The UFC was busy announcing new fights. Below are some of the new forthcoming midnight set for spring UFC cards, and my initial thoughts on these.
Michel Prazeres vs. Ismail Naurdiev, UFC Fight Night 145
Due to an injury to Ramazan Emeev, Ismail Naurdiev has taken a short-notice fight against Michel Prazeres in UFC Fight Night 145, taking place February 23 in The O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. MMABrasil broke the news. Prazeres (26-2) is 10-2 at the UFC entire and is riding an eight-fight win series right now. He had difficulty making the lightweight limit of 155lbs and because moving up to welterweight has looked even better using back-to-back wins over Zak Cummings and Bartosz Fabinski. Naurdiev (17-2) is making his UFC debut on the potency of back-to-back knockout wins. He’s experience fighting in ACB, along with the majority of his wins have come by stoppage. But he’s also fought an extremely low level of competition and Prazeres is a significant step up. I anticipate Prazeres to be a solid favorite here, and he deserves it after the current run he has went on inside the Octagon.
Enrique Barzola vs. Kevin Aguilar, UFC on ESPN two Featherweights Enrique Barzola and Kevin Aguilar are set to match UFC on ESPN two, taking place March 30 in Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MMAWeekly broke the news. Barzola (15-3-1) is 5-1 in the UFC and is now riding a four-fight win series together with all of his wins coming by choice. Barzola’s record is impressive, but his lack of finishing instincts could hurt him as he advances up the featherweight ranks. Aguilar (16-1) is coming from a successful UFC debut when he won a unanimous decision over Rick Glenn, and overall he’s riding an eight-fight win series. His only career loss came from Leonard Garcia back in 2013, but he’s been perfect in his MMA career. This is a fairly good matchup between two men on win streaks but according to his ability to actually complete a fight I’d have to prefer Aguilar to receive his hands raised.
Tom Breese vs. Ian Heinisch, UFC Fight Night 147
Because of an injury to Cezar Ferreira, Ian Heinisch is stepping up as an injury replacement to carry on Tom Breese in UFC Fight Night 147, taking place March 16 at The O2 Arena in London, England. Breese (11-1) is currently 4-1 at the UFC and is coming off of a TKO win over Dan Kelly in his middleweight debut. Heinisch (12-1) is currently riding a four-fight win streak and is coming from a successful UFC introduction when he conquered the aforementioned Ferreira by choice. His only career defeat came against Markus Perez, who only submitted Anthony Hernandez at UFC Fight Night 144. This looks like a very solid matchup between two middleweights with future name ambitions. The two Breese and Heinisch are very well-rounded fighters and this will be a close battle. I’d have to prefer Breese just based on the fact the fight is in England, but I anticipate Heinisch to be somewhat competitive in this matchup and he is well worth looking at as a puppy.
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