UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar Full Card Preview
The UFC makes its 2021 debut at Fight Island in Abu Dhabi with a Fight Night card headlined by featherweights Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar. Currently a 12-fight card, it is scheduled to begin at noon Eastern Standard time, Saturday, Jan. 16. Also featured on the main card, slated to start at 3 p.m. EST, is 14th-ranked middleweight Omari Akhmedov, the long awaited return of Santiago Ponzinibbio, overnight sensation Joaquin Buckley and UFC legend Carlos Condit. Without further ado, LET’S GET INTO IT!
Featherweight
Jacob Kilburn (+181)
Record: 8-3 (0-1 UFC) |Age: 25
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 5 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 3 SUB
Recent fights: L to Billy Quarantillo (R2 Triangle); def. Javanis J Ross (R1 TKO); def. Deivison Ribeiro (R2 TKO)
Austin Lingo (-225)
Record: 7-1 (0-1 UFC) |Age: 26
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 70″
Wins: 3 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: L to Youssef Zalal (un. dec.); def. Solo Hatley Jr. (R1 TKO); def. Angel Luis Cruz (R1 RNC)
Women’s Bantamweight
Sarah Moras (-245)
Record: 6-6 (2-5 UFC) |Age: 32
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 67″
Wins: 3 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Sijara Eubanks (un. dec.); def. Liana Jojua (R3 TKO); L to Macy Chiasson (R2 TKO)
Vanessa Melo (+197)
Record: 10-8 (0-3 UFC) |Age: 32
Height: 5-5 | Reach: 65″
Wins: 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Karol Rosa (un. dec.); L to Tracy Cortez (un. dec.); L to Irene Aldana (un. dec.)
Welterweight
David Zawada (+210)
Record: 17-5 (1-2 UFC) |Age: 30
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 3 KO, 7 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Abubakar Numagomedov (R1 triangle choke); L to Jingliang Li (R3 KO); L to Danny Roberts (split dec.)
Ramazan Emeev (-263)
Record: 19-4 (4-1 UFC) |Age: 33
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 68.5″
Wins: 11 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Niklas Stolze (un. dec.); L to Anthony Rocco Martin (un. dec.); def. Stefan Sekulic (un. dec.)
Heavyweight
Justin Tafa (+163)
Record: 4-1 (1-1 UFC) |Age: 27
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 4 KO | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Juan Adams (R1 TKO); L to Yorgan De Castro (R1 KO); def. David Taumoepeau (R2 TKO)
Carlos Felipe (-196)
Record: 9-1 (1-1 UFC) |Age: 25
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 6 KO | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Yorgan De Castro (un. dec.); L to Sergey Spivak (maj. dec.); def. Sandro Bezerra (R1 TKO)
Women’s Flyweight
Wu Yanan (-175)
Record: 11-3 (1-2 UFC) |Age: 24
Height: 5-8 | Reach: 66″
Wins: 7 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Mizuki Inoue (split dec.); def. Lauren Mueller (R1 armbar); L to Gina Mazany (un. dec.)
Joselyne Edwards (+151)
Record: 9-2 (debut) |Age: 25
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 70″
Wins: 5 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Pamela Gonzalez (R1 KO); L to Sarah Alpar (split dec.); def. Brenda Gonzales (R1 armbar)
Middleweight
Nassourdine Imavov (+135)
Record: 9-2 (1-0 UFC) |Age: 24
Height: 6-3 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 3 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Jordan Williams (un. dec.); def. Jonathan Meunier (R1 TKO); def. Mateusz Gluch (keylock)
Phil Hawes (-162)
Record: 9-2 (1-0 UFC) |Age: 31
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 77″
Wins: 7 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Jacob Malkoun (R1 TKO); def. Khadzhimurat Bestaev (R1 TKO); def. Yuri Fraga (TKO)
Middleweight
Punahele Soriano (+131)
Record: 7-0 (1-0 UFC) |Age: 28
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 74.5″
Wins: 4 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Oskar Piechota (R1 KO); def. Jamie Pickett (un. dec.); def. Jhonoven Pati (R1 RNC)
Dusko Todorovic (-159)
Record: 10-0 (1-0 UFC) |Age: 26
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 6 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Dequan Townsend (R2 TKO); def. Teddy Ash (un. dec.); def. Michel Pereira (R1 TKO)
Middleweight
Joaquin Buckley (-272)
Record: 12-3 (2-1 UFC) |Age: 26
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 9 KO | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: def. Jordan Wright (R2 TKO); def. Impa Kasanganay (R2 KO); L to Kevin Holland (R3 KO)
Alessio Di Chirico (+218)
Record: 12-5 (3-5 UFC) |Age: 31
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 5 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Zak Cummings (un. dec.); L to Makhmud Muradov (un. dec.); L to Kevin Holland (un. dec.)
Welterweight
Santiago Ponzinibbio (-284)
Record: 27-3 (9-2 UFC) |Age: 34
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 15 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: def. Neil Magny (R4 KO); def. Mike Perry (un. dec.); def. Gunnar Nelson (R1 TKO)
Jingliang Li (+227)
Record: 17-6 (9-4 UFC) |Age: 32
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 7 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Neil Magny (un. dec.); def. Elizeu Zaleski (R3 TKO); def. David Zawada (R3 KO)
Welterweight
Carlos Condit (-162)
Record: 31-13 (8-9 UFC) |Age: 36
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 15 KO, 13 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 6 SUB
Recent fights: def. Court McGee (un. dec.); L to Michael Chiesa (R2 kimura); L to Alex Oliveira (R2 guillotine)
Matt Brown (+135)
Record: 22-17 (13-12 UFC) |Age: 40
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 14 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 10 SUB
Recent fights: L to Miguel Baeza (R2 KO); def. Ben Saunders (R2 TKO; def. Diego Sanchez (R1 KO)
Featherweight
Max Holloway (-164)
Record: 21-6 (17-6 UFC) |Age: 29
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 10 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Alexander Volkanovski (split dec.); L to Alexander Volkanovski (un. dec.); def. Frankie Edgar (un. dec.)
Calvin Kattar (+135)
Record: 22-4 (6-2 UFC) |Age: 32
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 10 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Dan Ige (un. dec.); def. Jeremy Stephens (R2 TKO); L to Zabit Magomedsharipov (un. dec.)
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