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Machado vs. Ribeiro
Light Heavyweights
Caio Machado (8-3-1, 0-2 UFC) vs. Brendson Ribeiro (15-7, 0-2 UFC)ODDS: Machado (-162), Ribeiro (+136)
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Ribeiro has been at this for nearly a decade and has followed the same game plan for most of that time: Swing hard, early and often, while hoping he can knock out his opponents before they find his chin first. That approach failed in Ribeiro’s UFC debut in February, and he surprisingly changed things up a bit in his sophomore effort in June, adding a bit of wrestling in what still turned out to be an ugly decision loss. Machado could grind this out, but given how things typically go for converted heavyweights down at 205 pounds, it seems likelier that he will be caught unawares by Ribeiro’s hot start. The pick is Ribeiro via first-round knockout.
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