Izagakhmaev opened the bout by firing a right cross, but Dalby immediately clinched and pressed him to the cage. They spent some time trading knees in that position until the referee broke them apart. Dalby went back to working his kicks, mixing high and low targets, and again pushed Izagakhmaev to the fence. This time Izagakhmaev managed to briefly reverse, but Dalby rotated off and shot a takedown. Izagakhmaev’s base held strong, allowing him to land on top, though Dalby stood up quickly and closed the round with Izagakhmaev once more backed against the cage.

Dalby opened round two with a clean head kick, but Izagakhmaev immediately answered with a takedown. Dalby used the fence to stand, yet Izagakhmaev was more insistent in the clinch this round, driving takedown attempts and repeatedly dumping Dalby—though he struggled to keep the Dane grounded for long. When space opened, Izagakhmaev shot again but was stuffed, and Dalby’s attempted outside trip backfired, giving Izagakhmaev back control. It was the second time Dalby’s offensive grappling cost him. Still, Dalby scrambled well, turning into Izagakhmaev’s guard and finishing the round on top.

In the final round they clinched almost immediately, and Izagakhmaev returned to grinding against the cage. Dalby created brief separation, only to drive right back in, wearing Izagakhmaev down. Even when Izagakhmaev found space, he couldn’t generate offense and allowed Dalby to bully the exchanges. He shot multiple takedowns with limited success, managing to knock out Dalby’s base once, but Dalby popped up instantly. The fight closed with Dalby firmly in control as Izagakhmaev struggled to mount any meaningful offense.

Official Result: Nicolas Dalby def. Saygid Izagakhmaev by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

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The Fight Night show’s main card featured a special six fights including a main event between two ranked welterweights in Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates. In the co-main event, UFC journeyman and former light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith took to the octagon one last time in a rough retirement fight against Zhang Mingyang. Three fights ended with finishes on the main card, and three fights ended with unanimous decisions. A few fighters on the fringe of the rankings lost to unranked opponents on this card- which suggests a rankings shakeup is incoming.

Carlos Prates

Carlos Prates was out-struck in a technical battle against Ian Garry in the main event of UFC Kansas City. Prates dropped Garry near the end of the bout and almost finished the fight.

Carlos had not lost since 2019. The 2023 Contender Series vet was 4-0 with the UFC, four finishes, four bonuses. Huge momentum killer here. Considering that Ian is ranked at #7 in the division compared to Prates ranked at #13- this was a ripe opportunity (Garry is now officially the backup for the upcoming welterweight title fight at UFC 315 following this win). Tough to stomach for Carlos, especially with how this fight ended.

The fight to make here has to be rebooking the Geoff Neal fight. Prates and Neal were supposed to throw down at UFC 314 on April 12, but Neal had to withdraw due to injury. Neal has some lethal hands and Prates just showed that he can be dangerous for the better part of half an hour in the octagon.

Neal is currently ranked at #10 in the division. A fight between these two is guaranteed to be both action packed and violent.  Winner would be looking to fight someone in the top five especially if they deliver an impressive finish.

Prates’ next fight: Rebook Geoff Neal fight

Anthony Smith

Anthony Smith was finished in the first round by Zhang Mingyang in what he announced, prior to the fight, would be his final fight. Smith entered the fight ranked at #15 in the light heavyweight division while his opponent was unranked. Smith ends his UFC career after being with the promotion since 2013 and amassing a 13-12 record. The hard-nosed, former title challenger, finished out his stint with the UFC losing four of his last five fights. He currently appears as an analyst on UFC broadcasts.

Smith’s next fight: Retirement

Giga Chikadze

Giga Chikadze dropped a very competitive unanimous decision to David Onama at UFC Kansas City on Saturday. Chikadze missed weight ahead of this fight weighing in at 147lbs. on Friday.

Chikadze entered the bout ranked at #12 in the UFC’s featherweight vision while Onama was unranked. Well Giga can very likely kiss that ranking goodbye. The fighter known as “Ninja” has now lost three of his last four bouts dating back to his all-time scrap against Calvin Kattar in early 2022. Giga, who turns 37 in August, needs to get back on the right track, and fast.

