The Octagon Yields to Sweden to Get UFC Fight Night 152, taking place June 1 at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.
Several new bouts are added into the card, and they are listed below.
Christos Giagos vs. Damir Hadzovic, Fight Night 152
Lightweights Christos Giagos and Damir Hadzovic are set to battle UFC Fight Night 152. MMANytt.com broke the information. Giagos (16-7) is 2-3 at the UFC over two stints in the advertising and is coming off of a decision win over Mizuto Hirota. Hadzovic (13-4) is 3-2 at the UFC and is coming from a KO win over Marco Polo Reyes with a decision win over Nick Hein before that. Both guys are middle-of-the-pack lightweights, but Hadzovic looks a large more polished and needs to be favored here.
Daniel Teymur vs. Sung Bin Jo, UFC Fight Night 152
Featherweights Daniel Teymur and Sung Bin Jo will battle UFC Fight Night 152. Teymur (6-3) is the lesser of the two Temyur brothers since he’s fought en route to a very poor 0-3 record in the UFC which includes back-end entry declines to Julio Arce and Chris Fishgold. There is no doubt that he is going to be fighting for his UFC job in this bout. Jo (9-0) is making his UFC debut after moving unbeaten with nine consecutive endings on the South Korean regional scene. One knock against Jo is that he has only fought since 2017, but his album is very impressive. I wouldn’t be shocked if Teymur managed to get his first UFC triumph, but according to Jo’s masterful record on the regional arena he must most likely be preferred here.
Stevie Ray vs. Leonardo Santos, UFC Fight Night 152
An intriguing lightweight bout between Stevie Ray and Leonardo Santos is also place for UFC Fight Night 152. Ray (22-8) is 6-3 at the UFC and is coming from a decision win over Jessin Ayari that snapped a two-fight losing skid. There were plenty of high hopes enclosing the Scot when he originally came to the UFC, but overall he’s been unsatisfactory within the Octagon and that he has not finished a struggle since 2015. Santos (16-3-1) won TUF Brazil and overall has a very impressive 5-0-1 record inside the Octagon that comprises a KO win over Kevin Lee. However, Santos is now 39-years-old and hasn’t fought since late 2016, when he won a decision over Adriano Martins. He hasn’t lost a fight since 2009 and is riding an 11-fight unbeaten streak, but the three-year layoff is obviously not a good sign heading into this bout. Still, I believe you have to prefer Santos just because of how good his record has been over the last decade against an inconsistent competition in the form of Ray.
Tonya Evinger vs. Lina Lansberg, UFC Fight Night 152
Additionally added to UFC Fight Night 152 is a women’s bantamweight bout between Tonya Evinger and Lina Lansberg. Evinger (19-7, 1 NC) is 0-2 at the UFC with back-to-back knockout losses to Cris Cyborg and Aspen Ladd. The prior Invcita champ has been quite disappointing at the UFC thus far but has fought really hard competition and this ought to be a winnable struggle for her. Lansberg (8-4) is 2-3 in the UFC and is coming off of a decision loss to Yana Kunitskaya. She has shown toughness in the Octagon, but that’s about it. Both are older fighters for the division but given Evinger’s expertise I expect her to be a small favorite here.
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