Felipe vs sanders
Think it goes similar to sanders previous fight where he uses his wrestling and NCAA div 1 background to work on take downs and control but felipe is crafty off his back (brown belt bjj) and has a black belt in MT so should be good striking wise too, I think felipe will edge this fight perhaps get a sub during one of those scrambles on the ground.
Pedro vs Doane
2 good solid all rounders here, doane lost the grappling and ground game to sanders in his last fight while pedro locked a tight guillotine on sanders in r1 to win (but found on supplements) otherwise I like pedro here, better jiu jitsu (won multiple bjj competitions) and has showed he has a chin and can hang with top competition, like pedro su.
Burns vs Lukasz
I think burns gets the job done, decent at closing the gap and getting guys down to work on submissions here, only concern I have is his gas tank, maybe burns sub hedged with lukasz decision.
Mina vs Pyle
Mina is a decent all round fighter, has excellent credentials (bjj, wrestling, judo titles) is a 3rd degree black belt bjj but I think he is still young and not fought upper tier competition yet, pyle is an experienced vet, knows how to win and turn fights ugly and has a wealth of experience over the undefeated prospect in mina. I like pyle su here even if he is 40.
Birchak vs lopes
Like Birchak here should have the better wrestling and bjj coming in over lopes here (at least on paper) like birchak su here
Makdessi vs Mehdi
Should be an interesting kickboxing bout here with mehdis (world MT champ) and makdessi (kickboxing world champ), I have seen mehdis past few fights and he does fight at range and use his jabs to set up his body and leg kicks well, I felt his jabs and boxing was poor but he surprised me with his punching power, its possible he mixes up his jabs with soft and hard punches, makdessi we know well great all rounder solid kickboxing and boxing all round, I think makdessi should be the favourite coming in but mehdi is a live dog, should be a great live betting fight.
Belal vs Jouban
Belal is an undefeated 9-0 prospect, good boxing, striking defence with footwork, and nice leg kicks showed good cardio in his last 5 round battle with steve carl (and won) I think belal is a good fighter but jouban has more killer instinct and lands his shots with power and conviction, he will need to watch out for belals sharp counter jabs otherwise reckon jouban su or via ko is possible.
Clarke vs duffy
Clarkes a good all rounder, trains grappling and bjj and has shown he has a chin and heart but duffy imo just another level up as long as duffy comes in healthy and with the right mind set he should be better then clarke. Also to point out clarke had a serious injury in his arm and damaged some nerves via a needle (acupuncture treatment) so I expect duffy to look better here skill set and timing wise.
Lewis vs Roy
2 big power punchers at hw no less, roy has the better skill set and much better resume coming in and should get the ko or win but I do like lewis power and like him as an underdog, would prefer to play the under's 1.5 or via ko, may take a stab at roy r2 ko finish and bb r3 also.
RDA vs eddie
eddie showed excellent grappling and take downs recently, showing us he knows how to win and score points in the process but Its not going to be enough against RDA who has excellent bjj (black belt 3rd degree) and excellent MT, I feel rda uses body kicks and low kicks to damage eddie and look to use his left & right straight counters to slow down eddie before winning via ko.
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