A fight against Sean Woodson could be exactly what the doctor ordered. Woodson was last in action as the feature prelim on UFC 314 opposite of a #14 ranked Dan Ige.  Woodson was finished, albeit controversially, in the third round of that fight. A matchup between these two lengthy strikers could make a lot of sense and be a real treat for fans. Not to mention, the timing is great as well. Woodson was riding a 7-fight unbeaten streak before the loss to Ige, so the winner of this fight would likely be one win away from getting a ranked matchup.

Chikadze’s next fight: Sean Woodson

Michel Pereira

Michel Pereira put in an uncharacteristically lackluster and inactive performance against Abus Magomedov on the way to a unanimous decision defeat Saturday. Pereira entered the fight ranked at #14 in the middleweight division while Abus was unranked.

Pereira has now lost two fights in a row after he was finished in the final round of his main event against Anthony Hernandez last October. Before that, Pereira had ripped off an impressive eight-fight win streak. He’s got to get that spark back and he needs a matchup that’ll allow him to go “weapons free.” A fight opposite of “The Action Man,” Chris Curtis, could do just that. Chris is a high output striker that has solid boxing and is never in a boring fight. Curtis is 1-3, 1 NC in his last five fights and really needs a good win. Curtis has a good gas tank, where Michel has historically been weak, but there is a path to victory for him here. Winner of this scrap could be knocking back on the door of the incredibly shallow middleweight rankings. Just depends on the dominance of the victory.

Pereira’s next fight: Chris Curtis 

Nicolas Dalby

Randy Brown faceplanted Nicolas Dalby in the second round of a franticly paced fight on the main card of UFC Kannas City on Saturday.

The bout drew Fight of the Night honors, but the reality of this outcome is extremely sobering for Dalby. Nicolas turns 41 later this year and has now lost two in a row. It goes without saying, but welterweight is an extremely talented and deep division. This is just the second time in Dalby’s career where he’s lost two or more fights in a row. A good matchup for Dalby in his next fight will be critical for the trajectory of the tail end of his fight career.

Dalby’s next fight should be against someone in a similar spot in their career which is why the loser of Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Daniel Rodriguez makes a lot of sense. Both men have won their most recent fights but had lost two in a row prior to that. Both fighters also turn 39 years old later this year and are entertaining strikers. Ponzinibbio and Rodriguez are scheduled to fight May 3, so the timing also matches up (especially if there is a finish). Easy book here to determine which aging welterweight is still a very credible threat in a cutthroat division. Losing that fight could potentially result in sparking talks of being cut/retirement.

Dalby’s next fight: Loser of Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Daniel Rodriguez 

Andre Muniz

Andre Muniz was dropped and finished by Ikram Aliskerov in the first round to kick of the main card of UFC Kansas City. Very rough for Muniz especially considering he’s been out of action since December of 2023. This matchup had been cancelled twice already both times because of Muniz (withdrew and passport issues). Bottom line is that Andre has lost three of his last four fights and he was finished in all three. Muniz’s only win in that time was a split decision against Jun Yong Park in December 2023.

Muniz is in trouble here. Inactivity is no one’s friend.  He needs a good fight and a win, pronto. The perfect dance partner for Andre here would be Christian Leroy Duncan. Duncan, who is 4-2 with the UFC, won his most recent fight last month when he defeated UFC newcomer Andrey Pulyaev by unanimous decision.  Duncan has only lost to Armen Petrosyan and Greogory Rodrigues in his UFC (and entire pro) career. This would be a classic striker vs grappler matchup. CLD is looking for that next tier win to validate his skills within the UFC while Muniz is looking to prove he still truly belongs after a rough stretch and inactivity. They both get what they need here. An impressive win in this fight could propel the winner into a real name potentially just outside of the rankings.

Muniz’s next fight: Christian Leroy Duncan 

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As entertaining as Ian Machado Garry vs. Carlos Prates was, it was another 170lb affair that took home Fight of the Night at the Kansas City event. That was Randy Brown vs. Nicolas Dalby, a scrappy affair to say the least, and one that saw Brown, swinging wild, land a knockout blow in the second round.

To be more accurate, both men were swinging wild by that point. Despite already being hurt, Dalby did his best to fire back. The finishing sequence was, quite frankly, the closest thing to a real life iteration of Rock ’em, Sock ’em robots you’re about to find.

The slugfest takes home $50,000 per fighter for securing the bonus, and joins two Performance of the Night bonuses handed out on Saturday. Those went to newcomer Malcolm Wellmaker, and Chinese light heavyweight Zhang Mingyang.

