The ultimate UFC occasion of the yr goes down on the APEX facility in Las Vegas on December seventeenth, and might be headlined by a middleweight conflict between Sean Strickland and Jared Cannonier. Whereas that’s a high quality major occasion, the promotion has sweetened the cope with an thrilling light-weight tilt between motion fighters Drew Dober and Bobby Inexperienced.
Dober simply posted to his Instagram account that he might be locking horns with the UFC veteran. He might need not have used many phrases on the announcement, however that’s okay. The 34-year-old is a person whose combating fashion speaks louder than phrases.
The Elevation Struggle Group expertise is driving a two-fight profitable streak, made additional particular by the truth that his final 5 wins have all ended with spectacular knockouts. As soon as often known as a quantity striker, Dober is now feared as one of many division’s most harmful knockout artists.
36-year-old Bobby Inexperienced has been across the MMA scene for a minute or two (the person competed at Affliction 2 method again in 2009—which simply so occurs to be the identical yr that Dober made his skilled MMA debut). Regardless of the expertise, consistency is one thing that has been plaguing Inexperienced. Since profitable three fights in a row again in 2020, the Pinnacle MMA fighter has gone on a lower than stellar run of 2-3. To be truthful, he did drop bouts to top-flight competitors like Rafael Fiziev and Islam Makhachev, however Dober is a troublesome out to try to get again into the win column in opposition to.
Alongside the top-ranked middleweight major occasion UFC Vegas 66 is anticipated to function a light-weight bout between Arman Tsarukyan & Damir Ismagulov, in addition to a flyweight bout between Brandon Royval & Amir Albazi, and a featherweight contest between Alex Caceres and Julian Erosa. Keep tuned to Bloody Elbow for extra information and notes as battle night time approaches.
