NEW UFC BOUTS LINED UP INCLUDING TOM BREESE VS. IAN HEINISCH
The UFC was busy announcing new fights. Following are a few of the new forthcoming midnight set for spring UFC cards, and my first thoughts on them.
Michel Prazeres vs. Ismail Naurdiev, UFC Fight Night 145
Because of an injury to Ramazan Emeev, Ismail Naurdiev has obtained a short-notice struggle against Michel Prazeres in UFC Fight Night 145, taking place February 23 at The O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. MMABrasil broke the information. 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 since 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 strength of back-to-back knockout wins. He has experience fighting in ACB, and the vast majority of his wins have come by stoppage. But he’s also fought a very low amount of competition and Prazeres is a significant step up. I expect Prazeres to be a good favorite here, and he deserves it after the recent series he’s went on inside the Octagon.
Enrique Barzola vs. Kevin Aguilar, UFC on ESPN two Featherweights Enrique Barzola and Kevin Aguilar are set to meet at UFC on ESPN two, occurring March 30 in Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The news was broken by mMAWeekly. Barzola (15-3-1) is 5-1 at the UFC and is currently riding a four-fight win streak together with all his wins coming by decision. Barzola’s album is remarkable, but his lack of finishing instincts could hurt him as he progresses up the featherweight ranks. Aguilar (16-1) is coming from a powerful UFC debut when he won a unanimous decision over Rick Glenn, and overall he is riding an eight-fight win streak. His only career loss came from Leonard Garcia back in 2013, but he’s been perfect in his MMA career. This is a fairly solid matchup between two guys on win streaks but according to his ability to actually complete a fight I would have to favor Aguilar to get his hand 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 4-1 at the UFC and is coming from a TKO win over Dan Kelly in his middleweight debut. Heinisch (12-1) is currently riding a four-fight win series and is coming off of a successful UFC debut when he conquered the above Ferreira by choice. His only career defeat came against Markus Perez, who just filed Anthony Hernandez at UFC Fight Night 144. This looks like a very solid matchup between two middleweights with future name ambitions. Both Breese and Heinisch are extremely well-rounded fighters and this will be a close battle. I’d have to favor Breese just based on the fact that the struggle is in England, however I expect Heinisch to be very aggressive in this matchup and he is worth looking at as a dog.
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