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#3 UFC Vegas 24: The Main Card
UFC Vegas 24 will also feature another four fights on its main card.
In a Heavyweight clash, former UFC champ Andrei Arlovski faces Chase Sherman. Despite being on the wrong side of 40, Arlovski keeps on ticking, and this actually looks like a favorable fight for him.
The Pitbull has lost his fair share of fights in recent years, but his quick hands, underrated chin and overall striking skills make him a tricky fight for more plodding fighters. Sherman fits that mold and also doesn’t possess the best chin. Therefore Arlovski via TKO is the pick.
At Middleweight, Abdul Razak Alhassan takes on Jacob Malkoun. Alhassan is the definition of a kill-or-be-killed fighter, and he was violently knocked out in his last visit to the Octagon.
However, this looks like a better match for him. Malkoun is just 4-1 in MMA and showed nothing in his UFC debut, a quick KO loss to Phil Hawes. Alhassan by KO is the pick here.
In the Lightweight division, Luis Pena – AKA Violent Bob Ross – takes on Alexander Munoz. Pena hasn’t quite shone as he was expected to when he debuted in the UFC in 2018, but he’s still a dangerous fighter with skills in all areas.
His sheer size should make him a tricky match for Munoz here, and given Munoz hasn’t really shown a lot yet, the pick is Pena via decision.
Finally, Ricardo Ramos faces Bill Algeo in a Bantamweight clash. Ramos is probably one of the more underrated fighters in the division, although he suffered a bad KO loss to Lerone Murphy last time.
Algeo, meanwhile, is less well-known but has looked good in the UFC and is dropping to 135lbs for the first time.
This one could go either way, but Algeo using his grappling to grind out a decision seems like the best bet.
#4 UFC Vegas 24: Preliminary bouts
Picks in bold
UFC Flyweight division: Tracy Cortez vs. Justine Kish
UFC Heavyweight division: Alexander Romanov vs. Juan Espino
UFC Strawweight division: Jessica Penne vs. Lupita Godinez
UFC Middleweight division: Gerald Meerschaert vs. Bartosz Fabinski
UFC Bantamweight division: Zarah Fairn Dos Santos vs. Josiane Nunes
UFC Bantamweight division: Tony Gravely vs. Anthony Birchak
