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About Matt Bricker - RotoBaller
I've been involved in and a fan of martial arts from a very early age. Since May 2018 I've been writing for MMA outlets as well as on boxing. I also train in boxing with an amateur debut soon to come! Follow me on Twitter @LAknockoutMMA
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Matt Bricker - RotoBaller has written 2247 articles so far, you can find them below.
Karol Rosa Dominates Fellow Brazillian
Karol Rosa put on quite the show, dominating fellow Brazillian, Vanessa Melo, who came into the bout five pounds over the allowed limit. Rosa landed a very strong 177 strikes, with 120 of those being significant strikes. Rosa also threw in two takedowns on the night. One judge gave Rosa a 30-26 while the other... Read More
Martin Day Falls To 0-2 In UFC
After a pretty close contest halfway through the third round at UFC 251, Martin Day was dropped with a devastating left hand by Davey Grant that ended his night. Day's striking numbers were trending pretty good, landing 90 strikes, with 86 of those being significant strikes. Day puts himself in a rough spot, losing his... Read More
Davey Grant Starts The Night With An Emphatic Knockout
Davey Grant started off UFC 251, the first event on Fight Island, in style. Halfway through the third round, Grant masterfully threw a left hook that floored his opponent. Regardless of the knockout, Grant looked like he would skate through the matchup with the decision. Grant landed 111 strikes and 99 significant strikes. He also... Read More
Jorge Masvidal With A Chance To Pull Off A Miracle
Jorge Masvidal (35-13) has seen a true resurrection in his career, earning his first UFC title shot in his 49th professional bout. It's no secret that Masvidal has some of the best MMA boxing in the sport, shown by his 16 career knockouts. He also owns the fastest knockout in UFC history with his five-second... Read More
Kamaru Usman Trying To Build His Legacy
Kamaru Usman (16-1) has not lost since his second professional bout, and he is not showing signs of losing anytime soon. The Nigerian Nightmare is utilizing his MMA wrestling to a science. After a successful run on The Ultimate Fighter for Team Blackzilians, Usman has gone 10-0, running down anyone in his path. In his... Read More
Max Holloway Has A Chance To Recapture Featherweight Crown
Max Holloway (21-5) has a chance to avenge his title loss this Saturday at UFC 251. The last man to beat Holloway at featherweight since Conor McGregor in 2013, Alexander Volkanovski, will have his hands full with a hungry Holloway. Holloway is known to push the pace with a blistering 6.66 significant strikes per minute.... Read More
Alexander Volkanovski Out To Prove He's The Real Deal
Alexander Volkanovski (21-1) will make his first title defense against the man he defeated, Max Holloway. Volkanovski has a solid 57% striking accuracy along with a very nice 6.15 significant strikes per minute. The former 200-plus-pound rugby player has scored 11 knockouts as well as three submission victories in his career. Since coming to the... Read More
Jose Aldo With A Chance To Reclaim Gold
Jose Aldo (28-6) has a chance to claim UFC gold in his second weight class. Coming off of two losses in a row, Aldo will face a tough opponent in Petr Yan. Sixteen of his 28 victories have come by knockout, though as of late Aldo has been on a 3-5 skid. The 33-year-old has... Read More
Petr Yan One Win From UFC Gold
Petr Yan (14-1) is just one win away from claiming the UFC bantamweight championship. He will not have an easy task, as he is set to face arguably the greatest featherweight of all time, Jose Aldo. Since joining the UFC in June of 2018, Yan has been on a run, winning all six bouts. Most... Read More
Rose Namajunas Could Avenge Title Loss With Victory
Rose Namajunas (8-4) returns to action against the woman who defeated her for her title in Jessica Andrade. Don't let her record fool you, though. Those four losses are to some of the very best strawweights in history. Prior to the Andrade defeat, Namajunas defeated the former strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk in back-to-back bouts. She... Read More
Jessica Andrade Begins Journey To Earn Back Her Title
Jessica Andrade (20-7) is back in the Octagon after losing her strawweight title to Weili Zhang in August of 2019. Andrade will step back into the cage with the woman she defeated for the title in May of 2019 in Rose Namajunas. With 14 of her 20 wins coming by finish, she is always a... Read More
Amanda Ribas Looks To Continue Climb Up Strawweight Ladder
Amanda Ribas (9-1) is currently the division's 14th-ranked fighter and has been on an undefeated run since joining the UFC. Her last two bouts were huge unanimous-decision victories over Randa Markos and Mackenzie Dern, respectively. Six of her nine victories have come by finish. Ribas' significant strikes per minute are much stronger than her opponent,... Read More
Paige VanZant Needs A Win To Stay On Track
Paige VanZant (8-4) is coming off a submission victory over less-than-stellar competition in Rachael Ostovich in January of 2019. VanZant has hit a bit of a road bump lately, winning only two of her last five bouts. Her striking accuracy is decent at 52%. She is also landing 3.40 significant strikes per minute, but her... Read More
Rizin Veteran Jiri Prochazka Making UFC Debut
Jiri Prochazka (26-3-1) will make his UFC debut in his 31st professional bout. The Rizin veteran was 11-1 with the Japanese-based organization from 2015 to 2019. His power has been on full display, winning his last eight in a row by knockout, with seven of those eight coming in the first round. Overall, 23 of... Read More
Volkan Oezdemir Back To His Winning Ways
