Fighter Notes:
NATHANIEL WOOD
#18 Bantamweight
5th UFC FightComing off 2/15/20 R3 KO Loss. Last 10 fights have ended early, 8-2 over that period. Broke his arm in 2019 resulting in 11 month layoff between fights.
JOHN CASTANEDA
#116 Bantamweight
1st UFC FightLost 2 of last 3 fights against low level competition. 3 of last 4 fights have gone to DEC. Agreed to this fight on 7/9. Has never been submitted. Has only been knocked out once and that was in 2014.
RAMAZAN EMEEV
#52 Welterweight
5th UFC FightLast 5 fights have gone to DEC. Has never lost two fights in a row. Coming off loss to Anthony Rocco Martin.
NIKLAS STOLZE
Unranked
1st UFC Fight9 out of 12 wins have come early, including two R1 and one R2 finishes in last 4 fights. Agreed to this fight on 7/4.
PANNIE KIANZAD
#17 Bantamweight
3rd UFC FightHas lost 2 of her last 4 fights and 5 of her last 9. Her KO wins came on her 2nd (2012), 3rd (2012) and 6th (2014) career fights. Those fights were against 0-1 Cheryl Flynn (only career fight), 10-5 Lina Lansberg, and 1-2 Megan Van Houtum (never fought again after Kianzad fight). Hasn't won a fight early since 2014.
BETHE CORREIA
#14 Bantamweight
11th UFC Fight2-4-1 in last 7 fights. Her last early finish win came in 2014. Has never had a R1 win in her career. Has been finished early in 3 of her last 4 losses: twice in R3 and once in R1.
TANNER BOSER
#32 Heavyweight
4th UFC FightKO'd Lins 4 weeks ago in R1, so should be fresh on people's minds. Only career KO Loss was in 2015. Agreed to this fight on 7/15. Hyped by Dana.
RAPHAEL PESSOA
#58 Heavyweight
3rd UFC Fight6 of 10 career wins have been in R1. Only career loss also in R1 on a SUB. Large man who likes to push the pace and throw punches in bunches. Hyped by Dana.
MOVSAR EVLOEV
#27 Featherweight
3rd UFC FightHas never lost a fight but only 2 of 12 wins in R1 (2015 & 2016). Great combination of Volume and TD's.
MIKE GRUNDY
#41 Featherweight
2nd UFC FightKO'd Nad Narimani last fight. 7 career R1 SUB wins. Should be one of the most popular underdog plays on the slate.
TOM ASPINALL
#94 Heavyweight
1st UFC FightWon last 3 fights with R1 KO. All 7 career wins came in R1. Trains with Darren Till. Sparring partner with Tyson Fury. Tried switching from MMA to Boxing in 2017, hence the 2.5 years between MMA fights.
JAKE COLLIER
#66 Light Heavywght
7th UFC FightHasn't fought since 11/11/17. Last 2 fights went to DEC. Last R1 win came in 2014. Underwent surgery after his last fight and then got hit with a 10 month ban in 2019 for testing positive for "Higenamine", a banned stimulant that he claims he accidentally took. Has alternated wins and losses simce 2014—won his last fight. Fought at 185 until his last two fights in 2017 where he moved up to 205. First time fighting at Heavyweight (265) now, Weighed in at 264 lb. Looked huge at weigh-ins (not in a good way).
NICOLAS DALBY
#31 Welterweight
6th UFC Fight2nd fight into his 2nd UFC Stint, went 1-2-1 in 2015-2016. Beat Alex Oliveira in his first fight back into the UFC. Won last 4 fights, 3 out of the 4 early. Only 3 career R1 wins and last one was in 2013.
JESSE RONSON
Unranked
4th UFC FightAgreed to this fight on 7/2. 2nd UFC Stint, 0-3 (all by DEC) in first go around back in 2014. Lost 2 of last 3 fights. Last 2 fights ended in R1 (1 Loss & 1 Win). 2 of last 4 fights went to DEC.
FRANCISCO TRINALDO
#15 Lightweight
22nd UFC FightLast 3 fights went to DEC and 5 of last 6. Last 10 fights have made it at least until R2. Only fighter to miss weight, weighed in at 160 lb.
JAI HERBERT
#104 Lightweight
1st UFC FightWon last 6 fights, last 4 by KO (3 in R1). Has only been to R3 twice.
