Kelvin Jousset vs Bryan Battle Prediction: Both fighters stands a chance

By Saturday evening, UFC Fight Night will host the Welterweight Division bout between Kelvin Jousset and Bryan Battle. It is set as the Main Card (fight 11 of 14) event under the 170 lbs (77.1 kg) weight class. Kelvin Jousset is currently on an unbeaten run in his last five fights, which was in 2023, while Bryan Battle has only won three in his last five fights. All action will take place at Accor Arena, Paris, France, and can be watched live on ESPN+.

Kelvin Jousset is the 53rd Current Best MMA Welterweight Fighter and the 93rd Greatest MMA Striker of All Time. He boasts of ten career wins and two losses. The 31-year-old fighter is fighting out of Auckland, New Zealand, and has an affliction with City Kickboxing. Throughout his career, Kelvin has never lost through submission and has only been knocked out once. His last fight was on December 9, 2023, in UFC fight night against Kenan Song on the preliminary card, winning by way of a unanimous decision. Prior to this, he was on the preliminary card for UFC 298, where Adesanya vs. Strickland fought as the headliner and won against Kiefer Crosbie via a rear naked choke submission. Kelvin joined the Hex Fight Series in 2019 and was able to end with two titles before leaving in 2023 after fighting four times all through. In February 2023, he competed for the vacant HEX Vacant Middleweight Championship against and won via Priscus Fogagnolo via split decision. By May of that same year, Kelvin challenged for the HEX Welterweight Championship and won by way of a ground-and technical knockout against Kitt Campbell. He has won five of his fights by decision and four by way of knockout. During his spell at HEX, Kelvin was also on EMMA promotions where he fought four times, having an equal share of losses and wins.

Bryan Battle boasts of a professional career record of ten wins and two losses. He is nicknamed “The Butcher” and fights out of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. He last fought on March 16, 2024, in the UFC  and won against AJ Fletcher via a rear-naked choke submission. After this bout, he had a no contest matchup with Ange Loosa after an accidental eye poke. He joined UFC in 2021 and has fought seven times. Bryan has never lost a bout by way of knockout in his entire career. Two of the losses he has recorded in his career were against Nickalas Martino in the first round (via an armbar submission) and Rinat Fakhretdinov (via unanimous decision). Bryan put up a performance that won the UFC NIGHT PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT in his bout against Takashi Sato, which he won via a head kick TKO. In 2021, he won the vacant Tournament Championship via a rear-naked chop against Gilbert Urbina. Other fighters he has won against are Andre Petroski (via Ninja choke submission), Kemran Lachinov (via unanimous decision), Ben Fowler (via rear naked choke submission), Josh Krizan (via TKO/KO), and Garrett Fosdyck (choke submission).

Kelvin will be having this fight in his home town, which provides him an advantage coupled with his consistent runs in recent times. This bout is really balanced, but it is also tough to call. Reasons being that both fighters have a unique pedigree of unique finishing and power to deliver results. Bryan Battle is younger with a reach advantage, with some favoring from the bookies. I rather see this bout coming down to an upset win. It will surely go down to the last bell. I still believe Kelvin Jousset will come out stronger in this bout.