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The best promotion on the planet will host two tournaments in January. And if the license plate becomes interesting largely because of its main event, then the first event of the Fight Night series of the year will be memorable thanks to a fairly good main card, in which four rating fights will take place at once. But all attention will be focused on the fight in the heavy weight category, where the top prospect and the brightest veteran in the past, who returned in order to achieve the champion fight in the shortest possible time, will converge.
American Curtis Blades on January 26th, under the arches of the “PNS Arena” in North Carolina, will go up against the outstanding Junior dos Santos. The fight between Prospekt and Gypsy will be the highlight of the evening at UFC Fight Night 166.
Content
- The main battle of the evening. Curtis Blades – Junior dos Santos
- Main card
- Rafael dos Agnos – Michael Chiesa
- Arnold Allen – Nick Lentz
- Jordan Espinoza – Alex Perez
- Hannah Chiefs – Angela Hill
- Jamahal Hill – Darko Stosic
- Preliminary card
- Justin Kish – Lucy Pudilova
- Sarah McMann – Lena Lansberg
The main battle of the evening. Curtis Blades – Junior dos Santos
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The UFC heavyweight division is in limbo. On the one hand, it would be logical from the side of the promotion to have a third fight between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier, while on the other hand, the fight for the unification of belts with John Jones looks more profitable and profitable if we consider these fights in perspective.
At the same time, do not forget about the prospectuses that breathe in the backs of the organization's veterans. Curtis Blades and Francis Ngannu are two names capable of entering the championship fight in the very near future. But while Ngannu is looking for an opponent so that the athlete does not just stand idle, Blades will fight against the legendary Junior dos Santos. Of all the fighters of the old clip, “Gypsy” managed to return to MMA the best. After a one-year downtime, he took three fights at once, beating Blagoy Ivanov, Ty Tuivasa and Derrick Lewis. Only the fight against Ngannu failed, in which Junior was quickly knocked out. The more interesting the fight with Blades will be – it was Francis who inflicted two defeats in the prospectus's career.
Odds 1xBet:
1.42 – 49 – 3
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Main card
Three rating fights at once, albeit not with the most prominent fighters in their divisions, will take place at this event, in addition to the main battle of the evening. The main focus will be on the co-main, which is expected to compete with the co-main of the recent numbered tournament. Rafael dos Anjos will once again return to the octagon. This time, the former champion of the promotion will be challenged by Michael Chiesa.
Rafael dos Agnos – Michael Chiesa
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The athletes are united by the fact that they held their last fight under the banners of the organization in July last year. Only if RDA lost to Leon Edwards, which was his third defeat in the last four fights, then Chiesa confidently dealt with Diego Sanchez, having won a second victory after debut in welterweight.
Nowadays, the American is given a stylistically comfortable opponent – dos Anjos is inferior to similar avenues, which are capable of both picking up their opponent and interrupting him. For RDA, a positive outcome of the fight can become a road to the TOP-3 rating and to the next title chance, while Chiesa is striving to break into the top ten in the very near future and become a potential contender for a fight against one of the top welterweight.
Odds 1xBet:
1.45 – 36 – 3
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Arnold Allen – Nick Lentz
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The British-American fight will become a rating due to the participation of Arnold Allen in it. The organization's British prospectus has never lost when it performed under the banner of the best promotion on the planet. In the UFC, the fighter has already played six fights and fully earned his 15th place in the rankings after defeating Gilbert Melendez. Now the “Almighty” will be confronted by an aging American drummer who has fully experienced both the taste of victories and the bitterness of defeat in the UFC. Nick Lentz is known for never giving up his fights – the fighter met with both recognized veterans and promising prospects. In particular, the American lost to David Teimour, Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev. Lentz defeated Will Brooks, Gray Maynard and Scott Holtzman in the recent past.
Odds 1xBet:
1.31 – 3.52
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Jordan Espinoza – Alex Perez
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Attempts by the leadership of the best league in the world to revive the lightest weight category were not crowned with success – flyweights drown in passing and repetitive battles, which leads to a gradual stagnation of the division. The fact that the title fight in this weight, due to the double championship of Henry Sehudo, took place for a long time does not add to the positive.
