UFC on ABC: Rozenstruik vs. AlmeidaDate: May 13, 2023
Main Card: SAT, MAY 13 / 10:00 PM GMT+3
Prelims: SAT, MAY 13 / 6:30 PM GMT+3
Venue: Spectrum Center
Main card (ESPN+)Heavyweight: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Jailton Almeida
Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith vs. Johnny Walker
Welterweight: Daniel Rodriguez vs. Ian Garry
Women's Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill
Welterweight: Alex Morono vs. Tim Means
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)Welterweight: Matt Brown vs. Court McGee
Heavyweight: Karl Williams vs. Chase Sherman
Bantamweight: Cody Stamann vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
Light Heavyweight: Carlos Ulberg vs. Ihor Potieria
Lightweight: Natan Levy vs. Pete Rodriguez
Women's Flyweight: Kim Ji-Yeon vs. Mandy Böhm
Welterweight: Bryan Battle vs. Gabriel Green
Women's Bantamweight: Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Tainara Lisboa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ABC:_Rozenstruik_vs._Almeida My leans at first glance without reading much into their Tapology profile or stats:
Rozenstruik: I think it's a huge step up for Almeida who hasn't proved that he could withstand a guy with powerrr in his hands like Rozenstruik. And Almeida is somewhat hittable. He should initiate a TD early and asap before Roz finds his chin.
Walker
Rodriguez: Another step up in competition for Machado and like Roz, Rodriguez has powerrr.
Dern
Morono
Brown vs McGee: Dunno.
Williams
Stamann
Ulberg
Levy
Kim
Battle vs Green: Dunno.
Clark
And as always, here's a vid to watch.
UFC Free Fight: Roz vs Sakaihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmV1CGmz4uUFrom the UFC 288 I would definitely gonna remember Evloev vs Lopes fight (it was his debut fight in UFC). A debut against top10. This fight should be like taking a walk for Evlovev. Howevr Lopes impressed me a lot. Each round Evloev have to survive against triangle, kimura and knee lock. If this wasnt a fight against top10, judges would have given Lopes a victory, or his opponent would tap. He was good at striking also.
The impressive thing is Lopes actually did that on short notice, without a full camp, which might be the reason he gassed so much in the latter two rounds. Yet, he still threatened submissions off of his back. If Evloev wasn't so experienced he would've likely tapped. So, Lopes has risen his stock a lot, and honestly Evloev probably lost a little bit of the hype that was behind him. However, it'll be really telling when we've seen more fights in the UFC with Lopes to really figure out where his ceiling is.
Also, Kron Gracie was a huge disappointment. I'm a massive fan of Ryan Hall so I'm not opposed to that style, but the lack of development Kron showed anywhere, but the ground was just worrying. I don't think he'll be in the UFC much longer. He didn't look particularly good on the ground either.
I think Lopes was training for another match in a regional league before the UFC gave him a call. But yeah, he's pretty decent. Evloev getting aways from those nasty sub attempts tho... :/
Kron Gracie, I was more hoping for Jourdain to make a mistake in there as he usually does. But it looks like he plugged those leaks.