KHAMZAT CHIMAEV
#59 Middleweight
2nd UFC FightLiterally just fought his first UFC fight 10 days before this next fight and smothered John Phillips. Agreed to this fight on 7/18. Has fought at both 185 lb and 170 lb in the past. Fight against Phillips was at 185 lb, this fight is at 170 lb. Was 49% owned on DraftKings in his first UFC fight when he was still relatively unknown. Will be the highest owned fighter on the slate. Hyped by Dana.
RHYS MCKEE
Unranked
1st UFC FightHad been fighting at 155 lb until his last fight, which was at 170 lb. LATE REPLACEMENT. Agreed to this fight on 7/18. Won last 3 fights early (R1 KO, R3 SUB, R1 KO). All 10 of his wins by KO/SUB. Hyped by Dana.
ALEX OLIVEIRA
#28 Welterweight
18th UFC FightSeveral of his losses result in a fight of the night award. Lost 3 of last 4 fights. Last 3 fights went to DEC. 4 SUB Losses: Rear-Naked Choke, Triangle Choke x2, Armbar.
PETER SOBOTTA
#92 Welterweight
10th UFC FightHasn't fought since March 2018 and only 3 fights since November of 2015 (9/3/16, 5/28/17, & 3/17/18). 4 of last 5 fights have ended early. 10 SUB Wins: Rear-Naked Choke x7, Triangle Choke, Guillotine Choke, Armbar.
GADZHIMURAD ANTIGULOV
#31 Light Heavywght
5th UFC FightLost last 2 fights on back to back R1 KOs. 2-2 in the UFC. 7 of last 8 fights ended in R1. 21 of 26 career fights have ended in R1. Has only seen R3 once in 26 fights. Last win came in May 2017 (3 fights ago). Last 3 wins came from Rear-Naked Choke in R1. He's been so efficient in his last two R1 SUB wins he didn't break 100 DK points. Basically no SS then TD and SUB.
PAUL CRAIG
#24 Light Heavywght
10th UFC FightComing off a Split Draw DEC. UFC record of 4-4-1. All 4 wins by SUB., 3 Losses by KO and 1 by SUB (Kimura). Has two recent SUB wins from his back.
MARINA RODRIGUEZ
#9 Strawweight
5th UFC FightHas never lost a fight. 2 of last 4 fights ended in a draw, against Cynthia Calvillo and Randa Markos. Beat Tecia Torres the fight before last. Her 4 UFC fights have all gone to DEC. Vicious, high volume striker. Hyped by Dana.
CARLA ESPARZA
#7 Strawweight
12th UFC FightFormer Strawweight champ (breifly). Last 3 fights have gone to DEC and 8 of last 9. Last R1 Win came in 2012 (pre UFC). Exceptional wrestler who mainly looks for take downs. Hyped by Dana.
ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON
#42 Light Heavywght
17th UFC FightLost last 2 fights. Fought at 205 his entire career. Has only had 1 fight a year since 2015. Lost 4 of his last 6 fights (Twice to Anthony Smith, once to Jon Jones & once to Daniel Cormier). Hyped by Dana.
FABRICIO WERDUM
#16 Heavyweight
14th UFC FightLost last 2 fights and 4 of last 7. Most recently lost a DEC to Oleynik in May 2020. Last win came in Nov. 2017 (only 2 fights since). Hyped by Dana.
MAURICIO RUA
#15 Light Heavywght
21st UFC FightTrilogy fight. Last time these two fought was 8/1/15. Rua won in R3 DEC. Rua also won the first time these guys fought in a DEC. 4-1-1 in last 6 fights. Hyped by Dana.
ROGERIO NOGUEIRA
#25 Light Heavywght
13th UFC FightLost 4 of last 6 fight. 5 of last 6 fights have ended early. Got KO'd by Ryan Spann in R1 of last fight. Last 2 wins came by R1 & R2 KOs. Lost twice to Rua in the past. Planning on retiring after this fight.
ROBERT WHITTAKER
#2 Middleweight
15th UFC FightLast 5 fights have resulted in Fight of the Night or Performance of the Night bonuses. Won 9 straight before losing last fight. 4 of last 6 wins have come via DEC. Hyped by Dana.
DARREN TILL
#7 Middleweight
10th UFC FightLost 2 of last 3 fights (to Masvidal & Woodley). Scored 59 DK pts in a 5 round DEC win against Thompson. Has scored 66 or fewer DK pts in 7 of 9 UFC fights. 4 of last 5 wins have been by DEC. Hyped by Dana.