Welterweights
NR |
Andre
Fialho (15-4, 1-1 UFC) vs. NR |
Cameron
VanCamp (15-5-1, 0-0 UFC)
ODDS: Fialho (-350), VanCamp (+270)
Fialho apparently was not kidding about wanting to stay active.
Just three weeks after his win over
Miguel
Baeza, Fialho is back in the cage for this late addition to the
card. Fialho was a solid late-notice pickup in January and figured
to be a fun addition to the roster, with the potential to be
something more. He had already put together runs in Bellator and
the Professional Fighters League and was riding a winning streak
against a relatively strong slate of competition. Fialho is at his
best early, when he is able to march his opponent down and throw
power, though things tend to get a bit iffy down the stretch.
Fialho is obviously skilled and can pivot to a lot of other ideas,
but he often looks uncomfortable in doing so and tires, which
results in his losing control of the fight. That happened in his
UFC debut against
Michel
Pereira, where “Demolidor” was able to come back and earn a
decision victory, but things didn't get that far in Fialho’s fight
against Baeza, which ended in a first-round knockout. Fialho looks
to capitalize on that momentum against a promotional newcomer in
VanCamp, who has a tough ask his debut. Indiana’s VanCamp is a
solid regional fighter who finds his success through sheer
aggression in pursuit of grappling and submissions, but he is not
much of a control artist and has historically struggled against
more athletic opponents. Given Fialho’s tendency to fade, there is
certainly a possibility that VanCamp can earn a win through sheer
persistence, but he will probably eat the hardest punches he has
felt in his career in order to do so, and it is unclear if he would
be able to make up the gap on the scorecards.
FEELY'S PREDICTION: The pick is Fialho via
first-round knockout.
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