Saturday November 6th will be a combat sports fans dream as UFC 268 takes place from MSG with two title fights and Canelo Alvarez looks to unify the 168 lb weight class as he fights Caleb Plant.
Starting with the boxing event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas I talked to boxing expert Lukie Ketelle about the fight.
UFC 268 will feature the rematch between Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman. In addition, Rose Namajunas defends her women’s strawweight title against former champion Weili Zhang. Both title fights are interesting rematches which may go either way.
In the welterweight title fight, look for which fighter will break first. In the first fight, Covington’s broken (no pun) jaw caused him to slow down. Although Covington has elite cardio, there’s no answer to a broken jaw. While there first matchup was completely standup, I would expect Covington to try wrestling more in this one.
As for the strawweight fight, I’m interested in seeing what changes Zhang has made to address Namajunas superior speed and striking. Zhang’s method of coming forward works only to a certain extent and it would suit her best if she were to use some dirty boxing to slow down Thug Rose.
In addition, I posted another Legal Submission discussing the latest in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit.