UFC 236 takes place Saturday night in Atlanta, and you’ll be able to watch the five-fight principal card reside on ESPN+. The card is ripe with exciting struggles throughout the night, however, the vast majority of fans will likely be most-interested at the event’s final two conflicts for its interim middleweight and lightweight names.
We already have you covered with in-depth betting analysis on the main and co-main occasion…
Max Holloway & Dustin Poirier Rematch for Lightweight Gold
Can Kelvin Gastelum Steal Israel Adesanya’s Spotlight?
… but that does not mean we still can’t learn a thing or 2 on the night’s additional 11 struggles!
What follows is a short breakdown on every matchup at UFC 236 in a bid to learn enough about each fighter to make a more educated bet on them if your heart desires.
UFC 236
Interim Lightweight Title Fight: Max Holloway (-205) vs. Dustin Poirier (+165)
Poirier has been on a war path since returning to lightweight in April, 2015. In general, he’s won eight of his last 10 battles and suffered just 1 loss (KO into Michael Johnson) and one no contest in his first fight against Eddie Alvarez. Poirier ranks first among busy UFC lightweights in dramatic differential per second at +2.69.
The two Poirier (7.11 strikes per minute) and Holloway (6.9) rank among the top-five highest-volume strikers in the entire UFC. Holloway’s volume is like an avalanche that becomes more-and-more overpowering as the battle goes on.
Holloway’s last battle was arguably the finest championship performance in UFC history. Overall, his 290 significant strikes at a fight broke the UFC championship album.
Holloway started the week as a -230 favorite, but activity has come in greatly on Poirier ever since.
Interim Middleweight Title Fight: Kelvin Gastelum (+150) vs. Israel Adesanya (-185)
Gastelum was able to record at least one knockdown against former winners Jacare Souza, Michael Bisping, Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort throughout his hellacious run through the middleweight division. His constant barrages of one-two combinations have been difficult for just about all his opponents do deal with throughout his career.
Israel’The Last Stylebender’ Adesanya is a former Glory Kickboxing champion that has rung up a 16-0 record to start his own mixed martial arts profession. He won’t need anything to do with Gastelum — a country championship wrestler in high school — on the ground, but we have yet to see some come close to out-classing Adesanya on the feet throughout his five UFC wins.
Adesanya started the week as a -175 favorite, but has since moved up to -185 supporting the public’s support.
Light Heavyweight Fight: Eryk Anders (-200) vs. Khalil Rountree (+160)
Anders played linebacker under Nick Saban in Alabama from 2006-2009 before beginning his mixed martial arts profession. These three of Anders’ livelihood losses have come in his last four fights, but those were just two split-decision losses along with one TKO loss via referee stoppage throughout his short-notice light heavyweight introduction against Thiago Santos, who will fight Jon Jones to the division’s championship in July.
Rountree listed the biggest victory of his career at UFC 226 against long-time championship kickboxer Gokhan Saki, but was pumped out by increasing contender Johnny Walker last November. Rountree’s career striking differential of -0.99 has made it tough for him to win conflicts by any way aside from a conclusion, and he’s accordingly lost both of his career UFC fights who have made it beyond the first round.
Welterweight Fight: Alan Jouban (-120) vs. Dwight Grant (-110)
Jouban will probably be providing up a five-inch reach advantage to Grant. This is uncharted territory for Jouban during his 11-fight UFC career, but he is 3-1 in fights with a reach advantage of three or more inches. Meanwhile, Grant is 1-1 at the UFC with a success over Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (75-inch reach) plus a split-decision reduction to Zak Ottow (72-inch achieve ).
The x-factor within this struggle might end up being quantity. Jouban finds himself one of the top-10 welterweights in UFC history in knockdowns landed (No. 4), important strike accuracy (No. 7), strikes landed per second (No. 3) and striking differential (No. 4).
Light Heavyweight Fight: Ovince Saint Preux (-110) vs. Nikita Krylov (-120)
Krylov has quite literally never had a struggle go to the judges in 30 career MMA fights. This includes 10 battles inside the Octagon, which were showcased three wins by TKO/KO and three by entry in contrast to three losses by entry as well as one by TKO.
This is in fact a rematch from UFC 171, when OSP defeated Krylov by first-round submission. The end comprised Saint Preux’s signature entry: The Von Flue choke.
UFC 236 Prelims
Lightweight Fight: Jalin Turner (-140) vs. Matt Frevola (+110)
Turner boasts massive elevation (6-foot-3 vs. 5-foot-9) and reach (77 inches vs. 71) benefits over Frevola, although that advantage could be mitigated if the latter fighter can instigate his takedown-heavy attack. Turner was last seen starching Callan Potter in just 53 seconds back in UFC 234 in February.
Flyweight Fight: Wilson Reis (+130) vs. Alexandre Pantoja (-160)
Reis is presently the UFC’s No. 4 ranked flyweight before his bout with fifth-ranked Alexandre Pantoja. Although Reis has lost three of his past four fights, they have come from a high-level competitors like John Moraga, current flyweight champion Henry Cejudo and former champion Demetrious Johnson. Both Reis (12:08) and Pantoja (11:58) have typical fight times that could indicate we will see this battle last to the next round.
Welterweight Fight: Max Griffin (-105) vs. Zelim Imadaev (-125)
Imadaev opened the week with -115 chances. Public assistance has come in on the undefeated Russian, who has won eight of the fights by TKO or KO. He is making his debut within the octagon against Max Griffin, who has dropped four of the last six fights dating back to August, 2016. There’s a bit of terrible blood here, as Griffin sparred with Imadaev once upon a time and had this to say about his opponent…
«He’s an ass, man. He is not a good man… I don’t like the guy… I’m looking forward to showing him what it’s like.»
Bantamweight Fight: Boston Salmon (-150) vs. Khalid Taha (+120)
Boston’Boom Boom’ Salmon has only lost once in seven seven career fights (by split-decision). Salmon won his last fight against Ricky Turcios on the debut episode of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. He will maintain a four-inch height benefit of Taha, who has lost two of his last three fights. Backing Salmon at his ancient -135 odds was one of my favorite stakes on the card, but he offers a bit of worth at his present -150 odds.
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UFC 236 Early Prelims
Welterweight Fight: Curtis Millender (+115) vs. Belal Muhammad (-145)
Millender fought just last month at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos, ultimately losing by entry (rear-naked choke) to Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. Muhammad continues to be busy, as he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Geoff Neal back in January at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw. Millender boasts three and four inch height and reach advantages, respectively, though Muhammad continues to be much more of a takedown hazard during his UFC career.
Bantamweight Fight: Montel Jackson (-550) vs. Andre Soukhamthath (+375)
Jackson started the week as a -500 favored, but has since moved higher. He’s the biggest favorite on the card. Soukhamthath is 13-6 as a professional and is being fed to Jackson, who has dropped just once in eight career bouts.
Women Strawweight Fight: Lauren Mueller (+145) vs. Poliana Botelho (-175)
Both of these girls have high striking prices and don’t waste their time getting started. This is very true for Botelho, who notched the third-fastest end in the history of the UFC women’s branch back in May, 2018.
Bantamweight Fight: Brandon Davis (-170) vs. Randy Costa (+140)
Costa is undefeated in four professional conflicts, while Davis is just 9-5. Both fighters are making a debut of sorts, as Costa will be inside the octagon for the very first time in his career, while Davis has apparently never fought 135 lbs.
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