Exciting MMA Bouts in Saudi Arabia: Six Title Fights

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00:00We have this huge heart coming up next week over in Saudi Arabia. Ian we

00:06appreciate your time as the holidays come up and this card is you know

00:09creeping up on us as well. This is gonna be huge six title fights million bucks

00:13on the line for every one of these as well as a belt. Why don't we you know

00:16break it down one by one with you see what you think as we start to look

00:19obviously not all the lines are out we're still waiting on some of the

00:21action but when we see some of these odds break out what are we thinking

00:24when we see let's start with the light heavyweight title obviously you got

00:28the slight favorite in this one the defending champion for the PFL light

00:32heavyweight going against go less on yaksha Muradov both these guys are tough

00:36it seems like maybe impose a little bit more aggressive with getting finishes in

00:41the tournament leading up to this and of course we've seen plenty of knockouts in

00:44his career for the for PFL tell us how you break this one down and where you

00:50see the opportunities for people to get involved you know this this one's a

00:54pretty tough one for those that don't know of Dublin yaksha Muradov he is a

00:58very underrated fighter very well-rounded he's a big strong guy he's

01:03very good everywhere he's hard to take down he's got good striking you know

01:06against Wilkinson you would think in a kickboxing fight Wilkinson would win

01:09yaksha Muradov won by a dominant unanimous decision and for someone in

01:14Impa you know you talk about how you got aggressive with knockouts that's because

01:17he was almost getting finished himself against Jacob Nadeau right he got

01:20dropped you had to come from behind in order to win that fight this one's tough

01:24for me I think this might go to yaksha Muradov here I like him at plus money

01:29you can go a couple of ways right I like my plus money if you are gonna take

01:33Impa I would say Impa by decision this is gonna be who is able to push a pace

01:38and who's able to land a higher volume striking here it was got good cardio but

01:43sometimes he slows down in between more of a defensive thing yaksha Muradov good

01:48cardio as well very strong with his kicks this one I think Impa might have

01:53met his match here stylistically Impa is on the smaller side of 205 as well

01:57really a true true middleweight this one's tough man I would probably lean

02:03yaksha Muradov or if you want to play it safe and not take a side go that this

02:06fight's gonna go the distance yeah of course Impa had that fight where he

02:11dropped down and fought Johnny Eblen didn't go his way split decision loss

02:14there you said you think that he's a little bit small for this division do

02:17you think maybe that's where his future lies if he doesn't retain this title it

02:23depends on Impa if he decides that he even if he wins he may not want to keep

02:28jumping into the format some of these guys have been around the format for a

02:32long time I think if Impa wins maybe he wants to fight Eblen anyway and you kind

02:37of get that win back who knows but you know Impa fought in the UFC for a long

02:41time always at middleweight PFL currently doesn't have a middleweight

02:44division so he was able to jump up he feels comfortable but if you look at him

02:47side-by-side with all these guys he's always at a size disadvantage granted he

02:52may have the reach here and there but the physicality at some point for

02:56someone like him who likes to utilize that ground game once in a while it's

02:59gonna be tough against Yaksha Muradov and I think that's gonna play a factor

03:02here if he doesn't win I still think the ball's in Impa's court there's plenty of

03:07fights for him in the PFL from a showcase standpoint on a pay-per-view

03:10he could jump over to Bellator or he may want that he may be hungry you may want

03:14to go back into the season format and try to reclaim the crown if he doesn't

03:18get that back-to-back.

03:21Well we'll see how that one breaks down I'm excited for that one

03:23should be a lot of action of course we'll see if Impa can use that reach to

03:26keep his opponent at bay at those times like you said when he slows down but

03:29speaking of someone who uses those fists you know as good as anybody can or as

03:33anybody could expect it earlier in her career right now Dakota DeCeva we

03:36talked to her a couple weeks ago and about this fight against Santos how it's

03:40a different challenge for her than she's ever faced before in the PFL most of her

03:43experience in the PFL she's had a lot of fights there 8-0 in the PFL of her 13-0

03:48record just running through ladies so far just dropping them you're not

03:52something you usually expect from a lot of women's fights you know they'll

03:55usually go a while before you even get the knockout if you get that in certain

03:58cases but I mean a lot of finishes for her she goes for the kill right

04:03away now going against the vet and Santos who's fought in the UFC even

04:06vote vote for the title against Shevchenko where she lost a split

04:09decision so she's been to the top of the top does she get the title here or does

04:13the young DeCeva continue her run through the PFL from a betting

04:19perspective I like Tyler Santos here plus 200 and change you know for me

04:23she's got more ways to win for Dakota DeCeva she has everything you could ask

04:27for in a star right she's got the look she's got the style like you said it's

04:31not you don't always see someone who is just a constant finisher she reminds me

04:35of a young you wanna jinjay check right but we just saw her fight Jenna Bishop

04:40where she was taken down and relatively easily now she got back up after a

04:44little bit but Tyler Santos is a much better grappler than Jenna Bishop

04:49physically stronger been around she arguably beat Valentina Shevchenko and

04:53it really wasn't that long ago so for me here I'm a little surprised the odds are

04:59where they are granted Dakota's had quite a run with the PFL so for me if

05:03Dakota doesn't get this done early I think Tyler Santos can win this using

05:08her grappling we also haven't seen Dakota go five rounds we've seen Tyler

05:12Santos go the distance multiple times at plus 200 and change it's hard to not

05:17take Tyler Santos is also a very good striker very strong I think she knows

05:22what to do here she doesn't have an ego clinch take the fight to the ground use

05:25your grappling don't let Dakota up and for me though those odds kind of scream

05:31underdog right there

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