UFC Baku Quick Picks | Fiziev vs Torres Predictions

“I believe Tahir Abdullayev's power-punching style will allow him to find the chin of Jefferson Nascimento who is coming back way too quickly after having a grueling battle defending his LFA title at the ending of May. Look for Tahir Abdullayev to land his bomb and eventually put Jefferson Nascimento away by knockout.”

“I like me some Jean Matsumoto here to thwart the grappling approach of Bekzat Almakhan, sorry, and eventually out-strike him landing better damage on the feet. Maybe even getting to some grappling of his own, but I think Jean Matsumoto will put together a better body of work to win this fight on the scorecards.”

“I've been going back and forth about this match up all week, and I think it's the one that I have the least amount of confidence in. But, I am going to lean with Javier Reyes, as I think he can get better control and a lot of a little bit more dominant damage in the striking realm, but I think this fight will be tightly contested and ends up going to the score cards, leading to Javier Reyes winning by decision.”

“I've been going back and forth about this match up all week, and I think it's the one that I have the least amount of confidence in. But, I am going to lean with Javier Reyes, as I think he can get better control and a lot of a little bit more dominant damage in the striking realm, but I think this fight will be tightly contested and ends up going to the score cards, leading to Javier Reyes winning by decision.”

“I I'm not a big fan of Nursulton Ruziboev, but I think this is a match up for him to go out there and land his big shots on Andrey Pulyaev, and eventually mix in his grappling behind it, and I think that will lead to a submission victory for the Uzbek native.”

“Farman Hasanov is still very green and early in his career, and Eric Nolan has a good enough all-around game to make things difficult for Farman Hasanov. If Eric Nolan's durability holds up here, I expect him to put together a very good body of work with his grappling, his output and volume, and I think we'll actually see Eric Nolan pull off the upset here and win this fight by decision.”

“Farman Hasanov is still very green and early in his career, and Eric Nolan has a good enough all-around game to make things difficult for Farman Hasanov. If Eric Nolan's durability holds up here, I expect him to put together a very good body of work with his grappling, his output and volume, and I think we'll actually see Eric Nolan pull off the upset here and win this fight by decision.”

“Sharabutdin Magomedov will be very dangerous in the early goings here with his explosivity and his power, and even his grappling edge. But, I believe in the improvements of Michał Oleksiejczuk enough that he won't get finished early, and I think his pressure striking style is going to catch up to Sharabutdin Magomedov leading to Michał Oleksiejczuk winning this fight by knockout.”

“I believe Ikram Aliskerov will be able to land decent combinations and mix in his grappling in opportune moments to really cause Brunno Ferreira to slow down leading to a late finish here from Ikram Aliskerov, but as fight week has gone on, my interest in Brunno Ferreira as his number starts to balloon up starts to increase. So, I might have a little bit of a sprinkle on Brunno Ferreira by fight time, but my official prediction will still remain with Ikram Aliskerov and I think he wins this fight by knockout.”

“This is another fight that I expect to play out closer than the odds indicate, but I believe Asu Almabayev's ability to mix in the grappling at key moments and landing some big shots on the feet while keeping Charles Johnson reeling and on the back foot will make it look good enough once this fight hits the scorecards leading to Asu Almabayev winning by decision.”

“This is another fight that I expect to play out closer than the odds indicate, but I believe Asu Almabayev's ability to mix in the grappling at key moments and landing some big shots on the feet while keeping Charles Johnson reeling and on the back foot will make it look good enough once this fight hits the scorecards leading to Asu Almabayev winning by decision.”

“I'm not big on either guy here, but I believe Nazim Sadykhov will eventually be able to wear down Matheus Camilo, thwart the grappling of the Brazilian, and eventually find a big knockout for himself in front of his home country.”

“This is a very fun striking battle which I believe will be a back-and-forth showcase of both guys showcasing very flashy techniques. Maybe not landing anything big enough to get a knockout, but I'm expecting this fight to hit the scorecards and I think it's going to be the Russian who ends up getting his hand raised.”

“Unfortunately for Manuel Torres, I think Rafael Fiziev's hard-nosed Muay Thai strike striking and experience will allow him to find the openings and counter Manuel Torres leading to a big knockout win for Rafael Fiziev.”