Another UFC Fight Night will take place on December 4th at Amway Center. In one of the main card events, American welterweight Stephen Thompson will fight American welterweight Kevin Holland. The fight is planned for 04:00 UK time.
A good fight stylistically for both of them. But still, the significant age difference can affect the final result. Steven is clearly on the decline, and Holland is not such an easy target in the standup. We’re guessing that Kevin won’t be much of an underdog in exchanges and distance. Eventually, he’ll be able to catch Wonderboy on some mistakes, which he’s been making a lot more often than he used to. Thompson comes out after a downtime, it’s hard to say what kind of shape Thompson will come out in. I think there will be a close fight on hand, where Thompson will be better because of technique and Holland because of the pressure.
Another veteran on this card. He seemingly managed to restart his career by defeating Vicente Luque and Jeff Neal. However, such impressive two victories were followed by losses to Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad. Simply lost to his opponents in wrestling, allowing himself to be moved to the parterre and held there time after time.
“Wonderboy” is 39 years old now, of course, he’s not getting old every new year, thus the decline in conditioning.
Sticks to the base of karate. He is light on his feet, technical and good at keeping his distance. But lately, he has clearly regressed. Thompson has a very colorful karate stance. Trouble on the ground, but his defense against take-downs is not bad. He has a good sense of distance and excellent timing. He lost his fights exclusively due to his lack of juggling skills.
He is a very unorthodox fighter, he has the basic skills and knows how to sweep, and he lost only to the most flamboyant fighters. Holland has very good boxing, and also will have an advantage in anthropometry. The “Trailblazer” didn’t plan to fight intimidating fighter Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279, but the circumstances of that card forced him to accept such an uncomfortable fight. Kevin could not fight anything against “Borz” as a matter of course, he was choked in the 2nd minute.
The fighter’s winning streak of two fights came to an end. Earlier, Holland proved to be stronger than Tim Means and Alex Oliveira, finishing both of his opponents in the 2nd round.
He is very effective with his punches. In the standup, the American is very shifty and resourceful as well as unusual.
Age – 39;
Height – 1.83;
Weight – 77;
Reach – 1.91;
Statistics – 16-6-1;
Wins – 7 KO, 1 Submission, 8 Decisions;
Losses – 6 KO, 1 Submission, 5 Decisions.
Age – 30;
Height – 1.91;
Weight – 82;
Reach – 2.06;
Statistics – 23-8-0, 1N/C;
Wins – 13 KO, 6 Submissions, 4 Decisions;
Losses – 3 Submissions, 5 Decisions.
Where will this fixture be played?
The event will take place at Amway Center, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds for the UFC Fight Night 216: Stephen Thompson vs Kevin Holland at VBet.