MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR FRIDAY: UFC RETURNS TO PHILADELPHIA
The UFC is coming to”The City of Brotherly Love” and a couple of fights have been declared for the event. Those fights, plus a few other newly-revealed UFC bouts in the MMA odds and ends.
Polyana Viana vs. Hannah Cifer, UFC 235
Strawweights Polyana Viana and Hannah Cifers will meet at UFC 235, occurring March 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. ESPN broke the news. Viana (10-2) is 1-1 thus far in the UFC and was lately in the news after stopping an attempted robbery. Cifers (8-3) is 0-1 so much in the UFC but put up a spirited attempt against Maycee Barber. Based on the hype, I’d anticipate Viana to be preferred here, however I wouldn’t sleep on Cifers.
Tim Boetsch vs. Omari Akhmedov, UFC Fight Night 146
A middleweight bout between Tim Boetsch and Omari Akhmedov is set for UFC Fight Night 146, occurring March 9 in Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. Boetsch (21-12) is currently 13-11 in the UFC all time and is coming off of a submission loss to Antonio Carlos Junior. Akhmedov (17-4-1) is 5-3-1 in the UFC and many recently fought to a draw against Marvin Vettori. This looks like a fairly competitive fight but I’m expecting most bettors are going to want to fade Boetsch here since they always seem to, resulting in Akhmedov being the favorite.
Anthony Rocco Martin vs. Sergio Moraes, UFC Fight Night 146
A welterweight bout between Anthony Rocco Martin and Sergio Moraes can also be set for UFC Fight Night 146. Martin (15-4) is 3-0 since moving up to welterweight and completed Jake Matthews in his last outing. Moraes (14-3-1) is 8-2-1 complete from the UFC and is one of the very underrated welterweights in the division. But he’s also getting up there in age, and at some stage he’s likely to slow down. This ought to be a fantastic fight but I lean towards the younger and vastly-improved Martin getting his hand raised.
Michelle Waterson vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz, UFC on ESPN 2 The UFC will return to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 30 in Wells Farco Center using UFC on ESPN 2. The first fight announced is that a women’s strawweight bout between contenders Michelle Waterson and Karolina Kowalkiewicz, which Brett Okamoto revealed. Waterson (16-6) is 4-2 at the UFC and lately defeated Felice Herrig by choice. Kowalkiewicz (12-3) is 5-3 overall from the UFC but was pumped out by Jessica Andrade in her last outing. Tough fight to predict here, but given how vicious Kowalkiewiz was knocked out in her final fight I think bettors will seem to fade her into this place.
Alexa Grasso vs. Marina Rodriguez, UFC on ESPN two Also aded into UFC on ESPN 2 is a women’s strawweight bout between Alexa Grasso and Marina Rodriguez. Grasso (10-2) is just 2-2 in the UFC and has been filed by Tatiana Suarez in her last outing. Rodriguez (10-0-1) fought to a draw with Randa Markos within her UFC debut. While I think Grasso will be the preferred here since she’s more of a known commodity, I will take a very long look at Rodriguez. I just feel like Grasso is overrated and we may have the ability to find a great line on Rodriguez here.
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