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 DUEL#8 Hunter vs Ragnarsson preview :
All eyes will be on Justin Hunter, as the current 155 lbs titleholder returns to the Octagon for the first time since won the belt at DUEL#5 event.
Hunter will defends his title for very first time against #1 lightweight contender Sigurd Ragnarsson in DUEL#8 main event. In co-headliner , Lightweights Darren Myles and Manus Grant square off in a potential title eliminator. The rest of the maincard features a number of other intriguing matchups, from Luis Garavito - Steve Pick to Bach Schtrappe - Grey Worm and Marian Balkon - Grado Itsyersel
PRELIMS
Middleweight
David McFadden (6-8) vs Bryan Habana (19-12-1)
Middleweight
Jaan Jalgratas (7-10) vs Scott Spade (51-30-2)
Lightweight
Pale Monster (17-7) vs Kim Chow (4-2)
Heavyweight
#3 Eeazy Ee (25-12) vs Leonard Martinez (6-3)
Lightweight
Gaudencio Roman (14-14-1) vs Edu Alvarez (10-6)
MAINCARD
Middleweight
#9 Marian Balkon (9-5) vs #14 Grado Itsyersel (6-4-1)
Marian Balkon is the hottest prospect in middleweight division today. He scoring two big TKO wins since join the Duel Fighting League , over Kalle Kula and Brandon Couture. With another win in this fight he will move up into top 5 ranks
#14 contender Grado Itsyersel comes into this fight after getting big upset win over top middleweight contender Rahkim Abdullah last month. He dominating every rounds and get unanimous decison win in his debut
It's perfect fight between striker vs striker. Yeah both fighters is very dangerous strikers but both of fighters is not have same fighting style , Balkon is like to stay on striking distance and then landing heavy punch and kick from outside position , in other side Itsyersel is a clinchwork master he likes to press his opponent to the cage and landing a hell of punch from clinch position
PREDICTION: Balkon via third rounds KO/TKO
Lightweight
#8 Bach Schtrappe (22-10-1) vs #9 Grey Worm (15-10-1)
Bach Schtrappe in newcomer in DUEL lightweight division , he is long time SP icon top contender but never get shot for the belt. He is undefeated in last 5 fight and looking to make big statement in this fight
Grey Worm looking to scoring his second DUEL victory in this fight , after lost his DUEL debut against the current 155lbs champ Justin Hunter he comeback with submission win over Jet Li. With big win this fight he will climb into top 5 ranks
Classic matchup between striker vs grappler. Schtrappe is very talented striker and former pro kickboxer too , he is very good striking distance also very aggresive on clinch position. His opponent Grey Worm is world class bjj fighter with never give up attitude , you can see he get rocked in last fight against Li and comeback with submission victory
PREDICTION: Schtrappe via first round KO/TKO
Heavyweight
#9 Luis Garavito (28-20) vs Steve Pick (11-10-4)
Heavyweight phenom Luis Garavito is back now. He comes into this fight after getting two big wins inside the DUEL cage over Johnny Rico and Aaron Archer. He almost get title shot last month but he get injury and i cancel the fight
Fresh face in DUEL heavyweight division Steve Pick looking to make his DUEL debut in this fight. He join Duel Fighting League after fight for three differents organization around the world with three different manager too and now he join Duel Fighting League with new manager again behind him
In the third fight of maincard we have another striker vs striker matchup. Garavito is very dangerous striker with his boxing skill he likes to stay in distance and then throwing big shot to his opponent face , we can see in his last fight against Aaron Archer he landing 25 punches and scoring 4 knockdown before finish the fight. In other side Steve Pick is well rounded fighter but i think his striking ability is the best weapon to win this fight
PREDICTION: Garavito via Split decison
Lightweight
#1 Darren Myles (25-18) vs #10 Manus Grant (18-13)
#1 contender Darren Myles if former DUEL 155lbs title challenger and still looking get another shot for the belt , he comes into this fight after getting KO win over Rick Patton at DUEL#4 event
Manus Grant comes into this fight after scoring big KO victory over Gaudencio Roman and also get KO and Fight of the night awards and now if he won this fight he will get title shot for very first time in his career
In co-main event we have #1 contender fight between two the hardest hitters in lightweight division today. Darren Myles is very talented boxer and strong wrestler , he always looking to knock his opponent to the ground and then finish the fight immediatly with ground n pound. In the blue corner is Manus Grant very powerful striker with very aggresive fighting style and i think he have more striking tool than Myles. I think this fight is gonna be standup war
PREDICTION: Myles via fifth round KO/TKO
DUEL Lightweight Championship
{C} Justin Hunter (17-11) vs #1 Sigurd Ragnarsson (15-4-1)
The newest lightweight boss Justin Hunter looking to defends his belt for very first time in this fight , last month he get submission win over Dominic Tattum with nasty kneebar and claim the 155lbs title
The challenger Sigurd Ragnarsson is one the biggest star in DUEL roster today and also the #1 p4p fighter on Duel Fighting League , he getting this shot after scoring first round submission win over I Know Wrestling last month
In the main event of the evening we have two the best grapplers in Duel Fight League .yup Hunter x Ragnarsson. Justin Hunter is very talented grappler and always ready for rolling with anybody in this division but Hunter is not just grappler , he also has very good striking skill but i don't know what's his gameplan here. In the other side the challenger Sigurd Ragnarsson is probably one of the most dangerous grappler in the world today , you can see in his last three fights he just need one submission attempt to submit all of his opponent out cold
PREDICTION: Ragnarsson via second round submission
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