Wellmaker, an undefeated 8-0 coming in, improved on that record by knocking out Cameron Saaiman with a picture-perfect right hook. Saaiman had once upon a time been a hot prospect coming in off the Contender Series, but has struggled more recently.

As for Mingyang, he sent Anthony “Lionheart” Smith into retirement care of a TKO finish, smashing the former title challenger with elbows inside of a round in the UFC Kansas City co-main event.

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Brown was coming off a controversial loss to Bryan Battle, while Dalby had lost a similarly close decision to Rinat Fakhretdinov in his last outing. Regardless of outcome, one man was at least going to get a bad taste out of their mouth.

In the beginning of round one Randy Brown came out firing lighting fast combinations that broke the nose of Dalby early. Brown started to apply pressure on Dalby who was bleeding and had visibly been damaged from the early output of “Rude Boy”. Leaking blood from the nose, Dalby dug deep and landed a big shot on Brown before dragging him to the ground. Dalby was able to maintain control for the final moments of the round, but the most damage was done by Brown in a wild opening five minutes.

In the second round, Brown turned the pace up again landing a fast kick to body and flicking a jab from the waist that Dalby couldn’t see coming. Dalby bit down on his mouthpiece and marched forward on Brown landing a clean left hook of his own. Brown invited the firefight and both competitors went to war in the center of the cage in Kansas City. Brown landed a picture perfect right hook that shut Dalby’s lights off in one shot. A contender for knockout of the year brought the entire crowd to their feet in a huge moment in the career of Randy Brown.

Brown became the first fighter to ever knock out Dalby and earned his fourth win in five fights. In his post fight interview Brown said that he was happy to earn a victory over a true veteran like Dalby and showed respect for his opponent. His also said that he is going to be a problem for the rest of the division and wanted to fight the winner of the main event tonight, Ian Machado Garry vs. Carlos Prates.

Official Result: Randy Brown def. Nicolas Dalby by KO, Round 2, 1:39

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“He’s definitely a talented guy. He went as high as ranked #7 at some point,” Dalby told reporters on Wednesday.

“He’s very unorthodox in the way that he’s got a frame. His size, his length, he’s kind of like the Jon Jones of welterweight.”

Dalby (23-5-1) is coming off a tough split-decision loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov which he and many fans felt he won”. Brown himself is coming off a split-decision loss to Bryan Battle which he and many fans felt he won as well.

“I might be biased when I’m looking at the fight. Of course it’s through my lens, but yeah it was a close fight,” he said.

“It was one of those I could see going either way. It wasn’t like a robbery at high day type of decision. Sometimes the crowd they feel different.”

As far as his own loss, well, he’s not one to focus on the past.

“Past is past. It’s going to be good to get a win no matter what,” he said.

“What happened in my previous fight is behind me. I looked at the fight and learned from it, but it’s not like I have that in the back of my head. I’m just more motivated to get the win this Saturday.”

Watch the entire media day scrum with Nicolas Dalby above. He takes on Randy Brown at UFC Kansas City this Saturday night.

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Fakhretdinov was unbeaten in his UFC career, but coming off a draw against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, while Dalby was winner of four straight, meaning the fight might leave the winner within striking distance of the top 15.

The first round began with the two fighters getting right to it on the feet. Rinat threw multiple punch combinations right out of the gate. Dalby answered with a well-placed leg kick and punch combinations of his own before he engaged in the clinch. The two men disengaged and returned to space with Rinat landing a solid left hook. Dalby was mixing the kicks in well, especially the teep. And midway through the round Rinat threw a nice combination before he got in deep on a single. Dalby displayed excellent balance and was able to successfully fend off Fakhretdinov’s takedown, clinching against the cage.

When the two men returned to space, Rinat was able to land a big right hand that sat down Nicolas. Dalby popped back up, but Rinat again flurried and was able to successfully land a takedown against the cage. Dalby regained his base and returned to his feet. In the final seconds Rinat landed a huge knee that was a huge moment at the end of the round.

To open the second round, both men got right back into action, striking. Dalby was again throwing a diverse number of strikes. Rinat found a well-timed takedown as Dalby began to get more aggressive throw punches. Nicolas was able to immediately work back up to his feet where he tried for a body lock takedown of his own.

Halfway through the round and both men disengaged from the clinch to strike. Dalby again landed nice combinations that featured kicks to the body and head. With a minute left in the round Dalby landed a thudding head kick. Rinat returned with a double leg takedown pinning Nicloas on his bottom, back against the cage. Rinat landed short punches as Dalby returned to his feet and the round ended.

