Max Holloway – Cheng Sung Jung, Anthony Smith – Ryan Spann, Giga Chikaze – Alex Caceres: UFC Singapore predictions, bets and odds.
Max Holloway – Chen Sung-jung
The main fight of today’s tournament is a longtime dream of mixed martial arts fans. The current rivals have won the love and respect of fans around the world through spectacular fighting skills and charisma. Max Holloway no longer holds the UFC title and seems to have lost his chance to regain the belt, as Alexander Volkanovski won in three head-to-head fights with him. Volkanovski is Holloway’s kryptonite, despite phenomenal boxing technique, 10-round endurance, and Max’s unyielding nature. Behind the back of the Hawaiian 102 rounds of combat time, in the UFC, Holloway landed more than three thousand accurate punches. There is no doubt that the former champion will enter the UFC Hall of Fame immediately after the end of his career.
Chen Sung-jung or “Korean Zombie” claimed the title twice in his career. In 2013, the Zombies faced the legendary Brazilian Jose Aldo at the peak of his form. The representative of South Korea suffered a shoulder injury, which led to a defeat by technical knockout. Cheng Sung Joong next tried to take the belt away from Alex Volkanovski in 2022, but also failed. In total, “Korean Zombie” had 11 fights under the banner of the world’s main promotion, won 7 and lost 4. The fighter collected 335 thousand dollars as bonuses for spectacular performances in the UFC. Closer to the end of his career, the fighter from Korea switched to work in the counter-puncher mode, while Holloway, on the contrary, got used to pressing and acting as the first number.
With both Holloway and Zombies not in a title race at the moment, both opponents will be fighting to add another spectacular episode to their mixed martial arts heritage.
Anthony Smith – Ryan Spann
In the second most important fight of the evening, the fans are waiting for the revenge of the light heavyweights. In 2021, Anthony Smith strangled Ryan Spann. It should be noted that Smith has never won since then, and spent his last fight with Johnny Walker in a mode similar to training sparring. There was a feeling that the fighter nicknamed “Braveheart” was going to leave his gloves in the center of the octagon as a sign of his retirement, but at the last moment he changed his mind.
If in the rematch we don’t see Anthony Smith charged for an early victory, he risks flying into a dead knockout from an opponent who is superior in size and explosive speed.
7 of Spann’s 10 fights in the UFC ended in the first round. However, Ryan tends to sag functionally if the blitzkrieg doesn’t work. In this vein, his last fight in the promotion with Nikita Krylov went, who was able to defeat the American with a choke. Anthony Smith’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu and grappling skills also pose a danger to Spahn in the event of a transfer to the ground. But does Anthony have enough drive at this stage of his career to offer “Superman” a fight on a collision course? Editorial forecast – the fight will not last until the second round.
Giga Chikadze — Alex Caceres
19 months ago, Giga Chikaze was a rising star in the featherweight division and a future title contender. This was facilitated by 7 victories in a row in the UFC. The Georgian striker has finished two veterans of the promotion during 2021, whose names appear on the lists of the most spectacular fighters of all time – Cub Swanson and Edson Barboza. But in January 2022, there was a duel with Calvin Kattar, who defeated Chikaze in the octagon in a dominant manner.
Now the Georgian “Ninja” has a chance to prove that the defeat in the first five-round fight of his career was an accident and he can still challenge Alex Volkanovski in the fight for the belt. To do this, you need to pass Alex Cazares.
The fighter nicknamed “Bruce Leeroy” has been in the UFC since 2011 and has won 7 of his last 8 fights. During his professional career, the American was often written off, but he managed to stop, including prospects that were on the wave of hype, such as Chase Hooper and Sergio Pettis. Caceres ranks sixth in the featherweight division in terms of the number of punches landed. Despite the fact that Alex has a unique fighting style, the possible pattern of the duel makes Chikaze the undisputed favorite. The Georgian fighter, who has about 50 fights in professional kickboxing, is able to find a gap in the American’s defense and finish the fight ahead of schedule.
Sergei Berezovsky
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2023-08-26 09:49:06
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