UFC Vegas 24 went down final evening (Sat., April 17, 2021) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, which noticed Robert Whittaker defeat Kelvin Gastelum by way of unanimous determination in the primary occasion of the night (see it again here). Within the co-main occasion, Andrei Arlovski acquired again on monitor with a strong determination win over Chase Sherman in Heavyweight motion.
Winner: Robert Whittaker
Who He Ought to Combat Subsequent: Israel Adesanya title struggle
Whereas Marvin Vettori’s run has been nice, Whittaker deserves the rematch towards “The Final Stylebender” for the Middleweight title. He’s at the moment on a 3 struggle win streak and is the No. 1 contender and a former champion. His win over Gastelum seals the deal and Vettori can both face the winner or take one other struggle within the interim. Then once more, who is aware of what UFC matchmakers — and Adesanya — are pondering. As a result of if push involves shove, the promotion may very properly arrange a title eliminator struggle between Whittaker and Vettori. Whereas it wouldn’t be a foul struggle, “The Reaper” ought to get an opportunity to struggle for the strap he as soon as held with out having to win one other struggle.
Winner: Andrei Arlovski
Who He Ought to Combat Subsequent: Aleksei Oleinik
Arlovski acquired again within the win column after incomes a hard-fought victory over Chase Sherman, giving him the prospect to struggle one other day contained in the Octagon. “The Pitbull” is Three-1 in his final 4 fights however isn’t ranked within the Prime 15. Oleinik, in the meantime, is at the moment hanging on to the final spot on the official UFC rankings. He’s at the moment on a two struggle skid and wishes a formidable win to carry on to that spot. For Arlovski, beating Oleinik may get him again into the rankings. It could be a battle of two of probably the most skilled Heavyweight fighters within the sport, one identified for his stellar submission sport and one other for his hanging.
Winner: Jacob Malkoun
Who He Ought to Combat Subsequent: Gerald Meerschaert
Malkoun placed on an incredible wrestling show to take out and hand Abdul Razak Alhassan his third straight defeat in “Sin Metropolis.” It was a much-needed win for Malkoun after developing brief in his UFC debut at UFC 254 in Oct. 2020. As for Meerschaert, he was additionally victorious final evening after defeating Bartosz Fabiński by way of first spherical submission, placing an finish to his two struggle shedding streak. Each he and Malkoun have an extended solution to go earlier than they begin battling for a Prime 15 spot, so why not face off towards each other to see who can take that subsequent step of getting nearer?
Winner: Tracy Cortez
Who She Ought to Face Subsequent: JJ Aldrich
Cortez continued her stand up the Flyweight ranks by choosing up her third straight win contained in the Octagon to enhance her win streak to 9. Whereas she did miss weight, the up-an-coming 27-year previous contender made up for it with an incredible efficiency. Up subsequent for Cortez, a struggle towards Aldrich appears becoming. Aldrich acquired again on the successful monitor in her earlier bout, defeating Cortney Casey by way of break up determination final month. Aldrich is 5-Three thus far contained in the Octagon and could be a great take a look at to see simply the place Cortez is. She has a slight expertise benefit over Tracy, so it could be a great matchup between two former Invicta FC combatants.
Winner: Luis Pena
Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Jamie Mullarky
Pena acquired again on monitor after edging out Alexander Munoz by way of break up determination in what proved to be a hard-fought battle. The previous Final Fighter (TUF) winner improves to a 5-Three UFC report and will use just a few good consecutive victories to get within the combine in a crowded Light-weight division. I might like to see “Violent Bob Ross” face off towards Mullarky in his subsequent UFC outing. Mullarky lastly picked up his first UFC win at UFC 260 after knocking out Khama Worthy within the very first spherical in March 2020. Previous to that, the Australian-born fighter was Zero-2 contained in the Octagon. Mullarky is a former two-division champion so he has expertise regardless of simply three fights below the UFC banner. A win over Pena would give him an incredible enhance whereas “Violent Bob Ross” can choose up some momentum if he can rating back-to-back wins for the primary time in almost two years.
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