This next Saturday (26th) promises to be a great day for MMA lovers, and here you’ll find out everything about the UFC Fight 253. With great exciting duels, the event will take place on the Flash Forum, place known as the Fight Island, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The biggest attraction for this Saturday, on UFC 253 will be disputed for the Welterweight belt, between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Borrachinha. The beginning of the combats will be at 00h, the fights on the main card, which are the most important, will begin after 3am GMT.
Preliminary card fights
Brad Riddell x Alex Leko – Lightweight
Diego Sanchez x Jake Matthews – Welterweight
Shane Young x Ludovit Klein – Featherweight
William Knight x Aleksa Camur – Light Heavyweight
Juan Espino x Jeff Hughes – Heavyweight
Khadis Ibragimov x Danilo Marques – Light Heavyweight
Main cards
Israel Adesanya x Paulo Borrachinha – Welterweight
Israel Adesanya is a Nigerian fighter with New Zealand citizenship, and is 31 years old. Blue belt in jiu-jitsu, he is in MMA since 2009, but also made career in boxing and kickboxing. In addition, Adesanya holds the World Welterweight title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship version. He has 19 fights in his cartel and has won them all. It was 14 by knockout and 5 by jury decision. In April 2019 he won the interim title by beating Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision. In October last year, he confirmed his achievement through UFC 243 by knocking out Robert Whittaker. In March of this year, Adesanya defended the belt by defeating Yoel Romero by a unanimous decision of the jury.
Paulo Borrachinha is a 29 year old Brazilian black belt jiu-jitsu fighter. He has been in the MMA since 2012 and like his opponent, he has not been defeated yet. There were 13 disputes, having won all of them. Being 11 by knockout, one by submission and one by points. Until his most recent fight, no other of Borrachinha had reached the end. Thus, in three rounds he defeated Yoel Romero by unanimous decision of the jury in August last year.
Being one of the most expected fights of the last few years, it promises to be a contest to take the breath away. Two undefeated fighters with a lot of quality disputing the Welterweight belt. It is difficult to point a favorite to this fight, but Israel is still a little ahead, after all, the title is already in his hands, he just needs to keep it. This way, Bet365 has a beautiful odd worth @ 1.60 for Israel's triumph.
Dominick Reyes x Jan Blachowicz - Half-heavy weight
Dominick Reyes, the Devastator, is a 30-year-old American fighter. Black belt in jiu-jitsu, he is in the MMA since 2014 and has 13 fights in his cartel. He won 12 of them, being 7 by knockout, 2 for submission and 3 for decision of the judges. His only defeat was by points and was worth the category belt. This happened in UFC 247 and besides being his most recent clash, he lost the belt to none other than Jon Jones, this in February 2020.
Jan Blachowicz is a 37-year-old Polish fighter. Black belt in jiu-jitsu, he is in MMA since 2007 and has an extensive resume of 34 fights. Although he is more experienced, compared to his opponent, his performance is inferior. That's because, out of 34, he won 26. 7 of them were knockout, 9 were submission and 10 were by points. Blachowicz is in a good phase, having won 7 of his last 8 fights. His most recent fight was in February of this year, when he beat Corey Anderson by knockout in the first round.
This is another fight that promises great emotions, with two great fighters. However, the Devastador is the favorite to win and that's why Betfair has the odd worth @ 1.40 for his triumph.
James Kai Kara-France x Brandon Royval - Bantamweight
James Kai Kara-France is a 27-year-old New Zealander fighter. Blue belt in jiu-jitsu, he has also acted in the Bantamweight, having started at MMA in 2010. So far he has 30 fights in his cartel, having won 21 of them. They were 9 for knockout, 3 for finishing and 9 for points. Kara-France is having a great time in his career, having won 9 of his last 10 fights. Her most recent fight was in February of this year, when he beat Tysom Nam by unanimous decision of the jury.
Brandon Royval is a 28-year-old American fighter. Although his cartel is not so extensive, he has a good record. He has fought 15 battles for the MMA, having won 11 of these. He won 3 knockouts, 7 by submission and one by decision of the judges. In his last 3 fights, he won all of them. In the most recent of them in May of this year, he won Tim Elliot by submission.
Ketlen Vieira x Sijara Eubanks - Bantamweight
Ketlen Vieira is a 29 year old Brazilian fighter, and has been with the MMA since 2014. Black belt in jiu-jitsu and judo, she has 10 victories in 11 fights disputed. It was 2 by knockout, 4 by submissions and 4 by points. Her only defeat was by knockout. However, she suffered defeat in her most recent dispute, in December 2019, being knocked out by Irena Aldana.
Sijara Eubanks is a 35-year-old American fighter and has been fighting in the MMA since 2015. She fought 10 times and won 6 of them, 4 by points and 2 by knockout. In her most recent fight, she beat Julia Avila, in September of this year. Her cartel is not so brilliant compared to her opponent.
Hakeem Dawodu x Zubaira Tukhugov – Featherweight
Hakeem Dawodu is a 29 year old Canadian fighter who has been in the MMA since 2014, having fought 13 times. With training in muay thai and kickboxing, he won 11 of 13 fights. Of his triumphs, 7 were by knockout and 4 by points. He lives a very good phase, having won his last 4 fights. The most recent was in November 2019, when he beat Julio Arce at UFC 244 in New York.
Zubaira Tukhugov is a 29 year old Russian fighter. He has been in the MMA since 2010, having already acted in the penalty category and among the lightweight. In his resume he has 24 fights, having won 19 of them. He won 7 by knockouts, one by submission and 11 by points. He comes from a victory over Kevin Aguilar, in February this year, at UFC Fifth Night Auckland.
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