Abdul Razak Alhassan is heavily favored against Mounir Lazzez at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige on Thursday, July 16 in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, but because of the time difference it will start on Wednesday night Eastern Time. This event is one of five fights on the main ESPN card. Alhassan is 10-1 in his career, while Lazzez is 9-1 in his career. There are a total of five fights on the main card, headlined by Calvin Kattar taking on Dan Ige. There are also a total of seven fights on the preliminary card, all on ESPN. Let’s look at the bout between Alhassan and Lazzez and UFC picks.
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Abdul Razak Alhassan (10-1, 4-1 UFC)
Alhassan came into the UFC with a record of 6-0 and he is 4-1 in the UFC. He is coming off a first round knockout of Niko Price in September of 2018 so it will have been almost two years since he has fought. He knocked out Sabah Homasi in January of 2018, won by first round TKO against Homasi in December of 2017, lost by split decision to Omari Akhmedov in May of 2017 and he knocked out Charlie Ward in November of 2016. Alhassan has been a pro since 2013 and he has 10 wins by TKO/KO and none by submission. He has 10 first round finishes.
Mounir Lazzez (9-1, UFC debut)
This will be the UFC debut for Lazzez. He is 4-1 in his last five fights. He defeated Arber Murati by first round TKO in February. He won by first round TKO against Sasha Palatnikov in October of last year. He lost to Eldar Eldarov by unanimous decision last April, won by 2nd round TKO against Dmitriis Homjakovs in September of 2018 and won by unanimous decision against Christophe Van Dijck in December of 2017. Lazzez has been a pro since 2012 and he has eight wins by TKO and none by submission. He has five first round finishes.
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Alhassan 4.59/ Lazzez 0.00
Striking Accuracy: Alhassan 46% / Lazzez 0%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Alhassan 4.20/ Lazzez 0.00
Defense: Alhassan 59% / Lazzez 0%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Alhassan 0.57/ Lazzez 0.00
Takedown Accuracy: Alhassan 33% / Lazzez 0%
Takedowns defended: Alhassan 53% / Lazzez 0%
Submission average: Alhassan 0.0 / Lazzez 0.0
UFC Picks
I said last week in the preview of the fight between Oezdemir vs. Prochazka that I hadn’t seen a fight that looked like a sure early round knockout more than that one. That prediction turned out well as it was an early second round knockout that made the rounds under bet a winner. This fight between Alhassan and Lazzez looks like the same type of fight. Every single fight that Alhassan has won has ended in the first round, all ten. Lazzez has nine wins and eight of those were knockouts, with five coming in the first round. I can’t see this fight lasting long, so I will go under the rounds total.
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige takes place on Thursday, July 16 in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, but because of the time difference it will start on Wednesday night Eastern Time with five fights on the main ESPN card, headlined by Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige. There are also a total of seven fights on the preliminary card, all on ESPN.
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige Card & Odds
Featherweight- Dan Ige +238 vs. Calvin Kattar -315
Welterweight- Mounir Lazzez +254 vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan -340
Women’s Flyweight- Talia Santos -120 vs. Molly McCann -110
Featherweight- Jared Gordon -150 vs. Chris Fishgold -120
Women’s Flyweight- Liana Jojua +139 vs. Diana Belbita -175
Featherweight- Lerone Murphy +124 vs. Ricardo Ramos -155
Flyweight- Ryan Benoit -110 vs. Tim Elliott -120
Bantamweight - Aaron Phillips +431 vs. Jack Shore -650
Light Heavyweight - Andreas Michailidis +176 vs. Modestas Bukauskas -225
Middleweight- John Phillips +228 vs. Khamzat Chimaev -300
Featherweight - Jimmie Rivera -135 vs. Cody Stamann +105
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