News GLORY Kickboxer César Almeida will make his UFC-debut against DWCS alumni Dylan Budka on April 6

[BoxerMaurits]

UPDATE:

César Almeida will now make his UFC-debut against DWCS alumni Dylan Budka today (Josh Fremd is OUT):




Original Post:

“Cesinha” was originally set to make his UFC-debut against former Cage Warriors champion Christian Leroy Duncan, but unfortunately that fight fell through.
I favoured him to beat CLD aswell, but I think Josh Fremd will be an easier matchup for the seasoned Kickboxer:

 

[BoxerMaurits]

GLORY Kickboxer and former WGP & WKN middleweight champion César Almeida (MMA: 4-0, 3 first round KO/TKO) (KB: 47-8, 27 KO/TKO) beat LFA middleweight champion Lucas Fernando by unanimous decision on DWCS last year to earn himself a UFC-contract.

It looks like Cesinha has been taking his full-time transition to MMA very seriously, as he’s joined Xtreme Couture and now trains with experienced UFC-fighters like Roman Dolidze, Caio Borralho, Chris Curtis, Brad Tavares and Michel Pereira:





It’s also worth noting that Alex Pereira and César Almeida fought a total of 3 times in Kickboxing!
Here’s their final meeting, for the vacant WGP middleweight championship:



In 2022 at Collision 4 (Badr Hari vs Alistair Overeem) César took on number 1 contender Serkan Özçağlayan and won a spectacular fight, which might be his most impressive performance inside the GLORY-ring and earned him a title-shot (I was there live):



Almeida made his GLORY-debut back in 2019 on the undercard of Collision 2 (Badr Hari vs Rico Verhoeven 2), when he took on the talented Donovan Wisse in a fantastic fight (I was there live):



Afterwards, the Surinamese went on to become GLORY middleweight champion when he finished Yousri Belgaroui (I was there live) and won Poatan’s vacant-title in 2021.
About a year ago, Donovan Wisse was set to defend his belt against César Almeida. However, for some reason the Brazilian missed weight, so there was no longer a title on the line.
Cesinha still gave Wisse one of the hardest fights of his career though (I was there live):

 

[World eater]

Always enjoy reading your KB posts sherbro. Looks like you are there live all the time

 

[Neck&Neck]

Fremd spoils the party
UFC < KB

thanks Poster of The Year

 

[Can’t Handle My Riddum]

Josh “He was never my” Fremd.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Fremd is hittable will get hit

 

[EndlessCritic]

Fremd vs Anthony Hernandez was an amazing grappling battle.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Always enjoy reading your KB posts sherbro. Looks like you are there live all the time

I’m glad to hear that bud

 

[KID Yamamoto]

35 with some pretty noticeable miles. Hopefully he can get some fun flashy KO's

 

[Shadey1]

This is definitely a lay up fight for Almeida. First round KO I think.

 

[samuelsoncast]

UFC should sign Wisse for a trilogy

 

[The_Renaissance]

I think this is very winnable for Almeida.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

UFC should sign Wisse for a trilogy

Maybe you should ask @Liverkick-king56 about his opinion on Donovan Wisse coming over to MMA, he recently studied a lot of his footage/fights (Wisse said he maybe wants to make the transition in a couple of years, so it’s certainly possible).

 

[Safton]

I know I watched his DWCS fight but for the life of me I can't remember it very well... probably because Talbott stole the show and the Machado fight stunk up the whole card. I'll need to rewatch it. Fremd is pretty mediocre, but occasionally pulls some decent performances out of the bag if you're not prepared for his grappling.

 

[deanambrose]

MW is getting stacked outside top 15. Rankeds are okay I guess but I am more excited for guys like Shara, Olek, Caio (now ranked), Iron Turtle, Robocop, Pyfer, Bruno Silva, Aliskerov, Michel Pereira, Kopylov, Nickal. etc.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Fremd spoils the party
UFC < KB

thanks Poster of The Year

Ask LFA champion Bruno Fernando I would say

 

[Eternalwarriorking]

MW is getting stacked outside top 15. Rankeds are okay I guess but I am more excited for guys like Shara, Olek, Caio (now ranked), Iron Turtle, Robocop, Pyfer, Bruno Silva, Aliskerov, Michel Pereira, Kopylov, Nickal. etc.

It has much better depth now--still not as much as the lighter divisions--but the top dudes also fight much more, and that in turn, promotes a healthier, more competitive division.

Also, good fight. Cesar is intriguing and could spark him easily, but while Fremd is not great, we can't complain that he doesn't have any grappling chops like we often do about KB mma fights.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I know I watched his DWCS fight but for the life of me I can't remember it very well... probably because Talbott stole the show and the Machado fight stunk up the whole card. I'll need to rewatch it. Fremd is pretty mediocre, but occasionally pulls some decent performances out of the bag if you're not prepared for his grappling.

I think if the fight goes past the first round and involves some grappling/wrestling, it definitely gives us a solid idea of what César might be up to in the middleweight division

 

[TacticalTijs]

His fight against Serkan Ozcaglayan was very impressive. Very technical fighter. I think MMA will suit him

 

[BoxerMaurits]

His fight against Serkan Ozcaglayan was very impressive. Very technical fighter. I think MMA will suit him

Yeah the way he walked Serkan down (who always tries to walk his opponents down aswell) in the first 2 rounds was insane. If César would’ve had more gas in the tank going into the third round, he might’ve gotten a finish.
I’m curious how Almeida will deal with a guy like Fremd