Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis Prediction | Top UFC Picks
Jailton Almeida Record
Jailton Almeida has been slowly increasing the difficulty of fights ever since he entered the UFC’s Heavyweight division in 2022. He showed how good he is at Dana White’s Contender Series with a rear-naked choke win against Nasrudin Nasrudinov. Since then, he has had five bouts in the promotion, winning each and every one of them via stoppage.
Almeida is a ground specialist, but this hasn’t stopped him from getting two TKO wins. Actually, he made his UFC debut by TKOing Danilo Marques. His most recent fight was against Jairzinho Rozenstruik, his toughest test to date. He made quick work of him as he pulled off another rear-naked choke win at 3:43 of the first round.
Derrick Lewis Record
Derrick Lewis is 38 now and is inching closer to the end of his MMA career. He has a 27-11 record, with 22 of his career wins coming via KO or TKO. Yet, Lewis has most recently gone on a three-fight losing streak for the first time in his career. What is more concerning is that he has been stopped in all three fights.
He lost via KO/TKO to Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich and was submitted by Sergey Spivak. However, he was able to show ounces of greatness in his most recent fight against Marcos Rogerio de Lima. The Black Beast needed only 33 seconds to land a perfect punch on Pezao and send him off to the shadow realm.
Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis Review
Making UFC picks for this fight is intriguing due to the current situation in the Heavyweight division. With Jon Jone vs Stipe Miocic being put on the shelf for now and Tom Aspinall vs Sergei Pavlovich set to star as an interim-title fight, there is a lot of room for young talent to rise up for the occasion.
Actually, this is a perfect chance for Jailton Almeida to rise as a title contender if he can pull off an impressive win here. However, stopping the Black Beast is not as easy as it sounds. While Derrick Lewis has been rocked before, Jailton’s best chance for a win comes on the ground. He has already been submitted two times in his UFC career, making the road to victory for Almeida much easier.
Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis Odds
As far as Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis prediction goes, we have to side with the bookies. Almeida is a firm favourite at odds of 1.22. Lewis enters the bout as a 4.90 underdog.
We also suggest going for a stoppage win for Almeida. While a KO is less likely, you have a good chance of picking a submission win, perhaps even in the first round.
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