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Blue CornerEvan Elder has put together the sort of run that gets you checking the next booking: wins over Genaro Valdez, Darrius Flowers and Gauge Young. Now Samuel Sanches stands across from him at UFC 334 in Madison Square Garden, and the fun is seeing whether Elder can keep solving a fresh opponent without letting the exchanges get messy. The Flowers fight is the one to have in mind if this turns into a scramble. Elder secured an arm triangle from side control in round 2, while Valdez and Young took him all the way to unanimous decisions.
- Elder arrives with three straight wins and two unanimous decisions
- That Flowers arm triangle makes every scramble worth watching closely
- Samuel Sanches must show his answers under the Madison Square Garden lights
The fight is most likely to open up in round 2, when repeated entries start testing the exits and scramble reactions.
That mix gives this booking a useful question: can Sanches handle the threat on the ground while making Elder work through a different kind of fight? Here's the thing: Elder switches stance and has a 72 inch reach, so watch how the distance changes whenever he resets his feet. Sanches needs clean exits and a plan for the clinch, because getting stuck underneath is where that Flowers result starts to matter. Elder, meanwhile, has to connect his entries to good positions rather than chase every opening and leave himself exposed.
Those decision wins show Elder can get through a full fight, but they don't tell us how this one unfolds. The real hook is whether Sanches can force new problems before Elder settles into a rhythm.
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Evan Elder has put together the sort of run that gets you checking the next booking: wins over Genaro Valdez, Darrius Flowers and Gauge Young. Now Samuel Sanches stands across from him at UFC 334 in Madison Square Garden, and the fun is seeing whether Elder can keep solving a fresh opponent without letting the exchanges get messy. The Flowers fight is the one to have in mind if this turns into a scramble. Elder secured an arm triangle from side control in round 2, while Valdez and Young took him all the way to unanimous decisions.
- Elder arrives with three straight wins and two unanimous decisions
- That Flowers arm triangle makes every scramble worth watching closely
- Samuel Sanches must show his answers under the Madison Square Garden lights
The fight is most likely to open up in round 2, when repeated entries start testing the exits and scramble reactions.
That mix gives this booking a useful question: can Sanches handle the threat on the ground while making Elder work through a different kind of fight? Here's the thing: Elder switches stance and has a 72 inch reach, so watch how the distance changes whenever he resets his feet. Sanches needs clean exits and a plan for the clinch, because getting stuck underneath is where that Flowers result starts to matter. Elder, meanwhile, has to connect his entries to good positions rather than chase every opening and leave himself exposed.
Those decision wins show Elder can get through a full fight, but they don't tell us how this one unfolds. The real hook is whether Sanches can force new problems before Elder settles into a rhythm.
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