UFC Vegas 52 | Prelim Preview
Saturday, April 23rd (9:00 PM EST Main Card, 6:00 PM EST Prelims)
Jordan Wright vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
WATCH - Two back and forth kill or be killed middleweights which remains a surprisingly great division with unranked match-ups. Will Wright make another leap towards the prospect that was promised or another back step towards being a journeyman?
Dwight Grant vs. Sergey Khandozhko
BATHROOM BREAK - Not the most exciting welterweights and Grant’s age is the nail in the coffin for this fight’s relevancy.
Tyson Pedro vs. Ike Villanueva
WATCH - Loser leaves town light heavyweight matchup. Will only be fun because they are both so awful that there is no way either puts up any defense making a finish all but certain. Although Pedro’s awfulness pales in comparison to Ike Villanueva who is one of the worst fighters in this UFC division’s history and is already 38 years old entering his 6 UFC fight.
Aoriqileng vs. Cameron Else
WATCH - Usually I’d bathroom break a fight like this with both fighters having completely defeated UFC records. But Cameron Else has never had a fight go the distance in his entire UFC and his UFC loss to Kyler Phillips is excusable considering how tough of a debut that is. Plus Aoriqileng is still young enough to show big improvements. These are some violent bantamweights who have had tough UFC competition and will be giving it all to rebound hard.
Preston Parsons vs. Evan Elder
WATCH - These are some very young prospects in the welterweight division. Elder debuting while Parsons lost his debut against the incredibly tough Daniel Rodriguez.
Marcin Prachnio vs. Philipe Lins
BATHROOM BREAK - Could very well be a KO in this fight given these two’s pre-UFC records but both these fighters have looked bad and unable to bring the violence in their UFC fights so far. Easy skip for another irrelevant light heavyweight matchup which is making a strong case for the worst division in the UFC when it comes to unranked fighters.
Dean Barry vs. Mike Jackson
BATHROOM BREAK - They have a combined 6 professional MMA fights total! Jackson’s only pro MMA fights ever were against Mickey Gall and CM Punk! Is this Bellator now? What a joke of a fight.
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