Andre Petroski was supposed to fight Azamat Bekoev last week, but Azamat passed out in a CVS so that fight was cancelled and he is now on this card. Mantas was already scheduled on this card but lost his opponent so while this is a new fight added to the card, it is not a short notice fight for either guy.

Mantas has to be the pick here, he is 10x the striker and 10x more durable. The only concern here would be the takedown defense so i am hoping that he isn’t bullied against the cage and ridden out, but Petroski’s durability concerns should be valid enough. I just hate to spend this money on someone who isn’t completely proven yet.

Andre Petroski

Andre Petroski is a good wrestler with solid takedowns and random power in his hands. His standup is just ok, but is technical, the issue however is he has no chin whatsoever which means he needs to wrestle and grapples. When he does shoot takedowns they are fast and clean. He has solid BJJ as well that he uses to control positions and occasionally snatch up submissions. He is coming off the KO loss to Cody Brundage

Mantas Kondratavicius

Mantas Kondratavicius is a kickboxer with a solid jab and good power. He is long and uses his knees and elbows both in and out of the pocket. He doesn’t offensively grapple very often but he will work forward and when you back up the cage he attacks heavy. His takedown defense is solid but relatively untested. He is overall a pretty fun guy to watch and is coming off the decision win over Antonio Tricoli in his UFC debut where he landed 5x the amount of strikes and had 2 takedowns.