MMA Event Breakdown - UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza
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Last weekend the UFC Apex saw an incredible, shocking upset to close out the main event of the evening. Now the octagon is back with 22 athletes set to leave their mark and try to leverage their octagon opportunity into a huge win or finish to propel their career forward. On this card we have everything from an elite contendership fight to a number of interesting UFC debutants. Let’s begin with the women’s strawweight division and two ladies desperate for a big win!
Ashley Yoder vs. Emily Ducote
Fight Odds: +300 Yoder vs. -350 Ducote
Weight Class: W115lb. (Women’s Strawweight)
Emily Ducote has under-performed expectations so far in the UFC, but she has been the much more active party between these two women, competing 5 times since Ashley Yoder last stepped foot inside the octagon. Yoder is a horrific 1-7 as an underdog inside the octagon, and she is one of the oldest members of the UFC Strawweight division at 35 years old. Ducote is a nasty kicker, a solid fundamental striker, an experienced wrestler, and an underrated submission grappler.
For Yoder to win this fight, I think she will have to spam meaningless volume or achieve large amounts of top time. Otherwise, I see Ducote landing the more effective strikes at every range and being the more dangerous grappler of the two. I think Yoder’s MMA experiment comes to an end if she is unable to get the win, and I am far from bullish on her chances.
Prediction: Emily Ducote defeats Ashley Yoder via TKO3