The great cards just keep coming and coming and this Saturdays fight night is another excellent bill of fights. There's thirteen fights in total, so I'm going to pick the three I am looking forward to the most, and make my predictions for them. I'll be picking which round and how the fight was finished i.e via KO/TKO or Submission etc.
The main event of the evening is going to be a technical showdown, while the fight will have it's wild moments, I think both men will adopt a very cautious approach, as they respect each others skills quite a lot, and of course both guys need a win as they're coming off bad losses. Both fights were title level fights as Barboza got mauled by current lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Lee got shut down by the pure skills of Tony Ferguson, although he contests his staph infection had a huge role to play.
Either way Barboza and Lee are Championship level fighters and it will show this weekend, I had a tough time picking a winner here, either guy could easily take it, I shall make a prediction for fun anyway.
Winner: Kevin Lee - Round 3 via Submission
Nothing needs to be said about these two men, two absolute murderers inside the cage, and two absolute gentlemen outside the cage, this is a PPV headliner level fight.
Both men are coming off a loss to Brian Ortega, who is fast becoming the next big thing, they will be looking to shake off the cobwebs and get back to action. I think this will be a striking war with some fun wrestling thrown in there, in the end I think Frankie gets the "W".
Winner: Frankie Edgar - Round 4 via KO/TKO
Another great technical fight taking place at 135 pounds, both guys are ranked and very game, Sterlin is ranked a little higher, but I don't think it will bother Johns one bit as he has the heart of a lion and real will to win.
Johns is making his fourth ever UFC appearance and will look to continue his unbeaten streak of 3 - 0 in the UFC, while Al is coming off a vicious first round KO loss to Marlon Moraes back in December 2017. Hard to pick a winner here too, If Al is back on form I can see him being the more technical fighter, If he is still rattled from the KO he won't have a fun night in there with Johns, I see John grinding out the win, but he will have to work very hard for it.
Winner: Brett Johns - Round 3 via split decision
Leave your picks for this weekends card below and let me know which fights you are looking forward to the most.
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