The final round opened with Rinat finding success on the feet with his boxing before looking for another takedown. Dalby was able to defend the takedown as Rinat Fakretdinov pinned him up against the cage. Nicolas was able to momentarily escape before again being successfully taken down to the ground. With two minutes left in the round, Dalby was able to regain his feet before he was quickly taken down yet again. But, in a scramble, Dalby took control on the ground and stood up.

With about 80 seconds left in the fight you could see both fighters really digging deep as the takedown attempts and pressure from Rinat was relentless.  In the final seconds of the fight, both men swung wildly to the final bell with Dalby landing a few good shots, to the roar of the crowd.

Official Decision: Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Nicolas Dalby by Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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As well as that, midway through the event, fans were notified of another fight cancellation as Rodolfo Vieira versus Armen Petroysan fell on the final hour.

Let’s take a look at what could be next for the winners on the night.

Jailton Almeida

Originally slated to take on Curtis Blaydes, “Malhadinho” was dealt a late change of opponent a few weeks prior to his date in the Octagon. Fortunately for him, Derrick Lewis put his name in the hat and spared the event of losing a home country as the main event billing.

Despite Almeida dominating for five rounds and winning the fight on a decision, it’s a performance that has left a lot of fans scratching their heads. The Brazilian accumulated over 21 minutes of control time, but at no point did he look to advance to finish the fight. Throughout the five rounds, the 32-year-old landed just 38 significant strikes to the submissive Lewis.

Because of his performance, I find it unlikely that the UFC is going to scramble to turn him around rapidly, and they will likely assess their options for Almeida tentatively.

Almeida called for a fight with Ciryl Gane next, but Gane went on record after his win over Spivac, saying he only wants a fight with someone ahead of him in the rankings. Of course that may be wishful thinking, but it is unlikely that he accepts a fight with a grappling specialist who is multiple ranks below him.

That brings me back to Curtis Blaydes. Originally this was set to be an extremely intriguing affair, and was a relatively big step-up for Almeida. I say rebook that fight for when Blaydes is healthy and see if “Malhadinho” can impress the masses with a performance over “Razor” Blaydes.

Almeida’s Next Fight: Curtis Blaydes

Nicolas Dalby

The Dane, Dalby, pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the year, finishing the high flying Gabriel Bonfim in the third round of their welterweight bout.

With that, the 38-year-old extended his win streak to four, taking out some solid opponents on his way. Unfortunately for “Danish Dynamite”, the turn of form in his career has likely come too late for him to emerge into the rankings. Having said that, there are still a multitude of fun fights for the energiser.

Someone who is in a similar position of sorts, is Gunnar Nelson. That to me, sounds like it could be fun.

Dalby’s Next Fight: Gunnar Nelson 

Rodrigo Nascimento

Extending his win streak to three, Rodrigo Nascimento dominated Don’Tale Mayes, picking up a unanimous decision victory. The fight came as a rematch that really didn’t need to be made, but Nascimento put a stamp on the dull ‘rivalry’.

The Brazilians prior two wins came by way of split decision, but fortunately for him and the home crowd, this time it was more cut and dry.

Next for Nascimento, I could see the UFC matching him up with someone like Alexander Romanov or Blagoy Ivanov, to see if he can push to the next stage.

Nascimento’s Next Fight: Alexander Romanov

Caio Borralho

The enigmatic, Borralho, continued his unbeaten UFC run with an impressive win over the dangerous, Abus Magomedov.

With the Brazilian chaining together impressive performances, I wouldn’t be surprised if they started edging him towards the top 15 of the middleweight division. Optimistically after the fight, the 30-year-old called for a fight with Dricus Du Plessis, who has now been confirmed as Sean Strickland’s next opponent, booked for UFC 297.

It would make far more sense for Borralho’s next fight to be against someone like Nassourdine Imavov or Chris Curtis. Take your pick on which one. I am going to go with Nassourdine Imavov.

Borralho’s Next Fight: Nassourdine Imavov

Elves Brenner

Topping off a perfect 2023, Elves Brenner scored a picture perfect left hook knockout, finishing the debuting, Kaynan Kruschewsky.

