Ihor Potieria vs Michel Pereira Prediction: we're expecting a bone-crushing fight

Prediction for the UFC 301 Ihor Potieria vs Michel Pereira fight which will take place on May 5th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Ihor Potieria was going to be fired just last year (three losses in four fights). Still, in February 2024, he stepped in at the last minute and miraculously escaped by beating Polish debutant Robert Bryczek on points.

Ihor usually wins and loses early, but in this fight, he changed his usual tactics—he did not rush into the fight but waited and won by the judge's decision.

Michel Pereira is an experienced fighter with a good name and a winning record.

Michel Pereira is the man who, not so long ago, seemed to be entertaining us with capoeira and wild dancing right into the fight.

But after a bit of reflection, he decided that winning was more important and took it to his head. His performance has far fewer twists and turns, but the spectacularity has not diminished, and Pereira continues to knock out his opponents in the most spectacular fashion.

He is on a seven-fight winning streak (three of them early). He has only fought at middleweight in his last two bouts, and in both, he finished his opponents in the first minute of the first round. The switch seems to have done him good.

If Ihor Potieria starts cautiously, as he did in his last fight, and relinquishes the initiative to conserve his strength and resources, it will all be over for him in an instant - such tactics will be manna from heaven for the Brazilian, and he will simply sweep his opponent away. That's why we're expecting a bone-crushing fight, in which Ihor also stands little chance.

Pereira's arsenal of striking techniques is astounding, and the most annoying thing for his opponents is that he often doesn't know how to hit, and his punches come out of nowhere. The Ukrainian also likes to play around, but he's played around with people before more easily than Michel Pereira. It has often poorly ended - four of his five career losses have come by knockout.