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Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1)
#1 Jared Cannonier vs. Jan Blachowicz
Jared Cannonier is a great athlete, and although his striking may not be as technical as Blachowicz, the former can indeed finish a fight on the feet just as he could on the mat.
Look for both fighters to play safe in the early going. Cannonier is likely to sway the judges in his favour with his impressive grappling skills against the relatively lacklustre wrestling of the European Blachowicz.
Cannonier will do enough to walk away with the victory across the scorecards.
Prediction: Jared Cannonier def. Jan Blachowicz via Decision
#2 Julian Marquez vs. Darren Stewart
Julian Marquez is a good fighter, however, the individual departments of his MMA skill-set are a tad rough around the edges, so to speak.
On the other hand, Darren Stewart is the typical run-of-the-mill MMA scrapper, who’s decent at every aspect of combat but doesn’t really specialize in a specific striking or grappling art.
Stewart just seems to have it together, as regards maintaining and executing a game-plan during the chaotic situation that is a fight. Stewart is likely to keep his feisty foe at the end of his straights, and run away with this one on the scorecards. Make no mistake about it, Marquez is no pushover either, but presently, Stewart seems to be slightly better at maintaining a good balance of his overall MMA skills.
Prediction: Darren Stewart def. Julian Marquez via Decision
#3 Chad Laprise vs. Galore Bofando
Chad Laprise is a decent technical brawler, so to speak, and is considerably efficient both on the feet as well as on the mat. On the other hand, Bofando is still relatively unproven against top-tier competition in MMA.
Laprise is likely to take this one; putting on a striking clinic on Bofando. The former could realistically stun Bofando, before likely choking him on the mat.
Nevertheless, Bofando is a considerably tough fighter, and is difficult to put away. Laprise likely wins this fight by way of a clear-cut decision.
Prediction: Chad Laprise def. Galore Bofando via Decision