It is unlikely we see the 26-year-old before the end of the year, unless he decides to step in on late notice against another lightweight. Originally, Brenner was scheduled to take on Esteban Ribovics, but the Argentinian pulled out of the bout late notice, leaving the UFC to book this catchweight bout.

If the UFC opt against re-booking Brenner and Ribovics, I wouldn’t mind seeing Brenner against someone like Thiago Moises.

Brenner’s Next Fight: Thiago Moises

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Among them, Nicolas Dalby and Gabriel Bonfim, whose welterweight co-main event took home Fight of the Night honors.

That contest started out hot, with Bonfim, the local hero, taking it to the Danish fighter — only to see Dalby weather the storm. Then, entering the second round for the first time in two years, Bonfim began to slow, seemingly unable to contend with the fact that having thrown everything and the kitchen sink, Nicolas Dalby was still in front of him.

A short time later, it was Dalby putting the Brazilian away for the TKO finish, his fourth straight win, and third of 2023.

The loss was the first of Gabriel Bonfim’s career.

Performance of the Night bonuses at UFC Sao Paulo went to a pair of thunderous knockouts by Brazilian athletes. On the preliminary card, Vitor Petrino put away Modestas Bukauskas with a crushing punch just over a minute into the second round of their light heavyweight scrap.

Then, in a fight promoted to the main card at the 11th hour, Elves Brener put away fellow Brazilian and promotional newcomer Kaynan Kruschewsky, leaving the debuting short-notice replacement face-down on the octagon floor.

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Both men were throwing heavy and somewhat wild early, with the opening 30 seconds something of a firefight. That got the crowd right into it, and Bonfim managed to do some damage with a leg kick. Bonfim landed a left; the pair then clinched up, Dalby looking for a takedown only to be reversed.

Another crisp leg kick landed for Bonfim, and Dalby again closed the distance, but couldn’t hold on to his opponent. Instead, they re-grouped at center, Bonfim circling, flashing a front kick that came dangerously close to landing.

When the pair finally did go to the ground, it was Bonfim on top, working from half guard. Dalby fought for wrist control, but Bonfim was able to pass into side control with just shy of two minutes on the clock. They’d battle it out to the end of the round, then head to the second, with Gabriel Bonfim off to an excellent start.

Dalby could be seen walking forward consistently in round two. The pair exchanged elbows and clinched up along the fence in a back-and-forth battle that saw the Danish fighter prove to have an admirable chin. And as the round wore on, it was Dalby taking over, unloading on Bonfim who stood with his back to the fence apparently unsure of exactly what was happening. A desperation takedown from Bonfim was fought off, and suddenly Bonfim was covering up and blindly throwing uppercuts as Nicolas Dalby teed off! Bonfim hit the canvas with just 30 seconds or so left in the round, and a couple of follow-up strikes silenced the Brazilian fans.

A rough night at the office for the Bonfim brothers as Ismael Bonfim didn’t even make it to his fight.

Official Result: Nicolas Dalby def. Gabriel Bonfim by TKO, Round 2, 4:23

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“The Italian Dream” Marvin Vettori was coming in off his closely contested battle with Roman Dolidze, which was a similar situation for his opponent Jared Cannonier, who was returning after his split decision victory over Sean Strickland back in December of last year.

Let’s take a look at what could be next for the main card winners.

Jared Cannonier

“The Killa Gorilla” put on one of his best performances to date, dominating Marvin Vettori from start to finish. With his emphatic win, Cannonier broke the middleweight record for the most amount of significant strikes landed in a 185lb fight. The lowest weight class that has seen more significant strikes landed in a fight is featherweight.

Despite starting the slower of the two Cannonier didn’t take long to pick his feet up. He was momentarily rocked in the very first round but was able to keep his composure and let his experience take over. The 39-year-old looked to cause Vettori issues from the Southpaw stance, but because that isn’t his predominant stance he couldn’t string much together.

In round two he went back to basics and what he is used to, managing to beat the brakes off Vettori, scoring a 10-8 round across the board. From then on, Cannonier set the pace and did things on his terms.

The ever durable Vettori could not be stopped though and it resulted in a five round beating. Although the performance was flawless, Cannonier likely won’t see himself challenging for the title without another impressive win.

In his post fight interview he made it clear that he won’t be accepting any bouts that don’t get him closer to a title shot. That’s where the case becomes interesting. Khamzat Chimaev has seemingly been looking for a dance partner for what seems like an eternity, and the rumoured fight with Usman at welterweight seems to be dead in the water.

