UFC 325 Prelim Fight Card Picks & Predictions for Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2

It’s never a guarantee with the UFC’s heavier weight classes, but Tafa has to be thinking that another loss here could spell the end of his time with the promotion. It certainly feels like the UFC is trying to set Elekana up for another win, and I think he'll be able to avoid eating any big shots before he’s able to bring things to the mat.

(Pick: Elekana)

Cam Rowston vs. Cody Brundage

Brundage is also in need of a win here after a tough run of results that includes two draws, but I expect that Rowston will feed off the energy of the Australian crowd and extend his current win streak with another finish.

(Pick: Rowston)

Jacob Malkoun vs. Torrez Finney

I don’t think any MMA fan familiar with either of these fighters has especially high hopes for this matchup. I’m hesitant to pick him given that he’s coming off a nearly two-year layoff, but I’ll slightly lean with Malkoun to get the job done and hand Finney the first loss of his career.

(Pick: Malkoun)

Jonathan Micallef vs. Oban Elliott

This is one of the more underrated matchups scheduled for UFC 325, and I think Elliott will come into the night motivated to eliminate the memory of an upset-loss to Seok Jyeon Ko that ended the Welshman’s eight-fight win streak.

(Pick: Elliott)

Kaan Ofli vs. Yizha

Ofli picked up his first UFC win in October after an 0-2 start to his Octagon career, but unfortunately the former The Ultimate Fighter finalist has been handed a tough matchup here against Yizha.

(Pick: Yizha)

Dom Mar Fan vs. Sang Uk Kim

His nickname admittedly might be swaying me a bit, but I’m picking “Street Buddha” to get his hand raised in what should hopefully be an entertaining conclusion to the Road to UFC lightweight tournament.

(Pick: Mar Fan)

Sebastian Szalay vs. Keiichiro Nakamura

I’ll be curious to see if Nakamura’s reach advantage presents any major issues for Szalay, but I’m still going with Australia’s “Seb” to win the Road to UFC featherweight finals in his home country.

(Pick: Szalay)

Sulangrangbo vs. Lawrence Lui

In this newly-minted curtain jerker for UFC 325 after the fourth Road to UFC final between Aaron Tau and Namsrai Batbayar was scrapped on weigh-in day, I’ll take Sulangrangbo to get things done in what should be an entertaining scrap to kick off the card.

(Pick: Sulangrangbo)

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