Drink West Co-Founder Tai Tuivasa is set to feature on the Main Card of UFC Fight Night and boy does the big fella have something to prove.
Bryan Battle will look to make it three finishes on the trot and he has Ange Loosa in his sights!
Nigerian Kennedy Nzechukwu is looking to secure some dubs after a loss in August of 2023 derailed his momentum to a top-15 shot.
UFC Fight Night gets better and better every week and my full preview is down below.
To rip the band-aid off nice and quick, Tai’s been on a shocking run since September 2022 – getting finished in all three of his last bouts.
The Drink West Co-Founder has been working hard, he’s dedicated and he’s ready to collect a win and move on up the rankings with the hopes of one day getting a Heavyweight title shot.
Tuivasa has a 93% Knockout rate in his Pro MMA career – winning 14 of his 15 fights via knockout and with 12 first-round finishes, he has the power to knock out just about anybody.
However, excluding his last fight with now Interim Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall, Marcin Tybura’s form is somewhat better – going the distance in his last 2 successful bouts.
But a stat that’s not great news for Bam Bam is that Tybura is more than happy to go to the judge’s scorecards for a decision – winning 9 of his 24 fights exactly that way.
Regardless of the decision stats, I’ll be backing the Australian Tai Tuivasa to go back to his winning ways and secure a win via knockout.
Bryan has got a battle on his hands this weekend. (See what I did there?)
But in all seriousness, he’s been on a bloody roll – with nine finishes in his 11 wins since becoming a pro fighter.
Ange Loosa is no easy competitor by any means.
He’s only had three fights in the UFC, and yes, he lost two of them, but have you seen some of his knockouts in LFC and TFC?
Expect a tough contest between the two and I’ll take the value of Ange Loosa to take this one out.
Light heavyweights are always an underrated fight on any card and today is no different!
Ovince Saint Preux has been in the game for lifetime and this weekend, he’ll have the difficult task of Nigerian born Kennedy Nzechukwu.
In Kennedy’s last three successful bouts, two have come by way of knockout and one by way of submission.
The bookies have got him as the clear favourite at the time of writing, and I don’t disagree with that selection.
You would assume that if a devastating knockout is incoming, this will most likely be the last fight for the 40-year-old OSP.
Win, Lose or Draw he’s had a hell of a career, and no doubt will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame!