Bantamweight: Saimon Oliveira vs. Jose Alday
Tale of the Tape
30-years-old
5’6″
Cocal do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Astra Fight Team
17-3
Sixteen finishes
29-years-old
5’7″
From Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico but lives in Tucson, Arizona
Rise Combat Sports
14-5-1
Gone the distance six times
Pros and Cons
Saimon Oliveira
Pros
- Good output
- Athletic
- Good leg kicks
- Excellent guillotine
Cons
- Reckless
- Will throw with wasted energy
- TDD needs work
- Can be repetitive
- Telegraphs his strikes
- Hands low/Chin up
Jose Alday
Pros
- Solid stiff jab
- Good kickboxing
- Kicks to the legs, body, and head
- Competent grappling defense
- Good body work
- Uses a lot of feints
- Sneaky right uppercut
- Good straight right
- Scrambles well
Cons
- Throws single strikes
- Will overextend on his punches
- TDD needs work
- Will throw a lot of blind kicks/No setups
- Struggles off his back foot
Who has the advantage?
Striking: Alday
Speed: Even
Output/Volume: Oliveira
Knockout Power: Alday
Chin: Even
Kickboxing: Alday
Footwork: Alday
Wrestling: Neither
Grappling: Alday
Submissions: Oliveira
Cardio: Oliveira
Prediction
Oliveira hasn’t fought someone like Alday, with his lion-hearted will and pressure. Alday, a former Combate Americas champ, has been in there with a few good fighters. He even has wins over UFC fighters in Gustavo Lopez and John Castañeda.
Oliveira poses a threat everywhere this fight can go. On the feet, Alday is a bit better. He’s only a bit better because he fails to put it together and throw combinations. Still, throwing single strikes, Alday engages quite a bit. His failure to use set-ups and put twos and threes together are a reason he’s gone to a split decision a few times mind you. Oliveira has a volume advantage but more so is too wild and throws a lot of wasted energy.
I believe Alday is the better fighter and under these bright lights, look for him to get right after it. The best chance for Oliveira is to submit Alday but Alday has some credible submission defense. He could catch Alday but from what I’ve seen he doesn’t have the capability. The pick is Alday.
