Back in action this week for UFC 320, headlined by Anakalaev vs Pereira 2 fore the light heavyweight championship in a rematch from earlier this year when Pereira finally looked mortal at LHW. We have 14 fights for now, Ozzie Diaz pulled out but they found Gautier a replacement to murder so we have no lost any fights as of yet.
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$9,000+ PRICE POINT
ATEBA GAUTIER
He was a massive -1000 favorite before Diaz withdrew, and now we get some guy fresh off the streets who wasn’t in the UFC to be the sacrificial lamb. He will score 100+ with a first round knockout, it just depends on if he can get some work in before the finish, or a quick round bonus in order to pay off the crazy 9800 salary.
MERAB DVALISHVILI
I love Sandhagen, but Merab is just different. Cory struggled against Umar due to the pressure of his wrestling. Merab is on an entire different level with his pressure and pace and constant chain wrestling, which I think we will see him work to get and keep Sandhagen down like all the previous wrestlers have that Cory has fought. 5 rounds potentially with Merab’s pace makes it hard to fade him.
$8,000 – $8,900 PRICE POINT
PUNAHELE SORIANO
Has put up some monster scores since moving down to welterweight in his last two fights. 130 in his first round knockout of Medic last time out, and 170 in a decision win in his fight beforehand. The DK scoring upside is insane here.
JOE PYFER
He scored decently his last time out even though the output was terrible. He had two knockdowns and a takedown against Gastelum, but we have seen him get a finish both with his elite power and by submission.
Under $8,000 PRICE POINT
RAMIZ BRAHIMAJ
Fairly big dog here, but coming in with wins in 3 of his last 3 fights with all of them being first round finishes. When he wins, it is a first round finish in his UFC career. Vanerford did well in his debut last time out, but his score was inflated due to fighting someone who had no idea how to get up once he was taken down.
JOSH EMMETT
These guys analytically are fairly even, Emmett has lost a few fights in the last couple years but the guy has fought the top of the division almost exclusively for a very long time. He has incredible KO power, and got with TJ Dillashaw to work on getting into better shape this camp and showed his last time out he can implement some wrestling if need be. Give me the cheap dog with the big KO upside.
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