Five Reasons To Watch UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs O’Malley 2

Contemplating the game’s week-to-week schedule, it’s straightforward for thrilling matchups to get misplaced within the shuffle, and UFC 316 isn’t any exception.

One such bout is an all-action affair between Joe Pyfer and Kelvin Gastelum. The bout was moved to Newark when Pyfer fell sick the night earlier than struggle night time in Mexico Metropolis, and each are desperate to get their hand raised in show-stealing vogue. Gastelum stays on his mission for gold, however inconsistency has plagued him over the past 5 years. He picked up a win over Daniel Rodriguez in his final struggle, however that consequence got here practically a 12 months in the past. Alternatively, Pyfer is hoping to get the engine on his hype prepare revved up once more. He bounced again nicely from his first loss within the Octagon with an on-brand first-round knockout of Marc-André Barriault at UFC 303, however well being points stored him from constructing on it. A win over a former title challenger in Gastelum is precisely the form of factor that might get him again in a struggle with somebody within the high 15.

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Elsewhere on the primary card, two fighters hoping to solidify their spots within the welterweight high 15 collide as Kevin Holland and Vicente Luque meet. Each fighters have struggled stringing collectively standout performances as of late. Holland is 6-6 in his final 12, though he’s 5-3 as a welterweight within the Octagon and picked up a stable win over Gunnar Nelson in March. Luque, then again, hasn’t fairly returned to type that had many calling him a darkish horse for a title run just a few years in the past. After a disappointing outing towards Joaquin Buckley, the Brazilian secured his first end in additional than three years when he submitted Themba Gorimbo at UFC 310. The pair of 33-year-olds might set themselves for a high 10 battle ought to they get their arms raised in New Jersey.

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