Fight Predictions: UFC on ESPN 66: Garry vs Prates
Ian Machado Garry & Carlos Prates face off after weigh-ins.
As the UFC is back from a dark week, everything is headed to Kansas City #UFCKansasCity, for a card full of intrigue!!!
There's a lot of cats on the card who are looking to take that BIG step into deadlier waters. So a win, and a win with style points could transform their lives. Case in point, Jaqueline Amorim @jacqueamorimjj🇧🇷 who after an initial slip has been on a three fight tear. Now her country woman, Polyana Viana @polyanaviana 🇧🇷 wants to right the ship and show this is where she belongs!
There are two debuts on the card, Malcolm Wellmaker @wallathemachine ROBOT is on a 14 fight tear, and Gauge Young @geemoney_mma 💰 who steps in on short notice. Opposite Wellmaker is Cameron Saaiman @cameronsaaiman 🇿🇦 who really wants to get back to those winning ways. And Young faces the buzzsaw that is Evan Elder @evan_elder_ 🇺🇸 who has really started to come into his own!
Da'Mon Blackshear @da_monster94 MONSTER & Randy Brown @rudeboy 🇯🇲 could really establish themselves on Saturday night. BUT, that's no easy task as they face The Mongolian Knight Alateng Heili @alatengheili_ 🇨🇳 and Danish Dynamite Nicolas Dalby @dalbymma 🇩🇰
The Co-main gives us the final outing for Lionheart Anthony Smith @lionheartasmith LION who wants one final dance in the Octagon, getting that hand raised. Looking to dent proceedings is the Mountain Tiger Zhang Mingyang @mingyang08 TIGER who's on an 11 fight streak and hungrier than Augustus Gloop!!!
AND, our Headline tilt could potentially catapult the winner into the next title fight against the winner of Muhammad vs Della Maddalena! As Ian Machado Garry @iangarry 🇮🇪 who took Shavkat @shavkatrakhmonov94 🇰🇿 to the brink, wants to show he is 'The Future. However, he faces The Nightmare Carlos Prates @thenightmare_170 🇧🇷 who's on an 11 fight streak, finishing all four opponents in the UFC!
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Main Card
Watch Headline Fight breakdown: HERE.
Main Event - Welterweight
Ian Machado Garry vs Carlos Prates (W)
Watch the Co-Main breakdown: HERE.
Co-Main - Light Heavyweight
Anthony Smith vs Zhang Mingyang (W)
Watch Main card breakdown: HERE.
Featherweight
Giga Chikadze vs David Onama (W)
Middleweight
Michel Pereira vs Abusupiyan Magomedov (W)
Light Heavyweight
Randy Brown (W) vs Nicolas Dalby
Middleweight
Ikram Aliskerov vs André Muniz (W)
Preliminary card
Watch breakdown: HERE.
Flyweight
Matt Schnell vs Jimmy Flick (W)
Lightweight
Evan Elder (W) vs Gauge Young
Featherweight
Chris Gutiérrez (W) vs John Castañeda
Bantamweight
Da'Mon Blackshear (W) vs Alateng Heili
Bantamweight
Malcolm Wellmaker (W) vs Cameron Saaiman
Women's Strawweight
Jaqueline Amorim (W) vs Polyana Viana
Featherweight
Timothy Cuamba vs Roberto Romero (W)
Women's Bantamweight
Chelsea Chandler vs Joselyne Edwards (W)