Justine Kish is about a 3-1 favorite to Conquer Ji Yeon Kim in UFC on FOX 27 on Saturday night.
Kish is 6-1 in her career, but she is coming off a loss to Felice Herrig in June of this past year, while Kim is 6-1-2 and coming off a loss to Lucie Pudilova. This battle is just one of six on the FS1 section of the first card card, leading up to a four-fight main card that contains Ronaldo Souza vs. Derek Brunson. Let us look at Kish vs. Kim and UFC picks.
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Justine Kish (6-1, 2-1 UFC)
Kish won her first four expert fights before she made her UFC debut in January of 2016. Kish won a unanimous decision against Nina Ansaroff and Kish followed up with a win over Ashley Yoder in December of 2016. The primary loss for Kish within her career happened in June of last year, as she lost a unanimous decision to Felice Herrig.
Kish will have the home crowd edge on Saturday, as she struggles in Charlotte. “It will make me a little nervous to know a lot of people from here are going to be coming into the struggle,” said Kish into the Gaston Gazette,”However, to tell the truth, it could be just one person out there or a thousand people and I am thinking the identical thing. I would like to wear a fantastic show every time.” Kish will be battling in Charlotte for the second time in her career, as she fought Grady Cole as an amateur in 2007.
Kish stated that she has been coaching with longtime coach Jeff Jimmo, to prepare for this struggle against Kim. “I typically don’t watch a good deal of footage of my opponents,” said Kish,”But I have watched plenty of footage on her. We have analyzed it several times and I believe I will have a great strategy.”
Ji Yeo Kim (6-1-2, 0-1 UFC)
Kish has been a pro since 2013. She struggled to 2 draws in her first two pro fights and she is 6-1 since. She has three wins by submission and two by knockout. She’s one first round end.
UFC Picks
The line on this fight is surprisingly packed with Kish about a 3-1 favourite. I really do think the move up in weight will help Kish, as she looked weak against Herrig and it is always pleasant to have the house crowd edge. Kim landed some shots from Pudilova within her UFC debut, but still lost a unanimous decision. I lean toward Kish in this struggle, but I believe it will be a competitive fight and I am certainly not familiar laying 3-1 in a fight I believe will be close. I think playing with the rounds is the better thing to do. The rounds option is recorded at 2.5 with the more recorded at -260. Neither one of these two fighters have much electricity, and that I can not see either one obtaining an end unless one of these makes a major error and gets trapped in a hold. I will take the rounds to go over the total.
UFC on FOX 27 Occurs on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, using a middleweight rematch between Ronaldo Souza and Derek Brunson since the event headliner. There are four fights on the primary FOX card along with eight preliminary bouts, with six on FS1 and 2 on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card (FOX)
Ronaldo Souza -156 vs. Derek Brunson
Dennis Bermudez -160 vs. Andre Fili
Gregor Gillespie -560 vs. Jordan Rinaldi
Drew Dober -180 vs. Frank Camacho
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