UFC Fight Night: Moraes Vs Sandhagen- Preliminary Card Predictions and Analysis

UFC Fight Night Moraes Vs Sandhagen is the third of the five events scheduled at Fight Island. The first two events provided fans with some amazing fights and finishes. The upcoming card will no doubt match the standards set. A bantamweight showdown between Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen will headline the card. However, the rest of the night is extremely well stacked with some incredibly exciting fights all the way from the prelims to the main events. We look at the prelim fights and offer our predictions and analysis for the same. 

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Bruno Silva Vs Tagir Ulanbekov 

Bruno Silva will welcome Tagir Ulanbekov into the UFC for his debut. Silva made his debut at UFC 243 with a no-contest and followed that up with a loss against David Dvorak in May. 

Bouncing back will be tough against an exciting prospect who is on a three-fight win streak. Ulanbekov has secured half of his wins via submission. He has lost only once in 11 professional fights so far. ‘Bulldog’ will go into the fight with a massive disadvantage in both height and reach. Hence, t should be a debut win for the Russian on debut. 

Prediction: Tagir Ulanbekov via submission. 

Tracy Cortez Vs Stephanie Egger

Tracy Cortez made her debut on Dana White’s Contender Series last June. She won her debut fight and followed that up with another win in November 2019. She will be welcoming Egger to the UFC in her debut fight. The Swiz fighter is on a three-fight win streak and has secured an equal number of her wins via submission and TKO/KO (40%). 

Cortez on the other hand has secured 70% of her wins via decision. Despite being younger, she has more experience than her older opponent. This should help her in securing a win this Saturday. 

Prediction: Tracy Cortez via decision

Giga Chikadze Vs Omar Morales 

Giga Chikadze made his debut in the UFC last September and has won all his fights in the promotion to go 3-0. He last fought in in May and secured a unanimous decision win over Irwin Rivera. Omar Morales is unbeaten (10-0). He made his debut in the UFC on Dana White’s Contender Series last August with a win and has since won two more fights. 

‘Ninja’ has secured 60% of his wins via TKO/KO. Meanwhile, Omar is unbeaten and secured 50% of his wins via submission. This should be an extremely interesting fight with a lot on the line for both men. 

Prediction: Giga Chikadze via decision

Ali Al-Qaisi Vs Tony Kelley 

Ali Al-Qaisi made his UFC debut earlier this year with a loss against Irwin Rivera. Tony Kelley, also lost his debut fight in August against Kai Kamaka III. Both men will look to secure their first win in the promotion this Saturday. 

‘The Royal fighter’ has secured 50% of his wins via submission. Likewise, Kelley has also secured 60% of his wins via submission. Given that Al-Qaisi has more fight experience, he should be able to bank on that to secure his first win in the UFC. As both fighters are proficient in submissions, expect them to cancel each other’s attempts to end the fight in this fashion. 

Prediction: Ali Al-Qaisi via decision

Impa Kasanganay Vs Joaquin Buckley

Impa Kasanganay made his debut in the UFC with a win on Dana White’s Contender Series. Since then he has won two more fights in the UFC. He is undefeated with a perfect professional record of 8-0. Meanwhile, Joaquin Buckley made his UFC debut in two months with a loss against Kevin Holland. 

Buckley has secured a staggering 70% of his wins via TKO/KO. It will be difficult to add to this tally against a man who has never tasted defeat. Kasanganay has secured 75% of his wins via decision. Given that ‘New Mansa’ has more experience and a high finish rate, he should be able to get his first win in the UFC. 

Prediction:  Joaquin Buckley via TKO/KO

Chris Daukaus Vs Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira 

Chris Daukaus made his debut in the UFC this August with a win over Parker Porter. Nascimento on the other hand made his debut in last July and beat Michal Martinek. Since then he has fought once, which he also won. 

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Daukaus has secured a mind-boggling 89% of his wins via TKO/KO. He is on a two-fight win streak and will look to extend that. ‘Ze Colmeia’ is unbeaten so far with a perfect 8-0 record. He has secured 75% of his wins via submission. He will look to continue his perfect record, but it will be hard against a man with unbelievable knockout power. 

Prediction: Chris Daukaus vis TKO/KO

Tom Breese Vs KB Bhullar 

Tom Breese has been in the UFC since 2015. In his last three fights, Breese has lost twice. Now, as he seeks to balance his win-loss record, he will face UFC debutant KB Bhullar. 

Breese has secured 55% of his 11 wins via submission. ‘The Bengal’ is unbeaten in his professional career with a perfect record of 8-0. He has secured 50% of his wins via TKO/KO and will look to do the same against a more experienced fighter in Breese. 

Prediction: KB Bhullar via decision