Fight By Fight Preview | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland

While this profiles as a “striker versus grappler” battle, each males are extra well-rounded than these designations recommend, which makes this one really feel like extra of a battle of wills and endurance than the rest. As easy because it usually sounds, whoever is ready to dictate the phrases of engagement will maintain the higher hand, however that resets after each spherical, so the important thing can be seeing how every responds in the event that they drop a spherical or two early within the battle.

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Alexander Volkov vs Waldo Cortes Acosta

Alexander Volkov and Waldo Cortes Acosta meet in a battle of heavyweights, seeking to cement their place on the high of the checklist of lively contenders as issues within the division begin to actually get shifting for the primary time this 12 months.

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Volkov has been concerned in back-to-back debated fights that resulted in cut up choices, the primary a loss to Ciryl Gane in a battle many believed he gained, and the second, which he gained, final October in opposition to Jailton Almeida, the place neither man mustered a lot offense. Prior to these two contests, the Russian veteran was rolling, posting 4 straight victories whereas exhibiting an elevated aggressiveness in wins over Jairzinho Rosenstruik, Alexandr Romanov, Tai Tuivasa, and Sergei Pavlovich.