UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade - Predictions and Picks

#7 The Prelims: UFC Fight Pass card

Prospect Warlley Alves highlights the early prelim bouts

UFC Fight Pass has felt almost redundant since the ESPN+ deal has kicked in, and the four fights on Saturday don’t really give much incentive to the service either.

At Flyweight, Luana Carolina faces Priscila Cachoeira, a late replacement for Wanan Yu. I honestly don’t know a lot about either fighter here, although I will say I’ve not been impressed by Cachoeira thus far. Carolina looked decent in her appearance on DWTNCS so I’ll take her.

The most interesting fight on Fight Pass is a Welterweight match between Warlley Alves and Sergio Moraes. This should come down to Moraes’ excellent grappling and experience against Alves’s sheer aggression and athleticism; I’m leaning towards Alves taking out ‘The Panther’ early, but wouldn’t be surprised to see Moraes pull this one out either.

At Bantamweight Talita Bernardo takes on the newcomer Melissa Gatto, who stepped in to replace Jessica-Rose Clark on late notice. I can’t trust such an inexperienced newcomer to be honest, not on late notice, and Bernardo has always looked pretty decent to me. Bernardo via submission is my pick.

Finally prospect Raoni Barcelos takes on late replacement Carlos Huachin at Bantamweight. Again, I find it hard to trust a late replacement, particularly one coming off the regional scene, against a prospect as highly rated as Barcelos, who’s looked fantastic in the UFC thus far. I’ll go with Barcelos via TKO.