Nevertheless, battles continue to rage within the division – almost every card has at least one fight involving the lightest weight. This time, in a rating battle against the recent promotion signer Jordan Espinoza, Alex Perez will come out. The Americans signed a contract with the UFC after a successful fight in Dana White's promoter series and managed to lose once in the promotion – Espinoza lost to Matt Schnell in an extreme fight, and Alex Perez lost to Joseph Benavidez by TKO at the end of 2018.
Odds 1xBet:
2.99 – 48 – 1.45
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Hannah Chiefs – Angela Hill
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Unfortunately for the UFC, the organization is far from always able to do top fights in the women's weight categories, which is why an athlete with a 10-7 record participates in the main cards of the tournaments. American Angela Hill was one of the most promising in the division after signing a contract with the organization. The athlete won the title in Invicta FC and moved to the best promotion of the planet with high hopes for the future, but they instantly crashed on Jessica Andrade's strong fists in Hill's first fight in the UFC. Now Angela, hanging by a thread from relegation from the promotion, is dating promising Hannah Chiefs.
Shockwave has already fought three fights in the octagon of the best MMA organization in the world, losing in them only once – Macy Barber upset the Chiefs in her debut fight in the UFC. Then Hannah defeated Polyana Viana and Jordi Escubel, gaining a foothold in the division. A fight against Hill will become a breakthrough for her – in an instant, an athlete can become a member of the TOP-10 of the division.
Odds 1xBet:
2.43 – 48 – 1.63
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Jamahal Hill – Darko Stosic
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The fight will take place in light heavyweight and will open the main card of the tournament. Little is known about Jamahal Hill – he is a former champion of the KOP organization, he had only six fights in MMA, and got to the best league in the world thanks to an early victory over Alexander Popekk in Dana White's promoter series. The fighter's debut was supposed to take place in a fight with Da Un Jung, but he dropped out due to visa problems. The second chance will be presented to the fighter on January 26th, when he will fight Darko Stosic. The Serbian fighter is much more experienced than the American – sixteen fights in MMA with three in the UFC, but if Stosic suddenly loses in this fight, he may be knocked out of the organization, because after a successful debut he lost in two fights in a row.
Odds 1xBet:
1.77 – 48 – 2.17
Preliminary card
The prelims of this event are noticeably sagging compared to the main card. Of the interesting fights here, it is worth highlighting only the fights in the women's divisions, because in one of them the Russian woman Justin Kish will perform. The more experienced Lucy Pudilova will compete with our sportswoman.
Justin Kish – Lucy Pudilova
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Svetlana Nasibulina, who moved to the United States and received the name Justin Kish there, has been performing under the flag of the Russian Federation throughout her sports career. The athlete performed well in kickboxing, showed a result of 22-2 there, after which she moved to MMA. In mixed martial arts, the Russian woman was undefeated for a long time and even after moving to the UFC she gave out a 2-0 win streak in the organization, however, in extreme fights she lost as many times as she won in the best promotion of the planet – first Felicia Herrig, and then Ji Yong Kim won the Russian woman. This time, Justin will face the Czech Lucy Pudilova. The athlete also approaches the fight at UFC Fight Night 166 with a losing streak, but her lose streak is three fights – Irene Aldana, Liz Karmush and Antonina Shevchenko defeated their rival, questioning her future in the UFC.
Odds 1xBet:
2.35 – 35 – 1.65
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Sarah McMann – Lena Lansberg
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Silver medalist of the Athens Olympics against multiple champion of her country in Muay Thai – a fight that will probably be the most interesting event of the preliminary card. The former contender for the championship belt, who made her first defeat in her career in a championship fight against Ronda Rosie, is now going through hard times. She approaches the fight with a loose streak 0-2, losing alternately first to Keitlen Vieira, and then to Marion Reno. Lansberg closed the offensive defeat to Yana Kunitskaya with victories in fights with Macy Chiasson and Tonya Evinger. Athletes approach the fight with a different attitude – McMann enters the fight after a year and a half inactivity, while Lina participates in an average of two fights per year.
Odds 1xBet:
1.72 – 39 – 2.21
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Remaining card fights:
- Bevon Lewis – Dean Townsend
- Brett Jones – Tony Gravelly
- Montel Jackson – Felipe Diaz Colares
- Nate Landwehr – Herbert Burns
This tournament is a good addition to the recent numbered event. Top athletes of the heavyweight division, promising prospectuses for the welterweight and lightweight categories will fight here, and in the women's divisions we will see the next performance of our Justin Kish. UFC Fight Night 166 is a must-watch for the organization's fanbase.
