This coming Sunday, February 13, Kazakhstani Sergey Morozov (17-5) will fight his third fight in the UFC. His opponent will be experienced Brazilian Douglas Silva de Andrade (27-4-0-1). Correspondent bbabo.net - about the main reason why Morozov should please his compatriots early Sunday morning.
In this case, there will not be a word about tactics, the manner of fighting, and some strengths or weaknesses. This is purely a tradition or an unusual coincidence. The fact is that Kazakhs who compete in the UFC always won their third fights in the promotion.
Lightweight Damir Ismagulov (23-1) fought his third fight in August 2019. Then he defeated the Brazilian Thiago Moises by unanimous decision.
But if Ismagulov won two previous fights, then the representative of the flyweight Zhalgas Zhumagulov (14-6) last summer had a completely different situation. Zhumagulov lost his first two fights in the UFC. But in the third fight against Jerome Rivera from the USA, Zhalgas won, and by choke in the first round.
In October last year, flyweight Maria Agapova (10-2) returned to the octagon after almost 14 months of a forced break. Despite the defeat in the previous fight, the athlete from Pavlodar found new strength in herself to defeat Colombian Sabina Mazo ahead of schedule.
And finally, the most recent precedent that happened last weekend - welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0) got his third victory in the promotion, knocking out Carlston Harris from Guyana.
It turns out that Morozov will become the fifth Kazakhstani who will hold the third fight in the UFC. Prior to that, all his compatriots, regardless of how they had two starting fights, won in the third performance.
Let's hope that the 32-year-old bantamweight fighter will be able to please the Kazakhs this week.
Recall that the fight between Morozov and Silva will take place in the early preliminary card of the UFC 271 tournament in Houston (Texas, USA). The estimated start time of the battle is 05:20 am Nur-Sultan time.
Earlier we talked about the significance of the upcoming fight for Morozov.
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