We are sitting at 13 fights again which is great for DFS. UFC 314 headlined by Volk vs Lopes for the Featherweight Championship, co-mained by Paddy the Baddy against Michael Chandlers, and we are in for a treat with an awesome PPV card all around, even after losing one of the best fights on the card due to Geoff Neal getting hurt. We have some fun fights, a title contender eliminator between the #1 and #3 women’s strawweight contenders, and 11 ranked fighters overall for this loaded PPV event.
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$9,000+ PRICE POINT
CHASE HOOPER
16 years younger, elite grappler who has developed his striking the last couple years. Chase has a 5 inch height advantage, 3 inch reach advantage, averaging 2 more significant strikes per minute than Jim, and Miller is under 50% takedown defense against someone who can outgrapple him with ease if he cannot win standing on and trading on the feet.
MARCO TULIO
Chute Boxing’s Marco Tulio will be looking to keep the fight standing where he has a big advantage with his power over Gore who will be looking to get the fight to the mat. This is a fight featuring guys with opposite game plans, so it will come down to who can execute and we have seen Gore be mediocre, and Tulio just has the power to catch him at any point and end it.
$8,000 – $8,900 PRICE POINT
NIKITA KRYLOV
Krylov has not fought in awhile, but is on a 3 fight win streak with wins by all 3 fashions, a KO of Gustaffson, decision over Oezdemir, and a sub over Spann. He has fought the best of the best over the last few years, averages 2.3 takedowns per fight and this will be his path to beat Reyes. Look for something similar to the Oezdemir fight where he got 7 takedowns and scored 120 in a win with the control time.
PADDY PIMBLETT
Paddy is on a 5 fight win streak, coming off a slick ass submission of King Greene, while Chandler has mostly been inactive waiting on McGregor and just got demolished by Oliveira. Paddy is 8 years younger, taller, 2 inch reach advantage, higher output on the feet and is an elite grappler.
Under $8,000 PRICE POINT
PATRICIO “PITBULL” FREIRE
This fight should be fun, Yair always is in entertaining fights and Pitbull may be making his UFC debut but he is very experienced being a double champ as his previous organization. He will have a big size disadvantage, but nothing new for Patricio there and expect him to close the distance and look to beat up Yair in the pocket.
BRYCE MITCHELL
Everybody, and I mean everybody, is on Jean Silva. The fighting nerds are on an incredible run, he is the craziest of them and asked for this fight and has been talking shit non stop since getting it. Mitchell is an idiot who got himself in trouble on his podcast, but the dude is a pretty damn good MMA fighter. His losses are to Topuria and then Emmett caught him with a power right that made him go to the shadow realm and become a meme. He will be looking to drag Silva to the mat, and if he can do that I think we see him find a submission and derail the hype train of Silva.
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