UFC Vegas 22 (Main Event): Derek Brunson vs Kevin Holland Prediction and Preview

UFC Vegas 22 (Main Event): Derek Brunson vs Kevin Holland Prediction and Preview

Derek Brunson and Kevin Holland

The main event of UFC Vegas 22 is headlining the much-awaited Middleweight contest between the number 7th ranked Middleweight fighter Derek Brunson and number 10th ranked Middleweight fighter Kevin Holland. Here is the Derek Brunson vs Kevin Holland prediction and preview.

UFC Vegas 22: Derek Brunson vs Kevin Holland Preview

Kevin Holland became the hottest sensation in UFC with 5 consecutive wins in just 8 months of 2020. With these wins, he also tied the record of most consecutive wins in a calendar year by any UFC fighter.

He started his winning streak by knocking out Anthony Hernandez in just 40 seconds of the very first round in May 2020. In his latest win, he knocked out UFC veteran Ronaldo Souza in a spectacular fashion that too in the very first round of the match.

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Holland carved his way through the top 10 by riding some fantastic victories in the division with a victory against Brunson; he will look forward to moving ahead in the rankings.

On the other hand, his opponent Derek Brunson is a UFC veteran who has fought many of the greatest middleweights such as Anderson Silva, Robert Whittaker, and Israel Adesanya. He is also on a three-fight win streak.

Brunson’s latest win came against Edmen Shahbazyan in August 2020 and with a win against Holland, he would like to make a statement in the division that he isn’t going anywhere.

UFC Vegas 22: Derek Brunson vs Kevin Holland Prediction

Derek Brunson and Kevin Holland prediction
UFC Vegas 22 Main Event

‘The loudmouth’ Kevin Holland is the fans favorite to win this fight with betting odds of -162 in his favor against Derek Brunson who is entering this fight as an underdog with betting odds of -177 in his favor.

This fight is going to be a contest between two of the hard hitters of the Middleweight division and it is going to be lights off for one of them. Now it is going to be interested to see who is emerging victorious in this one.

Expected Result: Kevin Holland def Derek Brunson

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