Vinc Pichel makes his return to the octagon at UFC Fight Night 110, as he takes on Damien Brown in one of the four preliminary bouts on FS1. The last time Pichel was in action was in 2014 when he defeated Anthony Njokuani at UFC 173. Pichel comes into this fight with a record of 9-1, while Brown is 17-9. Keep in mind that since this event is in New Zealand, it will have an earlier start time in the U.S., taking place on Saturday night, June 10. Let’s look at Brown vs. Pichel and UFC predictions.
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Damien Brown (17-9, 2-1 UFC)
Brown made his UFC debut last year and lost to Alan Patrick at UFC Fight Night 85. Brown has come back strong from that loss, as he took out Cesar Arzamendia at UFC 201 by first round knockout and he got past Jon Tuck by split decision at UFC Fight Night 101.
Brown has won seven of his last eight fights overall. He has eight submission wins in his career and two knockouts. He has eight first round finishes.
Vinc Pichel (9-1, 2-1 UFC)
The story in this fight is really the return of Pichel who has been out of action for about three years. Pichel told MMAjunkie Radio that he plans on getting through this fight and fighting again quickly in his four-fight UFC deal. “So I’m planning on running through this fight, getting another fight hopefully in like a month, even less if I can, and just steamroll them from then, man. Right now, I’ve just got so much momentum behind me and so much confidence in my skill and my health that I’m just going to steamroll, I’m not stopping.”
Pichel said that he is not worried about rust being a factor in his return. “There ain’t no such thing.” Pichel said. “I’ve jumped up so much in my striking that in my training I’ve been kind of been hurting my partners a little bit, because I’m so sharp right now with my technique,” he added. “And my grappling, I’ve jumped up so much I’ve honestly just got my brown belt the other night. I’ve been a purple belt for a couple of years, and they just gave me my brown belt because of the leaps and bounds I’ve been making over the last year and my determination.”
Pichel said to The Signal that he is very blessed to be back in the UFC. “I’ve watched my life fall apart for so long in these last few years that it feels so good and it’s so uplifting to see things finally come back into place for me.”
Fight Notes
The two-hour preliminary card on FS1 begins at 8 pm Eastern on Saturday with four bouts. The three-hour main card begins at 10 pm Eastern with the feature bout a matchup between Derrick Lewis vs. Mark Hunt.
UFC Picks
This fight really comes down to how prepared Pichel is coming off a long layoff. All indications are that Pichel is in great shape and looking better than ever, so I will take Pichel to get the win.
UFC Fight Night 110 takes place on June 11, 2017 at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The feature bout on a six-fight main card, which can be seen on FS1, has Derrick Lewis taking on Mark Hunt. There are six preliminary bouts, with four on FS1 and two on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card (FS1)
Derrick Lewis -145 vs. Mark Hunt
Derek Brunson -255 vs. Dan Kelly
Dan Hooker -165 vs. Ross Pearson
Ion Cutelaba -315 vs. Henrique da Silva
Tim Elliott -227 vs. Ben Nguyen
Alexander Volkanovski -465 vs. Mizuto Hirota
Preliminary Card (FS1)
Damien Brown -120 vs. Vinc Pichel
John Moraga -155 vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian
Dominique Steele -165 vs. Luke Jumeau
Zak Ottow -315 vs. Kiichi Kunimoto
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
JJ Aldrich -240 vs. Chan-Mi Jeon
Thibault Gouti -122 vs. Dong Hyun Kim
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