For the Very first time in UFC history, the Octagon will be Put up at the Antel Arena in Montevideo, Uruguay to Get UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs Carmouche II.
The women’s flyweight belt is going to be on the line with the winner, Valentina»Bullet» Shevchenko, being the hefty -1000 favorite and??the challenger, Liz»Girl-rilla» Carmouche, coming straight back at +600. I have a breakdown and a pick for each of the fights on the main card.
Shevchenko (-1000) is making her second name defense and is aiming to get a fourth straight win overall. «Bullet» dropped from bantamweight once the flyweight division opened up and has put together a three-fight winning streak, including beating Joanna Jedrzejczyk to win the belt and then defending it against Jessica Eye in UFC 238 in June.
The 31-year-old has a great fight IQ and does a great job reading her opponent. Shevchenko yells strong kicks she fires very quickly and correctly, while projecting strong straight punches as well. Additionally, if she really does feel any tension in the game that is spectacular, she’s got the abilities to bring the battle to the ground as she averages 2.2 takedowns per 15 minutes.
Carmouche (+600) is searching for her very initial three-fight winning streak because she won the first six fights of her pro career. «Girl-rilla» has gone to the judges’ scorecards in each of the last seven fights, with the just two endings at the Octagon coming from her first two conflicts, a submission loss to Ronda Rousey and a knockout win over current strawweight champion??Jessica Andrade.
The California native is a very active fighter, constantly bouncing about on the exterior and feinting in looking for her chances to shoot and make a clinch or a takedown. She averages 2.95 takedowns per 15 minutes and strikes 55 per cent of her attempts, making numerous takedowns in every one of her last six fights. On her toes, Carmouche has a fast jab??but does not throw a lot of strikes, instead racking??up her attack complete through floor and pound.
Shevchenko has dropped to two women in her career, Amanda Nunes (twice) and Liz Carmouche back in 2010. Additionally, that reduction to Girl-rilla was only weight loss loss since she went into the judges’ scorecards both times vs Nunes. I believe Bullet is going to have a enormous advantage on the toes with her terrific counters and kicks. Meanwhile,??she stuffs 73 percent of takedown efforts, in which Carmouche will need the??fight to proceed. I do think there is value on Carmouche at her number but I do not believe she wins the rematch.
Luque (-225) attempts to push his winning streak to six, together using the??preceding five wins being??finishes. Overall,»The Quiet Assassin» is 9-2 in the UFC with all of his wins being finishes and also his two losses coming through decision. The Brazil native already has two thirds successes this past season. The first was an epic warfare by Bryan Barberena and the second was a first-round finish of Derrick Krantz in May.
Luque has fantastic precision and sets his striking up well with combinations rather than just throwing one strike at a time. He’s got tremendous power behind his strikes as he’s pumped his last four opponents. In addition, he does a good job switching stances and keeping his hands high to avoid much damage coming back another way. Conditioning can be a little bit of a problem, however, as he slowed down a great deal in his warfare with Barberena at February.
Perry (+175) seems to collect back-to-back victories for the first time because he conquer Jake Ellenberger and Alex Reyes in 2017. Ever since then,»Platinum» has gone 2-3 together along with his two victories coming by decision over Paul Felder and, most lately, Alex Oliveira in April.
The 27-year-old is a durable and hard-nosed brawler who continues to enhance every time he steps in the cage. Platinum takes the center of the Octagon and refuses to have a step backward, so getting in the face of his rival in a telephone booth-style fight. Defensively, he does not always keep his hands high and does not have a great deal of head movement, which has led to him swallowing 4.27 strikes per minute.
This has Fight of the Night written around it. I presume that Luque is the greater striker offensively and defensively but Perry has never been knocked out despite being at some crazy brawls. However, the more the battle goes, the longer the momentum swings in favor of Platinum because the Silent Assassin failed slow in his war with Barberena, although he did hand Barberena his initial career knockout reduction in that bout.
Garagorri (-135) is defined to make his UFC debut and in doing so??lays his perfect record on the line. The Uruguay native has completed each of his last five fights, all from the first round, four by entry and you by knockout. Overall, he has finished eight of the 11 pro winsfour by knockout and five through submission.
The 30-year-old is a competitive fighter that storms at his opponent??with wild strikes and horrible knees in the clinch. He makes great notes, swaying out of the manner of strikes before sending out a barrage of his the other way looking to put his rival away. Furthermore, he’s dangerous on the ground, together with five admissions to his title, including four in his last five successes.
Bandenay (+105) seems to get back in the win column and set an end for his two-fight losing skid. The Peru native has been signed by the UFC when he was about to get a five-fight winning streak, all which were finishes, but he has a 1-2 record at the Octagon, getting knocked out by a hammer vs Gabriel Benitez and losing??by a three-round decision vs Austin Arnett his last time out in November.
Bandenay utilizes a whole great deal of kicks to set up his offensive strategy, gradually moving forward until he is in scope to unleash a flurry of strikes. When backing up on defense, he proceeds to not keep his hands to shield against strikes coming back and he frequently stands somewhat flat-footed after early storms that are early, looking a little tired. Finally, he seldom cries his right hand to get a jab??but rather just long kicks or overextending abandoned palms.
