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Preview: UFC 283 Prelims

Nunes vs. Dos Santos


Women’s Featherweights

Josiane Nunes (9-1, 2-0 UFC) vs. Zarah Fairn dos Santos (6-4, 0-2 UFC)

ODDS: Nunes (-475), Dos Santos (+380)

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Nunes’ game just might work. Prior to her UFC debut in 2021, footage on Nunes was not particularly impressive. She obviously had knockout power, but she was often on the losing end of some messy fights before finding what felt like an unlikely finish. “Josi” still is not a particularly technical fighter, but it is apparent at this point that her power is something truly special. Bea Malecki has dealt with concussion-related issues since suffering a knockout from Nunes, and she laid an absolute battering on Ramona Pascual in her last fight. There is probably a reckoning coming for Nunes at some point, particularly against an opponent with an effective wrestling game, but the featherweight division is wide-open enough for Nunes to cause some real damage. Next up for the Brazilian is France’s dos Santos, who remains in search of her first UFC win. Dos Santos was a solid enough striker on the regional scene but found most of her success as a bantamweight. At 145 pounds, she has not seemed to have the requisite physicality to stand up to her opposition, with things quickly going south once she charges into her opponent. On the plus side for dos Santos, Nunes does not figure to take advantage of her fairly abysmal wrestling and grappling game; the Frenchwoman’s UFC debut saw her get tapped by Megan Anderson in under four minutes. While this figures to be dos Santos’ best chance yet at a UFC victory— her Brazilian counterpart’s 5-foot-2 frame puts her at a significant size disadvantage—Nunes figures to have the necessary knockout power to end this once the fists start flying. The pick is Nunes via first-round knockout.



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