Volkan Oezdemir (17-4) is on a two-fight winning streak after losing three in a row to the top fighters of the division. In his last outing, Oezdemir gave the talented Aleksandar Rakic his first loss in the UFC. According to DraftKings, Oezdemir only scored 62 points in this contest. In his previous bout, he knocked... Read More
Muslim Salikhov Looks To Shake Up Welterweight Division
Unusual for a fighter from Dagestan, Muslim Salikhov (16-2) is a very dangerous striker, with 11 of his wins coming by knockout. Ninety-one percent of his strikes occur on his feet. Though he only lands 1.99 significant strikes per minute, his defense is even better at 1.42 significant strikes absorbed per minute. Salikhov is riding... Read More
Elizeu Dos Santos Looking To Add Another Tally
Elizeu Dos Santos (22-6) will make his 11th appearance inside the Octagon, sporting a very solid 8-2 UFC record. Half of his UFC victories have come by finish. After a loss to Jingliang Li in August of 2019, Dos Santos rebounded with a unanimous-decision victory over Alexy Kunchenko in March. According to DraftKings, he scored... Read More
Danny Henry Looks To Chop Down Competitors
Danny Henry (12-3), also known as The Hatchet, looks to rebound after a tough outing against the division's No. 10 fighter in Dan Ige. Ten of Henry's victories have come by finish, showing his ability to end a fighter's night without the judges. His last victory was a 39-second, first-round guillotine choke against the dangerous... Read More
SBG's Makwan Amirkhani Looking To Rebound
Makwan Amirkhani (15-4) is a dangerous submission fighter, with 10 of his victories coming by submission. During his seven-fight stint in the UFC, Amirkhani has only dropped two bouts. Mr. Finland also has a flair for the dramatic, with an eight-second flying knee knockout of Andy Ogle at UFC on Fox 14. He is also... Read More
Former M-1 Challenge Champion Roman Bogatov Joins UFC
Roman Bogatov (10-0) brings his undefeated record to the UFC and Fight Island. Half of Bogatov's victories have come by submission. Bogatov's last four victories have been against quite the seasoned talent with a combined record of 82-25. It's always a good sign to see a young talent defeat such seasoned opponents. DraftKings has Bogatov... Read More
Leonardo Santos Looks To Break Loose
Leonardo Santos (17-3-1) has quietly remained unbeaten in the UFC, sporting a record of 6-0-1 since June of 2013. The injury bug has been a problem with Santos having a gap in action almost three years, spanning from October of 2016 to June of 2019. He's coming off of a first-round knockout over an extremely... Read More
Seasoned Russian Maxim Grishin Finally Gets UFC Call
Maxim Grishin (30-7-2) will finally make his debut in the UFC after 12 years in the professional ranks. Grishin is a finisher for the most part, with 21 of his wins coming by finish and 15 of those being knockouts. Grishin hasn't lost since 2016 in which he was defeated in the fourth round by... Read More
Marcin Tybura Entering 11th UFC Bout On Fight Island
Marcin Tybura (18-6) has finished 13 of his eight victories. Six have come by knockout while seven have come by submission. The Polish heavyweight is making his 11th appearance inside a UFC cage. He has a decent striking accuracy at 53% through 10 bouts. His grappling accuracy is strong, too, which stands at 61%. Tybura... Read More
Raulian Paiva Looks To Continue Climb Up UFC Rankings
Raulian Paiva (19-3) is currently 1-2 in the UFC but faced the top of the heap, dropping a split decision to the division's current No. 8 fighter, Kai Kara France, then a cut stoppage against No. 9 fighter Rogerio Bontorin. Paiva rebounded by scoring his first UFC victory and knocking out Mark De La Rosa... Read More
Zhalgas Zhumagulov Makes UFC Debut
The 31-year old veteran Zhalgas Zhumagulov (13-3) will finally get to test his skills under the big lights. Zhumagulov enters the UFC on a four-fight winning streak, with two of those wins against former UFC names Ali Bagautinov and Tyson Nam. Six of the Kazakhstan-based fighter's victories are by way of knockout. With such power... Read More
Karol Rosa Looks To Secure Fourth Win In A Row
Karol Rosa (12-3) is riding into UFC 251 on a huge wave of confidence, winning her last three bouts in a row. Her UFC debut went well, taking a split-decision victory over Lara Procopio in August of 2018. On DraftKings she scored a solid 125.5 points, landing 171 significant strikes. She will also have a... Read More
Vanessa Melo Fighting With Back Against The Wall
Vanessa Melo (10-7) is fighting with her back against the wall, facing the dreaded 0-2 UFC start. With only two of her victories coming by finish, Melo is a grinder that typically pushes her opponent to a decision. In her last bout against Tracy Cortez, Melo threw 80% of her strikes at the head, which... Read More
Davey Grant Hoping For Breakout Performance
Davey Dangerous Grant (10-4) is 2-3 in the UFC and has a solid chance at getting to .500. Grant is dangerous (as his nickname states) on the ground, with eight of his wins coming by submission. He has yet to attempt a submission in five UFC bouts, but that's always something in his back pocket... Read More
Martin Day Looking For First UFC Victory
Martin Day (9-3) will look for his first UFC victory in the first fight taking place at UFC 251 on Fight Island. Six of Martin's nine victories have come by finish, three by KO and three by submission. Dropping a controversial split decision in his UFC debut, Martin will be hungry for a huge victory.... Read More
Brendan Allen Likely Out Until 2021 With Facial Fractures
Brendan Allen, who won impressively over Kyle Daukaus, suffered three broken bones in his face. Allen's manager, Brian Butler-Au, posted on Twitter: "Brendan Allen suffered three fractures in his nose and orbital floor in last night's fight. Likely out the remainder of the year but considering return at 205 pounds." Light heavyweight is pretty stacked... Read More
