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 Two debuting fighters begin their careers at WFC1's debut prelim in the Featherweight Division. The fighters are 1 rank apart in their weight class rankings, and appear to have complimentary skills. Momofuku Ando, a muay thai and BJJ fighter, will be looking to stop his opponent, Noel Marcos, who is a boxing expert.
The second fight will see middleweight scrapper Chris Maurelli face off against BJJ player Liam Bactya in a classic striker vs grappler match up. Both fighters are debuting and will be looking to claim the first win of their careers.
We then move to the Bantamweight division where wrestler Vicent Edwards will fight BJJ fighter Fransisco Bustamante in a good match up between two evenly matched competitors. Both fighters are not just skilled in the ground game, but also on the feet, with good boxing skills. This one could produce fireworks.
Closing out the prelims is a Welterweight bout containing Larry Lewandowski and Lala Payash. Both fighters have good muay thai and wrestling, which should hopefully provide a great match up for the fans.
The first main card fight of WFC1 is a match up between Scott Arfield and Paulo Silva in the Featherweight division. It would appear that Arfield has the edge on striking, while Silva has the grappling nous to win.
The battle of the Marcelos is next with BJJ Brown belt Marcelo Silva taking on boxer Marcelo Molina in the Bantamweight division. Both fighters are making their debut.
Following that, Welterweight contenders Rocky Strong and Islam Aliyev will do battle. Strong, a boxer, will be looking to stop Aliyev, who has good muay thai and wrestling. There have been some rumours regarding a poor weight cut for Aliyev, which will skew the odds in favour of Strong.
The Co-Main event will see two grapplers get it on, in a fight that could easily have been seen on the WFCG card. This Lightweight bout sees two strong wrestlers with BJJ backgrounds fight, and although both have poor striking, one would assume that neither man wants to lay in the others' dangerous guard. Gregory Rodriguez will be looking to start his career with a win while his counterpart, Harry Johnson is looking to do the same.
The main event sees wrestler Andrei Baltareu take on boxer Mohamed Ballo, in the Middleweight division. This one will all depend on if Baltareu can get, and keep, Ballo on the ground. Else, it could get very messy for the Romanian wrestler.
Writer's Fight to Watch: Johnson vs Rodriguez looks to be the stand out event on this card. I'm predicting a stoppage finish in favour of Rodriguez. "Robocop" looks to be a good prospect at Lightweight and will do his stature no harm.
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