Why not let Jared Cannonier be the man to welcome Chimaev to his new weight class? If Cannonier was to beat the soaring contender then he’d undoubtedly earn himself another shot at Gold. Cannonier didn’t love this suggestion when it was posed to him during the post-fight press conference, stating he’d only take the fight if it resulted in a title shot — but it almost certainly would, regardless of Chimaev being ranked or not.

Cannonier’s Next Fight: Khamzat Chimaev 

Arman Tsarukyan

One of the sport’s best prospects picked up yet another impressive win this past weekend. Initially when this fight was announced, the large majority of the MMA fanbase were confused and were asking “why?”

The reason there was such confusion at the booking of Tsarukyan vs. Silva is because Silva is unranked and Tsarukyan currently occupies rank eight in the lightweight division. The 26-year-old claims that it was because no one else wanted to fight him and so Silva was the only one to accept the fight.

It wasn’t as plain sailing as the majority would’ve imagined. Throughout the fight, Tsarukyan looked great and worked his wrestling well when the openings allowed him too. Silva did hurt him on several occasions though, and that is something the fanbase have decided to lean with.

Having said that, Arman is the one with the W next to his name and will be looking for a fight further up the rankings again. In his octagon interview, he admitted that he believes the fight between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler won’t happen and he’ll be the one to face Chandler. But that is all if’s, but’s and maybe’s. He also stated that Beneil Dariush wants to fight in October but that’s too late for him, which is a shame as that fight would make a lot of sense.

With all that said, that only really leaves one man. Rafael Fiziev is coming off a closely contested fight with Justin Gaethje. As he will also be looking to climb back into contention, this is a spectacle that could easily headline a fight night card.

Tsarukyan’s Next Fight: Rafael Fiziev

Armen Petrosyan

Fellow Armenian Armen Petrosyan was the one to give Christian Leroy Duncan another welcome. Because his UFC debut ended prematurely, there were still many eyes on how Duncan looked under the UFC banner.

Petrosyan’s striking always had the capability of causing Duncan some serious problems as he hasn’t fought anyone of that ilk so far in his short career. The fight played out favourably for the Armenian as it was practically a kick-boxing match, and that played into the hands of Petrosyan.

The 32-year-old picked up his third win with the promotion since his win on Contender Series, with his only loss coming against the impressive Caio Borralho.

For his next outing, he is likely going to take a step-up in terms of credibility of name. Edmen Shahbazyan could be a competent dance partner.

Petrosyan’s Next Fight: Edmen Shahbazyan

Pat Sabatini

The only featherweight fight on the card was a match-up between Pat Sabatini and Lucas Almeida.

Sabatini was looking to return to the win column after being defeated by Damon Jackson in his last outing back in September of last year. Lucas Almeida on the other hand was looking to pick up his second win with the promotion after beating Mike Trizano in his debut.

Sabatini dominated the Brazilian on the ground from start to finish and successfully returned with a win. This marked his 12th win via submission, showing his clear threat in that aspect of the fight.

Fernando Padilla is someone who looked extremely impressive in his UFC debut two months ago, and a fight between these two dangerous 145lbers is one I’d be intrigued to see.

Sabatini’s Next Fight: Fernando Padilla 

Manuel Torres

“El Loco” Torres’ stock rose this past weekend after his beautiful KO over Nikolas Motta. Back-to-back wins for the 28-year-old and Mexico have another fighter who looks to be a future contender.

Out of his 14 professional wins, 12 have come by way of first round finish, seven by KO and six by submission showing he has skills wherever the fight goes.

Natan Levy is someone who has looked impressive in his last few outings and a fight between these two men could be sensational, must see TV.

Torres’ Next Fight: Natan Levy

Nicolas Dalby

“Danish Dynamite” made it three wins-in-a-row for the first time since his Cage Warriors days with a win over Muslim Salikhov.

The ferocious pressure of Dalby is always something that is tough for his opponents to deal with, and despite being caught with the odd spinning back kick to the liver, it made it difficult for the Russian to put much together.

Since his move to the UFC in 2019, Dalby has only tasted defeat once and it came against Tim Means. Seemingly, the Danish 38-year-old might still be improving, bizarrely.

Alex Morono is another fighter who fights with high pressure and non-stop movement. A fight between these two welterweights could be fun.

Dalby’s Next Fight: Alex Morono 

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