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00:00Then let's move on to bantamweight.
00:01That's the next week, April 11th, the 145 pound division.
00:04Again, a battle between two guys that you would have put
00:07as some of the best in this division.
00:09Magomedov versus Higo.
00:11Magomedov, the 33-year-old Russian, 20 and four,
00:1411 by submission, six by decision.
00:16He's gonna wanna take it to the mat.
00:18Higo, the 36-year-old Brazilian, 23 and six,
00:2013 wins by submission, seven by decision.
00:22So this is going to be probably a lot of grappling,
00:25a lot of wrestling, or you know what,
00:26every now and then you get one of those
00:27and all of a sudden both of these guys
00:29try to stand and trade.
00:30But I still think we're gonna get a lot of ground battles
00:33between these two guys.
00:34Magomedov lost three of his last five in Bellator,
00:37so he's coming in on a little bit of a bad streak.
00:39While Higo won his last two in Bellator,
00:42but the losses that Magomedov has are the Stotz
00:46and Pachymik, some of the tops in that division.
00:48So I still give him the advantage in that fight.
00:51You also have Kamidov versus Hadley in this one.
00:56Kamidov, the Tajikistani fighter, 27 years old,
00:58unbeaten, 16 and 0.
01:00Three wins in Bellator, three different ways.
01:02So this guy is well-rounded.
01:05Hadley, the 28-year-old from England, 11 and four,
01:07five by submission, three decision, three KO.
01:09So again, well-rounded.
01:11It's gonna be anyone's guess how this fight ends up
01:13as far as on the feet, on the ground.
01:15Maybe you'll see a little bit of both.
01:17Hadley's coming off losses in three of his last four fights,
01:20but all those were in the UFC and all by decision.
01:22So he's not getting dropped in some smaller promotion.
01:26This is a guy who's been against some of the best
01:28in this division.
01:29It's gonna be very interesting back and forth.
01:31You have the up-and-comer versus a guy
01:33who's around the same age, but a little bit more
01:35of a veteran against top-level, experienced opponents.
01:38It's gonna be interesting to see how this one,
01:40I don't know if I could pick this one
01:41without seeing some more action between these two guys.
01:43I have to go do some more studying on that one.
01:45Then you have Clark versus Kasumov.
01:47Clark, the 29-year-old from Ireland.
01:49Kasumov, the 30-year-old from Russian.
01:51Both these guys have some great records.
01:52Clark, 10 and 0, unbeaten, five by submission,
01:54four decision, all with Bellator.
01:56Kasumov, 16 and 1, nine by submission, four decision.
02:00So could very well be one where we get
02:02some back-and-forth action on the ground.
02:03I think I'm gonna roll with Kasumov.
02:05He's only got two fights in Bellator.
02:07Both those were by decision, but still has a better record
02:12as far as big names than Clark,
02:14even though all of Clark's fights were in Bellator.
02:16I think he fought some stiffer competition in Kasumov.
02:20Talib versus Ruiz.
02:21The Swede versus Spanish.
02:2312 and 1, 12 and 3.
02:25Both these guys have experience
02:26in different areas of the PFL.
02:28That one's gonna be tough to go.
02:29I'm gonna have to go with Talib, though.
02:30I think he's a dark horse.
02:31I think he's got that MENA experience, PFL MENA.
02:33He was a champion last year,
02:35so that could factor in a lot
02:36when you get into a battle like this.
02:38Middleweight, Ipik Kasungunai versus Fabian Edwards
02:41at 185 off the bat.
02:42Are you kidding me?
02:43This is gonna be a striking battle for sure.
02:45Both these guys should have been later in the round.
02:48Kasungunai dropping down, also dropping down.
02:50Silvera versus Shipman.
02:51Silvera's 13 and 4, lost three of his last four.
02:54Shipman's 17 and 4.
02:55He's fought Edwards.
02:56He's got some great battles in Bellator.
02:58Nine by KO.
02:59I think I'm gonna roll Shipman,
03:00even though Silvera will be the bigger fighter.
03:02Tsai versus Rasta.
03:03That should be a great battle.
03:04As will Jeffrey versus Ramazanov,
03:07who might be one of the dark horses,
03:08might be one of the guys to watch in this
03:10when you come out in the end,
03:11the way the brackets have shook out.