We have UFC 278 this Sunday and we’ll only focus on the 3 most interesting fights on the card:
Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards
Paolo Costa vs Luke Rockhold
Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili
Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards 2
Not very many people are curious to see this fight. There is no excitement around it as we all know how their first fight went.
Usman beat Edwards decisively in 2015 and if he was able to dominate him even 7 years ago and win the decision, now when his striking is on a very high level as well, how does Edwards really stand a chance?
Of course, it’s fighting and anything can happen. Leon can land a lucky punch and knock Usman out. This is very unlikely to happen because Usman is the champion for a reason. He’s coming after a decisive win over Colby Covington, arguably his toughest adversary so far and we don’t really know who can beat him at this point.
Usman is basically still in his prime, he has the wrestling advantage, his striking is now very good as well and we can expect another dominant performance from the champion.
Paolo Costa vs Luke Rockhold
Both fighters really need the win, they’re both coming off two loses and they really need to win this one.
For Luke Rockhold if he loses, it could be his last fight in the UFC. He is 37 and he already achieved everything he wanted in this sport. Another loss would just mean that even if he still wants’ it and enjoys to compete, his body just can’t do the things it used to do.
It’s very difficult to predict who’s going to win this fight. They’re both very spectacular and unpredictable fighters and either one can be the winner.
Costa is the favourite to win because he is much younger, he’s saying that he is in his prime now, and wouldn’t really surprise anyone if he got the win.
Rockhold has been in some wars during his long mma career and we’ve seen lately that when he’s “touched'”, he usually doesn’t recover very well.
Probably it’s going to be a very entertaining and explosive fight and Rockhold does have a chance if he’s not hit with anything big in the first two rounds. He is quite capable to land something big on Costa and get a sensational win.
Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili
We all know Jose Aldo is a legend in this sport. You can just take a look at his resume and see how many fights he had and how many top fighters he beat. Specially in his incredible run from 2006 to 2014.
He was undefeated for 8 years and for a long time he was considered to be the greatest featherweight of all time.
Jose Aldo lost some momentum after the fight with Conor Mcgregor in 2015, winning 6 fights and losing 5 since then.
He is still a dangerous fighter and looked very good in his last 3 fights, which he won.
His opponent, Merab Dvalishvili is a 31 years old Georgian, he’s been undefeated since 2018 and he managed a TKO win against Marlon Moraes in his last fight.
He is not very known to the general public and this is the most important fight he had so far. He is facing a true legend and probably it’s going to be a very fun fight to watch.
Everyone knows that Aldo is a very skilled and durable fighter. It will be interesting to see how he approaches this fight and if he will manage to beat Dvalishvili he will probably be in the talks for a title fight next.
It’s not a easy fight for Aldo, he will have to bring his A game in order to win.
As for Dvalishvili, if he beats Aldo he will secure a 8 fights win strike. He is number 6 now and with a win over Aldo he will be in the top 5 Bantamweight fighters in the world.
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