Upcoming Bantamweight Battles: Magomedov vs. Higo Analysis

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00:00Then let's move on to bantamweight.

00:01That's the next week, April 11th, the 145 pound division.

00:04Again, a battle between two guys that you would have put

00:07as some of the best in this division.

00:09Magomedov versus Higo.

00:11Magomedov, the 33-year-old Russian, 20 and four,

00:1411 by submission, six by decision.

00:16He's gonna wanna take it to the mat.

00:18Higo, the 36-year-old Brazilian, 23 and six,

00:2013 wins by submission, seven by decision.

00:22So this is going to be probably a lot of grappling,

00:25a lot of wrestling, or you know what,

00:26every now and then you get one of those

00:27and all of a sudden both of these guys

00:29try to stand and trade.

00:30But I still think we're gonna get a lot of ground battles

00:33between these two guys.

00:34Magomedov lost three of his last five in Bellator,

00:37so he's coming in on a little bit of a bad streak.

00:39While Higo won his last two in Bellator,

00:42but the losses that Magomedov has are the Stotz

00:46and Pachymik, some of the tops in that division.

00:48So I still give him the advantage in that fight.

00:51You also have Kamidov versus Hadley in this one.

00:56Kamidov, the Tajikistani fighter, 27 years old,

00:58unbeaten, 16 and 0.

01:00Three wins in Bellator, three different ways.

01:02So this guy is well-rounded.

01:05Hadley, the 28-year-old from England, 11 and four,

01:07five by submission, three decision, three KO.

01:09So again, well-rounded.

01:11It's gonna be anyone's guess how this fight ends up

01:13as far as on the feet, on the ground.

01:15Maybe you'll see a little bit of both.

01:17Hadley's coming off losses in three of his last four fights,

01:20but all those were in the UFC and all by decision.

01:22So he's not getting dropped in some smaller promotion.

01:26This is a guy who's been against some of the best

01:28in this division.

01:29It's gonna be very interesting back and forth.

01:31You have the up-and-comer versus a guy

01:33who's around the same age, but a little bit more

01:35of a veteran against top-level, experienced opponents.

01:38It's gonna be interesting to see how this one,

01:40I don't know if I could pick this one

01:41without seeing some more action between these two guys.

01:43I have to go do some more studying on that one.

01:45Then you have Clark versus Kasumov.

01:47Clark, the 29-year-old from Ireland.

01:49Kasumov, the 30-year-old from Russian.

01:51Both these guys have some great records.

01:52Clark, 10 and 0, unbeaten, five by submission,

01:54four decision, all with Bellator.

01:56Kasumov, 16 and 1, nine by submission, four decision.

02:00So could very well be one where we get

02:02some back-and-forth action on the ground.

02:03I think I'm gonna roll with Kasumov.

02:05He's only got two fights in Bellator.

02:07Both those were by decision, but still has a better record

02:12as far as big names than Clark,

02:14even though all of Clark's fights were in Bellator.

02:16I think he fought some stiffer competition in Kasumov.

02:20Talib versus Ruiz.

02:21The Swede versus Spanish.

02:2312 and 1, 12 and 3.

02:25Both these guys have experience

02:26in different areas of the PFL.

02:28That one's gonna be tough to go.

02:29I'm gonna have to go with Talib, though.

02:30I think he's a dark horse.

02:31I think he's got that MENA experience, PFL MENA.

02:33He was a champion last year,

02:35so that could factor in a lot

02:36when you get into a battle like this.

02:38Middleweight, Ipik Kasungunai versus Fabian Edwards

02:41at 185 off the bat.

02:42Are you kidding me?

02:43This is gonna be a striking battle for sure.

02:45Both these guys should have been later in the round.

02:48Kasungunai dropping down, also dropping down.

02:50Silvera versus Shipman.

02:51Silvera's 13 and 4, lost three of his last four.

02:54Shipman's 17 and 4.

02:55He's fought Edwards.

02:56He's got some great battles in Bellator.

02:58Nine by KO.

02:59I think I'm gonna roll Shipman,

03:00even though Silvera will be the bigger fighter.

03:02Tsai versus Rasta.

03:03That should be a great battle.

03:04As will Jeffrey versus Ramazanov,

03:07who might be one of the dark horses,

03:08might be one of the guys to watch in this

03:10when you come out in the end,

03:11the way the brackets have shook out.

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