Back in action this week for UFC fight night Paris, which should be an awesome card overall with a huge middleweight contender fight as the main event. We of course have a bunch of frenchies on the card, I don’t think I need to go into much detail on what we normally see from them, but top to bottom it should be fun and we get 14 fights even after Ziam withdrew, so we have an interesting fight on DK now where the guy who was a massive underdog is now going to be super chalky.
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$9,000+ PRICE POINT
OUMAR SY
Ribeiro is not good, has snuck out wins and now gets Sy in front of his home crowd coming off a super disappointing performance where he knows he needs to come out and make a statement. He only averages 3.6 significant strikes per minute, but I think we see him put Brendson to sleep here. He is coming off his first lost to Menefield in a boring ass fight, but he has 100+ upside easily in this matchup.
MODESTAS BUKAUSKAS
This fight will be quick if it stays on the feet. Craig is elite on the ground grappling, but Bukauskas should keep this on the feet and knock Paul out early for a nice big DK score here. He has improved each of his last few fights, and has started training with the real heavyweight goat Tommy boy so I expect a nice performance here.
$8,000 – $8,900 PRICE POINT
LOSENE KEITA
Making his UFC debut against Pitbull who has looked mediocre at best in his first couple UFC fights. We may have gotten him into the UFC way past his prime, and I think the guy who is 11 years younger, faster, and more powerful will find a way to get a finish like Yair almost had a couple times.
MASON JONES
This is a really good matchup but I think Jones will have the edge in the wrestling part of the fight game and will look to make Oki burn through his gas tank fighting off takedowns and countering the grappling he will bring. He averages over 5.5 significant strikes per minute and 4 takedowns per fight, so he can score some DK points for us. He scores over 117 in his wins, so lets see him do his thing and have a slate breaking performance at 8600.
Under $8,000 PRICE POINT
BENOIT SAINT-DENIS
The God of War has looked human in his last few fights, and Ruffy is part of the fighting nerds who are undefeated in the UFC and coming off an awesome KO of King Green. I think we see BSD look to control Ruffy and not get into wild exchanges, and we have seen him have some nasty finishes of his own, one last ride with Benoit here.
TREY WATERS
Has to have his 85% takedown defense hold up, and we have seen Sam get sent into the shadow realm already in his short UFC career. Waters averages double the output on the feet, so if he can keep the fight standing and not get submitted by Patterson here, then I think we see a nice upset with a bunch of significant strikes. With the 6.5 significant strikes per minute, the really solid takedown defense, I think we see him outwork Patterson and maybe he will knock him out cold and we can see Sam try to fight the referee and his coach while he is still in the shadow worlds again.
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