^ Yup totally agree . Lol... Those Russian bros from the mountains of Dagestan are a different breed. And tbh I'd like to see more of them come in and up the level in the UFC. Even the striking of the Dagestani guys who are strikers look way faster and hit way harder than the strikes if the UFC elite. Watch tapes of Umar and Usman Nurmagomedov.
For me, the Main Event is great Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis for Jailton Almeida can not underestimate Derrick Lewis because of his power but for sure Jailton Almeida's front kick will have to do it, and his wrestling is great aswell, so this is a different opponent for Derrick Lewis so yeah Strikers weakness is Wrestling, another fight that I like is Caio Borralho vs Abus Magomedov and for this fight, Caio Borralho could be technical in this fight but Abus Magomedov would be aggressive for sure,
Jailton Almeida is mostly a grappler. But as we have seen in a couple of Lewis' fights in the UFC, sometimes MMA grappling and wrestling doesn't work on him. And really all he needs is one clean shot to starch any opponent.
Some decent match ups in this event imho... Vitor Petrino vs Modestas Bukauskas, Elves Brener vs Esteban Ribovics, Caio Borralho vs Abus Magomedov and both Bonfim brothers' match ups.
Date: Saturday, November 4
Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 8:00pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 6:00pm EST
Venue: Ginasio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Live Streams:
Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis
Gabriel Bonfim vs Nicolas Dalby
Rodrigo Nascimento vs Don'Tale Mayes
Caio Borralho vs Abus Magomedov
Rodolfo Vieira vs Armen Petrosyan
Ismael Bonfim vs Vinc Pichel
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Elves Brener vs Esteban Ribovics
Victor Hugo vs Daniel Marcos
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Rinat Fakhretdinov
Vitor Petrino vs Modestas Bukauskas
Angela Hill vs Denise Gomes
Lucas Alexander vs David Onama
Eduarda Moura vs Montserrat Ruiz
Kaue Fernandes vs Marc Diakiese
Edit: Rodolfo Vieira vs Armen Petrosyan could be good too. This event is above average now that I'm looking at the matchups more closely.
Date: Saturday, November 4
Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 8:00pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 6:00pm EST
Venue: Ginasio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Live Streams:
Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis
Gabriel Bonfim vs Nicolas Dalby
Rodrigo Nascimento vs Don'Tale Mayes
Caio Borralho vs Abus Magomedov
Rodolfo Vieira vs Armen Petrosyan
Ismael Bonfim vs Vinc Pichel
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Elves Brener vs Esteban Ribovics
Victor Hugo vs Daniel Marcos
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Rinat Fakhretdinov
Vitor Petrino vs Modestas Bukauskas
Angela Hill vs Denise Gomes
Lucas Alexander vs David Onama
Eduarda Moura vs Montserrat Ruiz
Kaue Fernandes vs Marc Diakiese
Edit: Rodolfo Vieira vs Armen Petrosyan could be good too. This event is above average now that I'm looking at the matchups more closely.
For me, the Main Event is great Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis for Jailton Almeida can not underestimate Derrick Lewis because of his power but for sure Jailton Almeida's front kick will have to do it, and his wrestling is great aswell, so this is a different opponent for Derrick Lewis so yeah Strikers weakness is Wrestling, another fight that I like is Caio Borralho vs Abus Magomedov and for this fight, Caio Borralho could be technical in this fight but Abus Magomedov would be aggressive for sure,
Jailton Almeida is mostly a grappler. But as we have seen in a couple of Lewis' fights in the UFC, sometimes MMA grappling and wrestling doesn't work on him. And really all he needs is one clean shot to starch any opponent.