UFC 277: Brandon Moreno vs Kai Kara-France – Fight preview, Betting Odds and Final Prediction
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Kai Kara-France vs Brandon Moreno
It appeared that Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno would engage in an unusual fourth battle to decide the UFC flyweight championship. Due to an injury to the reigning champion, the UFC switched to an unexpected interim title bout between Moreno and Kara-France. Men’s flyweight is dominated by Moreno and Figueiredo; Kara-France is poised to muddy the waters.
As a teammate of featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, Kara-France has a powerful fist that he ultimately displayed in victories against Askar Askarov, Cody Garbrandt, and Rogerio Bontorin.
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Brandon Moreno vs Kai Kara-France: Fight preview
However, Kara-France definitely has the winning advantage in this one. He has undoubtedly the best power in the flyweight division and boasts a knockdown rate that is more than three times that of Moreno. Additionally, he is a product of Australia’s City Kickboxing, the gym that produced champions and dangerous strikers Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski. The gym has also done an excellent job of improving their fighters’ ground game. That was made clear in Kara-most France’s recent battle, in which he avoided Askar Askarov’s takedowns despite being a skilled wrestler.
While Deiveson Figueiredo is out due to injury, the UFC decided to offer an interim championship instead, keeping Brandon Moreno very much in the title hunt. A disappointing choice, particularly in the eyes of the Brazilian who won their trilogy fight. Moreno has a well-rounded game that has gotten better over the course of his time in the UFC. He came into the promotion more of a grappler, and he won both of his first two submission victories in the UFC. Here is a breakdown by Chael Sonnen
But since then, he’s significantly improved his striking, employing a loud boxing approach while sprinkling in sporadic kicks. Despite having below-average power overall, Moreno was able to drop Figueiredo once during his triumph.
Brandon Moreno vs Kai Kara-France: Betting Odds and Final Prediction
As per the official UFC website, Brendon is (-205) betting favourite while the underdog Kai is (+175) underdog. Kara-France has a strong takedown defence, so even though Moreno is probably the better grappler in this matchup. As he showed in their first encounter, Kara-France ought to have the upper hand right away. He is capable of a single knockout. He probably outpaces Moreno in terms of speed as well.
However, speed and power deteriorate over the course of a fight, and Kara-cardio France’s into the championship rounds is at best suspect. That gives Moreno the advantage late, both in terms of striking and the potential to submit a worn-out Kara-France.
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