Jonathan Pearce. He’ll hope so as to add Shore to the record.
Shore’s one loss is to Ricky Simon at bantamweight. He has since moved up, making good on his UFC featherweight debut by submitting Makwan Amirkhani through rear bare choke. The well-rounded, grindy Shore will look to turn into the second man to defeat Brito contained in the Octagon. Brito attracts what could be his hardest UFC struggle, on paper, up to now.
This shall be a high-level showdown within the featherweight division.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Iasmin Lucindo
Former strawweight title challenger Kowalkiewicz is about to conflict with Lucindo in enemy territory. Amazingly, all however considered one of Kowalkiewicz’s skilled losses have come to UFC champions or title challengers. Since dropping 5 in a row, Poland’s “KK” has responded with 4 straight wins. She’ll hope that Lucindo shall be quantity 5.
Lucindo has two straight wins: Polyana Viana and Brogan Walker. Neither lady has Kowalkiewicz’s expertise of beating Rose Namajunas and preventing Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Alexa Grasso, Jessica Andrade and a slew of different killers, although. Kowalkiewicz shall be an attention-grabbing litmus take a look at of whether or not Lucindo is prepared for top-10, as Kowalkiewicz is placing her No. 13 rating on the road.
Kowalkiewicz is getting into the struggle as a sizeable underdog, nonetheless, placing extra strain on Lucindo to show herself.
Elves Brener vs. Myktybek Orolbai
Brener and Oralbai will meet in a battle of two dynamic finishers at light-weight.
Brener is 3-0 within the UFC after pulling off two enormous upsets over Zubaira Tukhugov and Guram Kutateladze. He then completed Kaynan Kruschewsky. Brener has completed 14 of his 16 skilled wins.
Orolbai is transferring down from welterweight. He’s 2-0 within the UFC with wins over Uros Medic and Hayward Charles. The Kyrgzstani has completed 11 of 12 skilled foes.
Suffice to say, the UFC knew what it was doing inserting two males who go for the end in opposition to each other. It will be a shock if this one went the total 15. Brace your self.
Jean Silva vs. William Gomis
The Brazilian, Silva, welcomes Frenchman Gomis to Rio de Janeiro. Silva completed Westin Wilson within the first spherical of his UFC debut. He’s completed 11 of his 12 skilled opponents. The Brazilian crowd will look to get behind a person they hope can turn into a serious prospect at featherweight.
Gomis will look to spoil Silva’s alternative. Gomis has completed eight of his 13 professional wins – seven by T/KO – however has proven he can beat opponents over the course of a struggle with 5 resolution wins. He could must climate a storm from Silva to safe a win, however Silva will seemingly be energized by the house crowd. Gomis may set up himself as somebody to look at if he rains on Silva’s parade. He’s 3-0 within the UFC with victories over Jarno Errens, Francis Marshall and Yanis Ghemmouri.
Joaquim Silva vs. Drakkar Klose
Klose is among the higher lightweights to not have a quantity subsequent to his identify. He has gone 8-2 within the Octagon, solely dropping to Beneil Dariush and David Teymur. His wins embrace Bobby Inexperienced, Joe Solecki, Lando Vannata, Marc Diakiese and Rafa Garcia. Now, he fights Brazilian “Netto BJJ” Silva.
Silva rebounded from a loss to light-weight standout Arman Tsarukyan (who simply had a detailed victory over former champion Charles Oliveira) with a win over Clay Guida. Silva is the underdog right here however may get the group fired up comparatively early with a win over Klose, who ought to positively struggle a top-15 opponent if he will get previous Silva.
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