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#3. UFC Fight Night: The Main Card

Fan favourite Kevin Holland is set to compete on this weekend's main card

In a welterweight bout, Kevin Holland takes on Tim Means. This one should be a fun bout to watch, purely because both men are long, lanky UFC 170lbers. But in reality, despite his current three-fight win streak, Means is way past his best at this point.

He could still be a danger to Holland, but realistically, ‘Trailblazer’ only lost two UFC bouts in 2021 due to a lack of wrestling defense and Means isn’t likely to try to take him down. Therefore, the pick is Holland via TKO.

In a middleweight clash, Joaquin Buckley will take on Albert Duraev. Buckley hasn’t quite reached the heights that his viral spinning kick knockout in 2020 suggested he might, but he’s still a dangerous striker with plenty of KO power and explosive tendencies.

Duraev has fought just once in the UFC previously, but he’s also on a lengthy winning streak, has excellent skills in all areas, and looked excellent on the ground in his octagon debut, even if he gassed out. With that in mind, unless Buckley can catch him early, it should be the Russian’s fight. Duraev via decision is the pick.

In a lightweight bout, Damir Ismagulov will welcome Guram Kutateladze back to the octagon. This one is a tricky clash to pick as Ismagulov is riding a four-fight win streak, while Kutateladze hasn’t fought since October 2020, but looked brilliant in his win over Mateusz Gamrot.

MMA math doesn’t always work, naturally, but given how good Gamrot has looked since that loss, as well as Kutateladze’s impressive record, the pick is ‘The Georgian Viking’ via decision.

Finally, Julian Marquez will square off with Gregory Rodrigues in an intriguing middleweight bout. Marquez has not fought in over a year, but looked excellent in both of his UFC fights in 2021, winning both via submission.

Rodrigues, meanwhile, was unlucky to lose to Armen Petrosyan in his most recent fight. Prior to that, he’d won four in a row, with three coming via TKO.

The big question here, though, is whether ‘Robocop’ can stop Marquez from taking him down, as ‘The Cuban Missile Crisis’ is probably the better grappler. Given that Marquez is a good striker in his own right, he’s likely to be able to find a way to get this one down. The pick is Marquez via submission.

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#4. UFC Fight Night: The Prelims

Picks in bold

Bantamweight division: Adrian Yanez vs. Tony Kelley

Women's flyweight division: Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Natalia Silva

Welterweight division: Court McGee vs. Jeremiah Wells

Featherweight division: Ricardo Ramos vs. Danny Chavez

Bantamweight division: Eddie Wineland vs. Cody Stamann

Women's strawweight division: Maria Oliveira vs. Gloria de Paula

Middleweight division: Phil Hawes vs. Deron Winn

Middleweight division: Roman Dolidze vs. Kyle Daukaus