We have reached the final event of the year here for 2025 with a fight night headlined by Brandon Royval vs Manel Kape. This card is stacked full of people who are making their debuts and fighters who are not very well known. Usually this makes for a fun card top to bottom, so hopefully that is the case this week and we end 2025 with a bunch of fun fights.
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$9,000+ PRICE POINT
Yaroslav Amosov
Magny has the reach and experience here, but Amosov is a beast. He is the former Bellator champ who is a highly touted grappler from American Top Team. I feel like he either gets a dominant win, or we see Magny pull off the round 3 submission win when he is down 0-2 on the cards going into it.
King Green
Short notice catchweight fight here, and we get King Green vs a guy making his debut. Green averages landing 6.4 significant strikes per minute, gets a takedown per fight, and this time around he is not being fed to a up and coming rockstar like the was with Paddy and then Ruffy in his last two losses.
$8,000 – $8,900 PRICE POINT
Steven Asplund
He was extremely fun to watch on is DWCS fight, and now gets someone who does not defend significant strikes well. One of these guys is getting knocked out, and Asplund is the bigger fighter with the heavier hands.
Gillian Robertson
Lemos looks like she is on her way out, and Robertson has looked like she is gearing up to make a run for a title shot lately. She was one 6 of her last 7 fights and her lowest DraftKings score there in a win was 95.8 points. She probably has the highest scoring upside on the slate due to her wrestling.
Under $8,000 PRICE POINT
Melissa Croden
Croden showed last time out she will push the pace continuously, and now we get her as a dog against someone who she averages more takedowns than, 3 more significant strikes per minute, and is the taller/bigger fighter here.
Allen Frye
Big sloppy heavyweight fight is incoming, so let’s take the underdog in the division where a singular punch can end up putting his opponents lights out. This is going to be pretty similar to when we see the guys try out on DWCS and we all say “I can’t wait to bet against him in his debut”, except this time there are two of them and so underdog it is.
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