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2020 for the world of mixed martial arts will be one of the most anticipated in the history of this sport. The best organization of the planet has already approved several fights at once, which will become monumental for the formation of the UFC. For this MMA organization, the tournament year will open at T-Mobile's home arena in Las Vegas. In the card of the numbered 246th event, several TOP fights will take place, one of which will be a fight with the participation of a Russian fighter. But the main evening on January 19 will be a confrontation between two athletes, whose name is known not only in our country. The legend of the organization, Donald Cerrone, will face the former champion and face of the best league in the world, Conor McGregor. This fight will close the top card on January 19th.
[stextbox id = 'info'] The results of the tournament, the results of all fights, highlights and the press conference of the fighters can be found here [/ stextbox]
Content
- Where to see?
- The main battle of the evening. Conor McGregor – Donald Cerrone
- Main card
- Holly Holm – Raquel Pennington
- Alexey Oleinik – Maurice Green
- Claudia Gadella – Alexa Grasso
- Anthony Pettis – Diego Ferreira
- Preliminary card
- Macy Barber – Roxanne Modafferi
- André Fili – Sodik Yusuff
Where to see?
You can watch the tournament both on platforms familiar to our viewers, such as Wink, the UFC Fight Pass promotion channel (early prelims) and the official UFC mobile app, or in a new way that will surely appeal to many readers. So, according to preliminary information, UFC 246, or rather its main card, can be viewed on Ren TV. But, for sure about this it will become known closer to the event.
The main battle of the evening. Conor McGregor – Donald Cerrone
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The confrontation between the Irishman and the American started back in 2015, when Donald spoke unflatteringly about Conor's antics. McGregor for the most part ignored the statements of his opponent on the upcoming fight. Conor still shuns taunts against the “Cowboy”, while Cerrone completely denies that he is going to lose – for Donald, this fight is the last chance for a title in his career, as a defeat can knock him out of the top eight fighters in the division. Cerrone lost in two confrontations in a row and does not intend to extend this series solely for the sake of material good. The Irishman will return to the octagon for the first time since his defeat to Habibu. At stake on the evening of January 19, there will be a lot, which is why the principled confrontation between the fighters will become one of the most anticipated sporting events of the winter.
Odds 1xBet:
1.3 – 61 – 3.6
[stextbox id = 'info'] The prediction for the fight, which will show whether it is worth deleting Conor from the list of the best MMA fighters to date, is waiting for you here [/ stextbox]
Main card
It is quite natural that for an event with such a gate, the main card will lose to the main event in terms of audience interest. But there will be some interesting fights in the UFC 246 Maincard as well. In addition to our Alexei Oleinik, who is facing a battle against the American Avenue, Anthony Pettis and Holly Holm will appear on the canvas. It is the former UFC champion who will take part in the second most important fight of the day. Her co-main rival will be Raquel Pennington.
Holly Holm – Raquel Pennington
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Women's MMA develops not so progressively, in contrast to men's mixed martial arts. Here, after one fight, you can be elevated to the status of the strongest in the world, while the next fight will ruin your career. This happened with Holly Holm, who defeated the most famous athlete in mixed martial arts in the person of Rhonda Rousey. Nowadays, the “Priest's Daughter” is reaping the fruits of bygone glory, because her record after receiving the title is terrifying – two wins for five defeats. The American can again become a contender for the title following the results of the fight at UFC 246, where Raquel Pennington will play in revenge against her. Rocky was also a recent contender for the title, but first lost to Amanda Nunez, and after that she did not leave a chance to Germaine de Randami. In an extreme confrontation, Pennington defeated Irene Aldana with a controversial split, which earned her a fight with Holm.
Odds 1xBet:
1.8 – 36 – 2.13
[stextbox id = 'info'] Holly, like Conor, dreams of returning to the UFC elite. Read about her chances of doing this in a separate forecast [/ stextbox]
Alexey Oleinik – Maurice Green
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Brothers Emelianenko, Sergey Kharitonov and Alexey Oleinik have become a monument to Russian mixed martial arts in the 21st century. Despite not so much fame, it was Oleinik who was the only one of the cohort of great heavyweights who performed and continues to play in the UFC. However, in extreme fights, Alexei's career is not developing in the best way. His awkward fighting style made him a meme, and a streak of defeats drove him past the top ten in the heavyweight division.
Now Oleinik is attracted by the UFC as a mandatory aspect for events in Russia and a chance for young athletes to test themselves against a fighter from the TOP-15 rating. Oleinik's current opponent will be Maurice Green, a not-so-famous heavyweight who started in the UFC with a series of successful fights, but lost in an extreme fight not to anyone, but to our Sergey Pavlovich. The chance to revenge this result in the battle against the Russian fell on the American on January 19th.
