Neil Magny vs Shavkat Rakhmonov Tips & Fight Predictions

UFC Vegas 57 The American, Neil Magny will face Shavkat Rakhmonov from Kazakhstan. The bookmakers are favoring Rakhmonov. The Kazakh fighter is set for huge favourite with odds around 1.20 and I think it's with justified reason. It's great fighter in question, someone who is considered to be in the future the dominant figure in this category. It's true Rakhmonov had only three UFC fights so far. But he was really impressive in those. Simply, he continues with same way as we got used to see from him before he has joined the UFC. Namely, Rakhmonov has collected 15 matches in total (12 before UFC) and he is still unbeaten, 15-0. What more, neither opponent in his career so far was able to finish the full fight. No one reached the decision. Namely, out of 15 matches, Rakhmonov has won 8 by knockout while the other 7 by submission. The mentioned 3 in UFC: 1 knockout and 2 submissions. So obviously, Rakhmonov is versatile fighter and the opponents don't know what to expect. He can attack on more different ways as he proved this in the career so far. Of course, now Rakhmonov is reaching more seriously opponents when he moved to UFC. But I expect from him to continue this direction. We could say this 4th UFC challenge is going to be the biggest test for him so far but I don't think it's too tough test. Namely, Neil Magny has experience but at this point he is in his veteran days. Even 35 years of age. I don't see him capable to deal with Rakhmonov. Magny overall fighting record is 26-8 in 34 matches. Looking only UFC record, he is 19-7. Now, what's the crucial here, in my opinion it's a fact that when Magny losses, he mainly losses inside the distance (by knockout or submission). My real bet here is on Shavkat Rakhmonov to win inside the distance (KO, TKO, DQ or Submission). Bet365 pays 1.72 odds for such bet. But unfortunately here we can't choose such option so I had to find different approach. At the end I have opted for option Under 2.5 total rounds in the match. It's a bet that is in the line with expected Rakhmonov's victory inside the distance. Note that out of his 15 opponents so far, not just no one reached the decision, but also only one was able to reach the 3rd round.