Asu Almabayev vs Matheus Nicolau Prediction: the Kazakh player will continue his winning streak

Prediction for the MMA match which will take place on October 20. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Asu Almabaev is a world jiu-jitsu champion, former champion of M-1 Global and Naiza FC promotions, and almost champion of Brave CF - he gave up a title fight for the sake of his UFC debut. And, by the way, he didn't lose, everything is going well for Asu so far - three fights in the strongest league in the world and three wins, and his opposition was quite passable - Ode Osborne, CJ Vergara and Jose Johnson.

Mateus Nicolau is ranked seventh in the lightweight division right now, but things have been going badly for him lately as he has been knocked out by Brandon Royval and Alex Perez.

Although Nicolau is no stranger to knocking out opponents, he did just that to Matt Schnell just before he got in trouble.

It's obvious that since the Brazilian doesn't do well in fights with top fighters, and he destroys middleweights at once, we have every right to call him a gatekeeper. This time he will have to defend the gates to the top of the rankings against a promising (we hope so) Kazakhstani fighter.

Mateus Nicolau is absolutely right about one thing - Asu Almabaev will take the fight to the floor at the first opportunity. The Brazilian is wrong in another way - he won't be ready for it and won't be able to cope with the Kazakh's pressure. Although, of course, he knows how to defend himself and, most likely, will not let himself be finished, but, we believe, this is the maximum that he can count on here.