Odds 1xBet:
2.09 – 48 – 1.79
[stextbox id = 'info'] Oleinik is another fighter who is clearly not satisfied with his current position in the rating. But whether it will be possible to improve it in a new battle can be found here [/ stextbox]
Claudia Gadella – Alexa Grasso
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Athletes are quite similar to each other. Both are in the same weight class, both once had title claims and both came to the UFC with a flawless record. Now, both Gadella and Grasso's record are spoiled by several defeats at once. The Brazilian athlete, like the Mexican, won very good opponents. On account of “Claudinya” victories over Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Jessica Aguillar and Carla Esparza, but in the only title chance she lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Grasso also defeated the same Kovalkevich in the UFC 238 summer event, but lost to the aforementioned Carla Esparza at UFC on ESPN + by a very controversial referee's verdict.
Odds 1xBet:
1.84 – 35 – 2.04
[stextbox id = 'info'] A rather unpredictable match from the point of view of forecasting, nevertheless, it is detailed in the forecast from IronBets [/ stextbox]
Anthony Pettis – Diego Ferreira
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Showtime continues to change weight categories. The athlete tried himself in three weights at once and is now returning to the camp of lightweights in order to continue his career in the fight against the best representatives of this category. After defeating Stephen Thompson, Pettis went into a duel against Nate Diaz quite charged. He personally promised Dana White that he would defeat the veteran who had returned to service, but became a participant in the beating, where he himself was the object of this beating. Having yielded to a unanimous decision, Pettis decided to move to his usual lightweight division, where Diego Ferreira will become Anthony's current opponent. Having lost to Beneil Dariush and Dustin Poirier at the start of his performances in the organization, the Brazilian won five rivals in a row – including our Mayrbek Taisumov and Rustam Khabilov in extreme fights.
Odds 1xBet:
3.03 – 41 – 1.43
[stextbox id = 'info'] Read about whether Showtime will be able to recapture its previous move and again approach the top of the rating in a separate article [/ stextbox]
Preliminary card
In the preliminaries of the Las Vegas tournament, there will also be several entertaining confrontations, both in the women's and men's weight categories. The fight that will close the preliminaries of the numbered event will be a fight between promising Macy Barber and experienced Raquel Pennington.
Macy Barber – Roxanne Modafferi
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In the women's flyweight category, this evening there will be two fights at once, the first of which is no worse than the second. Undefeated Macy Barber on January 19 will meet on the same canvas with the most experienced Roxanne Modafferi. It seemed that Modafferi managed to revive her career and after the success of the fight with Antonina Shevchenko, she would reach a new level, but the defeat by Jennifer Maya put everything in its place. Ahead of Roxanne is the battle with Maisie Barber's Division Avenue. Macy got into the organization through Dana White's promotion streak and has already managed to bypass three rivals in a row. Promising Hannah Chiefs, JJ Aldrich and Gillian Robertson fell at the hands of Macy in an extreme fight, which instantly made Barber one of the contenders for getting into the TOP-5.
Odds 1xBet:
1.1 – 55 – 7.2
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André Fili – Sodik Yusuff
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In the featherweight division, a powerful title fight is expected in 2020. Four athletes at once are fighting to become a contender for the belt in the very near future. At the same time, promising athletes are trying to break into the top of the rating, one of which is Sodik Yusuff. The 9-1 Nigerian defeated Mike Davis for the first time before joining the UFC. In the best promotion of the planet, the fighter with the bright nickname “Super” defeated Suman Mokhtaryan, was able to cope with the resistance of Shaimon Moraes and knocked out Gabriel Benitez in an extreme fight.
Yusuff's rival in the UFC 246 preliminaries will be Andre Fili. An experienced fighter knew the bitterness of defeat in the UFC, but in his career he lost only to the top opposition. Fili has two victories in a row on account of Fili in preparation for the fight, which, nevertheless, does not make him a favorite of the fight.
Odds 1xBet:
2.13 – 33 – 1.7
[stextbox id = 'info'] A detailed prediction of the fight is waiting for you in a separate note [/ stextbox]
Remaining card fights :
- Drew Dober – Nasrat Hakparast
- Chase Skelly – Grant Dawson
- Tim Elliott – Askar Askarov
- Brian Kelleher – Aude Osborne
- Alexa Kamur – Justin Ledet
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UFC 246 will not be the most attractive numbered tournament in the long run, but it is more than ever in place to open the year in the best promotion on the planet. There will be fights with the participation of promotion veterans, and very spectacular fights, and fights with the participation of Russian athletes. But of course, the main battle of this winter should not be missed – either Conor will return to the title race again, or he will forever lose the chance to become the champion of the promotion.
