UFC Fight Night 74 Preview and Predictions

UFC Fight Night 74 will be the first event to be held in Saskatchewan. The main card is headlined by a featherweight bout between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira, both of whom will be looking to put themselves in the title picture. Erick Silva will take on Neil Magny in a welterweight match up. Originally, Silva was scheduled to fight Rick Story, however an injury forced Story to withdraw and Magny was his replacement. 4 more fights round out a stacked card that includes stars such as Patrick Cote, Josh Burkman and Chad Laprise among others. It promises to be an action-packed event with plenty of heart-stopping action, we preview the fights coming up this weekend below:

#1 Maryna Moroz vs. Valerie Letourneau

The Ukrainian Moroz, is undefeated

Since losing to number 1 straw weight contender, Claudia Gadelha, Valerie Letourneau has won her last 3 fights, 2 of them being in the UFC. Letourneau has one of the most bizarre CVs in MMA. It is difficult to gauge just how good she is. She has lost to some big names like Sara Kaufman and the above mentioned Gadelha. She also lost to Roxanne Modafferi on TUF. However, she managed to score victories in both her UFC bouts. So much of this fight depends on which Letourneau shows up.

Maryna Moroz is 23 and undefeated. She has a style that endears her to fans. She showed in her win against Calderwood that she is becoming very comfortable on her feet though the ground is where she’d much rather be. She looks eerily similar to a young Claudia Gadelha. Given Moroz’s stylistic similarities to Gadelha, this might not be the kind of match up Letourneau would enjoy.

 

Prediction: - Maryna Moroz via Submission, Round 2