UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs. Holland Preview and Predictions
April 6, 2021
This weekend, the UFC will hold its second network-television event of 2021, headlined by a fight between top-10 middleweights Marvin Vettori (7) and Kevin Holland (10). Originally scheduled to be a showdown between Vettori and Darren Till, Holland stepped in with less than two weeks’ notice after a broken clavicle forced Till to withdraw from the contest.
Vettori has not been overly active in the past few years, largely through no fault of his own. He has fought just four times since his 2018 split-decision loss to current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Despite his relative inactivity, Vettori has enjoyed a great deal of success, with wins in all four of those contests since the Adesanya loss.
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje have combined for 11 post-fight bonuses over their last nine fights. That’s not a typo. They have more bonuses than fights over that span. Now, at UFC on ESPN+ 16, these two entertaining lightweights will attempt to live up to the hype. This showdown is as important to the top of the division as any non-title fight in recent history. Its importance can only be topped by its potential for unforgettable action.
After suffering his first two professional losses in back-to-back outings against Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje has bounced back with a pair of first-round knockouts over James Vick and Edson Barboza. Cerrone was on a three-fight winning streak and looking better than ever after returning to the 155-pound weight class until dropping a “Fight of the Night” affair to Tony Ferguson at UFC 238. Cerrone will try to replicate the success he had the last time he fought in Canada when he soundly
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UFC veteran Brian Kelleher showed off the brutal cut he sustained on his forehead in his unanimous decision loss to Ricky Simon at UFC 258.
Kelleher moved up to 145lbs for the short-notice fight with Simon for this past weekend’s UFC 258 card. He lost a decision at the end of 15 minutes on the judges’ scorecards, with Simon controlling the majority of the bout with his wrestling. At one point during the match, Kelleher received a nasty cut to the middle of his forehead. It wasn’t bad enough to stop the fight, but it looks like Kelleher needed to get some stitches to fix the cut. Check out the cut photo that Kelleher shared with his followers on his social media.
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