Garagorri is a composed fighter who is very patient setting up his shots, but if he participates, he throws combinations with a lot of power. It’ll be intriguing to see the way he handles Bandenay’s long kicks and the huge lights of this UFC.
Oezdemir (N/A) aims to put an end to his own career-worst??three-fight losing slip and then accumulate his first victory since July??2017. «No Time» shot the light heavyweight ranks with three consecutive wins in his first 3 fights, two of which have been first-round knockouts that had just 1:10 joined to finish. However, he has dropped three in a row to Daniel Cormier, Anthony Smith and Dominick Reyes.
The Switzerland native is a very dangerous fighter at the very first round, always stalking his competitor looking to land his thick hands and set his foe??away quickly. Oezdemir doesn’t just set his strikes up that nicely but instead throws lunging hooks to close the distance, where he can work from the clinch with strikes or bring??the fight to the ground. The biggest knock on Oezdemir is that he melts the after the round goes or the longer the fight moves, but his conditioning appeared far better from Reyes in his last look.
Latifi (N/A) attempts to prevent his first-ever losing slip as he’s coming off a three-round unanimous-decision defeat to Corey Anderson last December. «The Sledgehammer» has six losses in his career but has never had back-to-back defeats. Prior to his latest loss, Latifi had been around a two-fight winning streak over Tyson Pedro and also Ovince Saint??Preux.
The Sweden native is predominantly a counter-striker, which makes sense because he’s short??for the division, and??utilizes his opponent’s forward pressure to assist him close the distance. He doesn’t have an extremely high output, staying on the surface, and he prefers to dictate where the battle takes place, averaging 1.89 takedowns a 15 minutes and not??ever being??taken down in the Octagon.
There may be fireworks in the opening round of this bout, but the speed could slow dramatically later. Both Latifi and Oezdemir tend to throw large looping hooks which have a whole lot of power . However, the Sledgehammer tends to become patient and waits for his foe??to press forward, while no Timing enjoys to be the aggressor. The Switzerland native has straighter cries and I think he’s more power, which could be the difference-maker.
Vieira (-185) creates his Octagon debut and looks to stay undefeated. «The Black Belt Hunter» brings with him a perfect 5-0 record, including four??submission successes and a knockout. Furthermore, one of his five conflicts has??gone past the first round and that was back in 2017 at the next fight of his career.
The Brazil native has quite great footwork that enables him to stand out of danger of the competitor strikes and offers him opportunities to find openings to get a takedown. Vieira’s striking isn’t something to be dreaded as he throws long jabs and leg kicks to make it look like he’s working, but his principal objective is yanking the battle to the ground and he has terrific amount changes and power to achieve that goal.
Piechota (+150) returns to the Octagon for the very first time since suffering his first career loss last July. «Imadlo» needed a perfect 11-0-1 record before falling through second-round entry to Gerald Meerschaert from the supreme Fighter 27 Finale. The Poland indigenous has finished 10 of his 11 victories, five by five and ten by submission.
The 29-year-old has good footwork and head movement as he bounces around slowly stalking forward. He does tend to second-guess himself in dramatic, locating an chance to land but yanking back. When he can throw, he’s great precision and power. Furthermore, in the event the fight hits the ground, he’s quite aggressive in seeking a submission, but his lone loss also came from this manner.
Neither fighter pulls on the cause that harshly on the feet, more so just waiting to come across the ideal chance to land the large strike. Piechota slowed down big time in his last fight with Gerald Meerschaert and has been hauled to the floor three days and finally ended in the second round. If he’s got a hard time stuffing Vieira’s shot, it may be a brief day for its Poland native.
Barzola (-200) looks to get back on the right course after getting his four-fight winning streak snapped his final time out in March. The last seven conflicts which»El Fuerte» has been gone to the judges’ scorecards —??five that he won along with 2 that he lost, including his last bout with Kevin Aguilar. The Peru native has not earned a finish since 2014, just before he joined the UFC.
Barzola has very excellent footwork with terrific speed and the capability to switch stances. He uses these abilities to maintain his opponent??off-balance so he will come across an opportunity to take and bring the battle to the ground, since he averages 5.29 takedowns a 15 minutes. El Fuerte has landed several takedowns in all of his wins within the Octagon. However, in his two reductions, he had a joint one takedown, not locating a huge amount of succeeding on the feet.
Moffett (+160) aims to rebound from his first reduction at the UFC his very last time out in March. «The Wolfman» earned a UFC contract along with his second-round submission success over Jacob Kilburn in Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series past August. He followed that up with a different second-round entry win versus Chas Skelly but??dropped to Bryce Mitchell by unanimous decision in March.
The Illinois native is really a smothering fighter, closing the distance with all jabs and straight rights. That said, his bread and butter will be in grappling markets, perhaps not in wars on the feet. He procured six takedowns throughout his first 2 fights in the UFC, making a submission success in the initial one but??shooting Mitchell down five days without being able??to secure??a submission.
This battle will probably be a grappling battle between two strong wrestlers and Moffett probably has the advantage in the submission match. Barzola is going to be much quicker on the toes and could keep the fight standing and only pick Moffett apart from afar however, the Wolfman likely has the strength advantage, which makes for an extremely interesting battle.
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