Alexander Shlemenko vs Aleksandar Ilic Prediction: The class difference between these guys is too big

Prediction for the RCC 17 Alexander Shlemenko vs Aleksandar Ilic fight which will take place on December 15th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

If we look at Shlemenko's next fights after Ilic, we feel that his defeat was not accidental. First, he had a very unimpressive fight with Cleber Souza (a Brazilian middleweight fighter) - the judges saw a draw, but the experts just smiled. Then, there was a defeat of Magomed Ismailov, and in this fight, the audience saw only character and will in the former champion of Bellator.

However, the year 2023 was much more optimistic for Alexander Shlemenko. He had two fights and won both times - under kickboxing rules against Yasubey Enomoto and mixed martial arts rules against Alex Oliveira.

If it weren't for the fight with Shlemenko, no one in Russia would have heard of Ilic. There are a lot of fighters like him in Russia, many fighters who are even stronger. Nevertheless, the Serbian is confident and doesn't consider this victory a chance. Nothing was outstanding in Ilic's career before the fight with Alexander, and nothing was remarkable after. He lost to Magomed Ismailov in a boxing match and beat Marcin Naruszczka, a 40-year-old Polish fighter with a 23-13-2 record in Brave CF, by split decision.

Aleksandar Ilic has a good punch and an advantage. With these arguments, he will take on the angry Shlemenko, who did not spare his belly and even postponed the fight for a while due to drunkenness, preparing for a rematch. The Russian's plan, you can be sure, has an evident, homemade preparation worked out to the last detail, and it is doubtful that the Serb will live up to the final gong.

The question is, what kind of plan is this? If Shlemenko wants to fight in the standup to prove something to someone, he's taking a significant risk. On the other hand, knowing his character, we can't rule it out. The class difference between these guys is too big.