Heavyweight Showdowns: Romanov vs. Johnson, Vassell vs. Popov

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00:00the prelim card you got heavyweight alexander romanov versus tim johnson romanov the 34 year

00:04old moldovian 18 and 3 in his career 10 wins by submission former ufc fighter going against

00:09another former ufc fighter is also fought for the bell tour and pfl 18 11 is his record and that is

00:15tim johnson the 40 year old american now he's coming off that loss to vadim nemkov by rear

00:20naked choke in january was a short notice fight now coming in here with a little bit more camp

00:25but i think romanov the younger uh more well-rounded fighter is going to be able to neutralize

00:32johnson johnson doesn't want it to go with the mat he wants it to stay on the feet i think you're

00:36going to have the moldovian take him down and get the submission victory and move on in this heavyweight

00:41tournament linton vassel also fighting heavyweight against oleg popov vassel the 41 year old english

00:47fighter 24 and 10 in his career former bellator fighter 10 ko tko wins eight submission six

00:53decisions so obviously well-rounded in his long career wins over guys like tim johnson valentine

00:59moldovsky but we last saw him in a loss to popov in 2024 heavyweight semifinals so now he's going

01:05against a 33 year old russian who beat him last year 19 and 2 he was the 2024 heavyweight tournament

01:12runner up for the pfl nine wins by ko tko seven by decision these guys know each other i think it's

01:17going to play out just like we saw last year with popov getting the victory this time by tko

01:22also at light heavyweight you have sullivan colley versus marcello nunez colley the 28 year old

01:29american is six and one five wins by ko tko all his pro fights in bellator in his career last fought

01:35in august of 2023 though so been a little bit of a layoff here does he have that ring rust when he

01:40steps in against the experienced nunez a 36 year old brazilian who's 11 and two eight wins by submission

01:45the first the former world series of fighting and current pfl fighter won two of his last last two

01:51fights in six of his last seven so on a bit of a roll against colley who of course has a great

01:56record but hasn't fought in a while doesn't have necessarily the experience of the high level

02:00opponents that nunez has in his career i'm going to go nunez by submission when you're going to fight

02:04a guy who's got a great record but most of those by knockout i think he's going to drag him to the

02:08mat drag him into deeper waters be patient and eventually get the submission victory for nunez

02:14and then you also have babli versus nascimento in the heavyweight battle babli the 29 year old

02:20english fighter five and one three by ko tko two by decision fought for bellator and the pfl

02:25he's coming off his first loss which is a split decision loss last november going against his new

02:31opponent because he's supposed to fight puya rahmani the of course the iranian fighter who we talked

02:36about when we heard all these different announcements for who's going to be in this tournament that he had

02:41you know not a huge record but was very big on social media looking to make a big splash well

02:45apparently he's looking to make that splash without getting the approval of the guys who had him under

02:49contract still under contract by another league uh their story is that he told them a bunch of

02:54different excuses of why he couldn't fight in contract negotiations even though they're trying

02:58to give him more stuff and then just all of a sudden this fight was announced so they said we're not

03:02letting you go you're you're with us so he is not available for this fight so now nascimento the 32 year

03:08brazilian steps in 11 and 3 record one no contest six wins by submission coming off of uh you know

03:14four and three one no contest in the ufc had back-to-back losses looking to get his first

03:19victory here for the pfl i think he does i think again using that submission victory that you know

03:24drag him down to deep waters his opponent and get the win there by submission

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