Top 10 lightweights collide when Rafael Fiziev meets Mateusz Gamrot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship main event on Saturday in Las Vegas.
, which was an impressive bit of business that also was not without its issues. Fiziev’s takedown defense held up even while dos Anjos succeeded in making long stretches of the fight a grind; and while Fiziev seemed to be tiring out by the championship rounds, he regrouped himself well enough to score a fifth-round knockout. Similarly, Fiziev’s narrow March loss towas a mixed bag.
Fiziev’s takedown defense has held up quite well overall, but it will be interesting to see how much progress Gamrot can make on that front at a number of levels. It is unclear how well Fiziev can prepare for the sheer variety of wrestling attacks that Gamrot brings to the table, particularly his low single-leg takedowns; and even if Fiziev can successfully stay on the defensive early on, the Azerbaijani might tire out through sheer attrition.
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