Uran SatybaldievvsJulius Walker

This light heavyweight scrap is flying under the radar, but it's got all the ingredients for a wild night. Satybaldiev just pulled off an Ezekiel choke from guard back in August against Diyar Nurgozhay, finishing it in under three minutes. That's old school jiu jitsu right there, the kind of submission you don't see every day in the UFC. Walker's coming off a dominant decision win over Rafael Cerqueira where he landed 96 strikes at an insane 80% accuracy and controlled over 11 minutes of cage time. Here's the thing though.

Satybaldiev took a tough loss to Martin Buday before that submission win, getting outworked for three rounds at heavyweight. Now he's back at 205 where he clearly belongs. Walker's got momentum but that split decision loss to Alonzo Menifield in February shows he can be pushed to the brink. Dude threw 200 strikes in that fight and still came up short on two cards. The matchup is fascinating because Walker's volume and wrestling could be a problem.

He hit 6 of 10 takedowns against Cerqueira and kept constant pressure. But Satybaldiev's got that submission threat that makes every scramble dangerous. You can't get comfortable on the ground with a guy who chokes people out from bottom position. Walker's more technical, Satybaldiev's more opportunistic.