UFC Fight Night - Smith vs. Rakic Prediction - Bitcoin MMA Sportsbookhttps://www.betcoin.ag/ufc-fight-night-smith-vs-rakic-prediction-bitcoin-mma-sportsbookBetcoin is expanding its MMA selection and offering more and more events continuously.The following is a guest post by MMA analyst, Unkclan450.
Hello everyone, I am back for round 3 on my UFC previews and predictions! So far I have had moderate success going 5-1 in the 6 fights I have previewed. You can look at my past previews/predictions here:
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UFC Fight Night Smith vs Rakic ended up turning into an excellent card despite a bunch of turnover. The original main event was set to be Zabit Magomedsharipov and Yair Rodriguez in what could have been a title eliminator. Unfortunately that fight was scratched, but we are still left with a great fight card. One thing of note is due to the late change in main event, it will be a 3 rounder vs the normal 5. I’ll be previewing and making predictions for the main event of Smith vs Rakic, the co-main event of Robbie Lawler vs Neil Magny, and the opening fight on the main card of Magomed Ankalaev vs Ion Cutelaba.
Smith vs. Rakic Analysis and PredictionMain Event – Anthony Smith #5 (+240) vs #8 Aleksandar Rakic (-300)
Anthony Smith (33-15 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is a very experienced fighter already having 48 bouts at the age of 32. He has had a lot of ups and downs in his career as can be seen by his middling record with 15 losses. He had a career resurgence in 2018 when he moved up from middleweight to light heavyweight. After his move to light heavyweight he rattled off 3 consecutive impressive victories and found himself in a title fight vs Jon Jones. He looked very timid vs Jones and lost a lopsided decision. 3 Months later he found himself in another main event and found a way to survive and defeat highly touted Alexander Gustafsson, keeping him with in distance of a title. Like most of his career after experiencing a high, he lost in a brutal beatdown to an old Glover Texeira just 3 months ago. Smith has shown very good power at light heavyweight and has proven in his career that he is able to come back from his lows and find ways to win. He has a nickname of Lionheart for a reason.
Aleksandar Rakic (12-2, MMA, 4-1 UFC) is a very bright light heavyweight prospect. He started off his UFC career very impressively, winning his first 4 fights, including 2 first round knockouts. In his fight vs Justin Ledet he won what might be one of the lopsided beat downs I’ve seen in a 3 round fight, winning on the scorecards 30-25, 30-24, and 30-24. In his last fight, he had a step up in competition in Volkan Oezdemir. He lost the fight via controversial split decision, with many media members giving him the victory. He looks to bounce back vs Smith in his first main event. Rakic has shown a good mix in his fights as he has looked extremely powerful in his 2 first round knockouts and has shown good wrestling in his fight vs ledet as he was able to take him down at will and stay in top position. It will be interesting to see how he handles his first Main event. The lack of crowd and with it only being a 3 rounder may benefit him in that regard.
Prediction: Smith will again show the resiliency he has had his entire career and weather a 1st round blitz from Rakic. He will comeback in round 2 and 3 and win by close decision. Smith by decision.
Lawler vs. Magny Analysis and PredictionRobbie Lawler #13 (+175) vs Neil Magny #14 (-225)
Robbie Lawler (28-14, 1 no contest MMA, 13-8 UFC) is the former UFC welterweight champion. He is getting up there in age (38) and has lost 3 of 4 fights since losing his title. While he may be getting older he still has great power and has 20 knockout victories in his career. He is a battle tested veteran and knows how to win.
Neil Magny (23-7 MMA, 16-6 UFC) is long-time veteran of the UFC, that has always seemed to find himself in the gatekeeper role and never a true contender. While he is an overall solid fighter, it is hard to pinpoint 1 thing that he does extremely well. After his loss to Ponzinibibio in 2018 where he was brutally finished, he has had a step down in competition his last 2 fights. While he looked great against Li Jianglian, his last fight vs Rocco Martin was lackluster and he could have easily lost the decision. It will be interesting to see how he does vs Lawler who is a step up from his previous 2 opponents.
Prediction: This will be a competitive fight and go to a close decision. I believe that Lawler’s power will be the difference as he will get the best shots and earn the victory. Lawler by decision.
Ankalaev vs Cutelaba Analysis and PredictionMagomed Ankalaev #14 (-310) vs Cutelaba (+260)
Note: This will be a rematch of a fight from February that was a TKO victory for Ankalaev 38 seconds into the first round. There was a lot of controversy to the ref’s decision to stop the fight as it appeared Cutelaba was playing possum and wasn’t actually hurt. This is why we are seeing a rematch to get a definitive winner
Magomed Ankalaev (14-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) came into the UFC with a lot of hype around him. He looked great in his UFC debut vs Paul Craig until literally the last second as he lost via a desperation triangle choke with 1 second remaining. Since that fight he has looked as good as ever winning 4 fights with 3 being knockouts (if you include the first Cutelaba fight).
Ion Cutelaba (15-5, 1 no contest MMA, 4-3 UFC) is one of the craziest and most intense UFC fighter on the roster. He is all into his opponents face and is all aggression. He has has mixed results but definitely shows a lot of promise. His aggressive style has resulted in 12 knockouts in his 15 wins. He will ensure that this fight will be all action
Prediction – This fight will be absolutely nuts for as long as it goes on. I believe that Ankalaev will have a false sense of security due to the first matchup and that Cutelaba will blitz him in the first round and pull off the huge upset. Cutelaba by TKO in round 1.
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