Breaking Down: UFC 192 FS-1 Card

Breaking Down: UFC 192 FS-1 Card

 

Joseph Benavidez is undefeated against opponents not named Dominick Cruz or Demetrious Johnson, he has lost 2 to each of them. At 31 years old the Flyweight is coming off two Unanimous Decision wins over top 10 opponents; in May he beat #6 John Moraga and last November bested #9 Dustin Ortiz. In his 22 wins he owns 6 KO and 9 Submission finishes. The #1 ranked fighter was KO’d by Johnson in the first round (2:08) in Dec of 2013, but since is the victor of his last 3.

Ali Bagautinov last loss was also to “DJ” by UD (6/14/14). Prior to the loss he was on an 11 fight win streak. The “Puncher” is 13-3 with 5 KO and 4 Sub wins. He is currently ranked 14 in the UFC FW division.  

Yair Rodriguez has 3 straight wins, most recently a Split Decision over Charles Rosa (6/13/15). The winner of TUF Latin America Season 1 is 5-1 with 1 KO and 1 Sub. He takes on Daniel Hooker.

Daniel Hooker comes into Saturday 2-1 in the UFC, with 2 stoppages: KO over Hatsu Hioki in May (2^nd 4:13) and TKO over Ian Entwhistle in the opening 3:34 (6/28/14). The 25 year old New Zealander is 12-5 with 6 KO and 5 Subs in his career.

In the Welterweight Division, Alan Jouban comes to the Octagon with 2 wins in 2015 so far. He KO’d Richard Walsh (1^st 2:19) 2/28/15 and a UD over Matt Dwyer (7/15/15). The 32 year old is 12-3 with 8 KO and 1 Sub wins.

Facing Jouban is Russian fighter, Albert Tumenov, who comes into the fight 3-1 in the UFC, including 2 first round KO wins: Anthony Lapsley 3:56 (5/10/14) and Matt Dwyer 1:03 (10/4/14). The 23 year old is 15-2 with 10 KO wins.

Opening the Fox Sports-1 Card is a matchup of TUF 20 competitors: Rose Namajunas 2-2 and Angela Hill 2-1. They share a common opponent in Tecia Torres and both loss to the “Tiny Tornado” (Hill, 6/13/15) (Namajunas, 7/13/13). Namajunas lost the TUF 20 Finale to Carla Esparza (12/12/14). Both fighters come in hungry for a win.