Zabit Magomedsharipov (17-1-0)
The talent-rich Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight division will be blessed with a barn-burner of a fight next weekend. Russian local, Zabit Magomedsharipov will step into the octagon with the American heavy-hitter Calvin Kattar.
In recent times, the UFC has seen an influx of extremely talented Russian fighters, Zabit being one of them. With a near close perfect record of 14-1, he’s taken the UFC by storm with his extroverted attacking style; an undefeated 5-fight win streak has propelled him into shark-infested waters in the top 5 of the division.
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In MMA, Over/Under bets are based on the total rounds the fight lasts. If the Over/Under is 2.5 rounds, you’d choose a side and hope the fight lasted more (over) or less (under) than 2.5 rounds. Other types of interesting MMA bets include round betting, and the always entertaining method-of-victory bet. The Octagon is back in Moscow, Russia for UFC Fight Night 163 on Saturday, November 9th. In the main event, Zabit Magomedhsharipov battles Calvin Kattar in a rare three-round main event, due to an injury to Junior dos Santos which pushed this fight to the headliner. A scheduled light heavyweight bout between Alonzo Menifield and William Knight is off the UFC Fight Night card on Saturday due to a positive COVID-19 test, the promotion confirmed Thursday.
Zabit made his MMA professional debut in 2012 and would spend a further four years fighting for various Russian organizations. Most notably Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) where he successfully won their Featherweight Grand-Prix tournament and the company’s Featherweight championship.
Prior to his professional MMA debut, Zabit trained at the renowned Wushu fighting school “Pyat Storon Sveta’; One of the academically recognized institutions for combat-sports. Wrestling from the age of 10, Zabit knew that fighting school would elevate his level of martial arts. He spent eleven years of training three times per day whilst gaining an education.
After years of experience gained, Zabit made the walk into a UFC octagon. The ACB champion signed a four-fight deal with the UFC to make his debut in 2017. An awe-inspiring second-round submission saw Zabit make his debut in style, and that trend would continue for the next two years. The stiff competition didn’t stop the Russians win streak; Sheymon Moraes, Kyle Bochniak, Brandon Davis and Jeremy Stephens would all fall victim to the new-comer. Now, with five fights and three submission finishes; Zabit finds himself a handful of wins away from a UFC title shot.
The gold is within reach, 1000’s of Russian fans will be cheering him on, and can the Russian Featherweight continue his impassioned win streak against Calvin? We’ll soon find out, so long he can avoid any dreaded injuries which have put a halt on Zabit in 2019.
Ufc Fight Odds Vegas
Zabit Magomedsharipov Best Priced @ -200 with William Hill
Calvin Kattar (23-3-0)
Speaking of talented fighters in the Featherweight division, Calvin has wowed UFC fans since his UFC debut back in 2017. Similar to his opponent, he’s been on a tear with multiple knockout victories.
Prior to his UFC glory, Calvin spent seven years undefeated with an 8-fight win streak for Combat Zone (CZ) and Classic Entertainment & Sports (CES). Before his win streak, he spent time-fighting for organizations like EliteXC & XFC.
2017 would see Calvin make his UFC debut on short notice when Doo Hoo Choi dropped out of his scheduled fight against Andre Fili; in steps, Calvin. An impressive outing and clear unanimous victory would see him continue his career under the UFC banner. Andre Fili is no pushover, especially when making your UFC debut, so facing Shane Burgos in his second bout for the company would put Calvin in another tough fight. A 3rd round TKO would highlight the excellent boxing skills Calvin had to offer, other than an unfortunate loss to Renato Moicano, Calvin has finished all of his opponents by knockout.
Scheduled to fight at the TD Garden against Zabit gave Calvin the opportunity to fight in front of his home town crowd. Unfortunately, Zabit would pull out, causing the Featherweight bout to be re-scheduled for the Fight Night card in Russia. Convenient for Zabit with a “serious’ blood-infection somehow clearing up within 3 weeks for the Russian card in Zabit’s home town; bitter-sweet for Calvin as he got to enjoy his ‘Lauzon MMA’ team-mates walk out with some successful performances. The good news is they will fight in the main event which is good news for both parties.
Ufc Fight Night 163 Odds Today
Living the childhood boxing dream by taking the same route as Rocky, flying out to Russia as the underdog American in the main event fight. Calvin will now face the highly skilled mixed martial artist in hostile territory; an underdog story for the ages could play out inside the CSKA arena in Moscow, Russia.
Calvin Kattar Best Priced @ +150 with 5Dimes
UFC Moscow Prediction and Betting Picks
Two upper-class strikers will headline a sold-out arena in Moscow and it’s almost guaranteed to bring in a ‘performance of the night award’. The ostentatious, unpredictable style of Zabit makes for the perfect striking matchup against Calvin’s modern age MMA boxing.
Originally scheduled for 3-fifteen minute rounds, even though the fight was moved to the main event they have decided to go against a 25-minute bout. According to Calvin, Zabit’s team quickly shut-down any discussion of a 5-round matchup. This would reflect the only disadvantage that Zabit holds coming into Moscow; his cardio.
Calvin Kattar offers a high-level MMA boxing style, perfect faints with combo’s high and low, precise timing whilst pressuring or counter-striking. It’ll be interesting to see how Calvin handles the versatile striking attacks Zabit will have to offer. I expect a return fire attitude, powerful & precise strikes.
Zabit will put on a show but, eventually, I expect to see him initiate a grappling exchange. The striking advantage should be in the favor of Calvin however, Zabit will be the longer guy with more tools at his disposal so, as mentioned, he will look to implement his wrestling if Calvin finds benefits with his offensive striking.
Both men offer advantages in different areas, with only 15 minutes on the clock… I predict this UFC main event will reach the judge’s scorecard. Given the variables and slightly juiced UFC odds in favor of Zabit, I don’t fancy the value available as a single bet. Teammate of Calvin, Kyle Bochniak already has the blueprint on how to take the fight to Zabi, this experience may not be Calvin’s own but can surely give him the edge to go to war with the Russian with no fear.
UFC Moscow Betting Pick: Fight Goes the Distance with Bovada
UFC Fight Night 163 Fight Card
MAIN CARD
- Greg Hardy vs Alexander Volkov (heavyweight)
- Danny Roberts vs Zalim Imadaev (welterweight)
- Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs Ed Herman (light-heavyweight)
- Ramazan Emeev vs Anthony Rocco Martin (welterweight)
- Shamil Gamzatov vs Klidson Farias de Abreu (light-heavyweight)
UFC 244 PRELIMINARY BOUTS
- Magomed Ankalaev vs Dalcha Lungiambula (light-heavyweight)
- Rustam Khabilov vs Sergey Khandozhko (welterweight)
- Roman Kopylov vs Karl Roberson (middleweight)
- Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs David Zawada (welterweight)
- Jessica Rose Clark vs Pannie Kianzad (women’s bantamweight)
- Grigory Popov vs Davey Grant (bantamweight)