Magomed Umalatov vs Brennan Ward Prediction: Waiting for a masterclass from the Dagestan man

Prediction for the MMA match which will take place on June 29. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Magomed Umalatov is an undefeated 32-year-old Russian fighter, base hand fighter and former European mixed martial arts champion. Magomed has won his last two victories by decisions, but he usually keeps his opponents on their toes and almost always wins by knockout.

He faced Andrey Koreshkov in his first fight of the season and, as most experts predicted, defeated him by dragging him to the ground.

Brennan Ward is known for winning the ninth season of the Bellator Middleweight Grand Prix in 2013, after which he earned the right to fight Alexander Shlemenko for the belt. Ward lost that fight, but after moving up to welterweight he started winning again, winning four straight early victories, but apparently age took its toll and he turned into an average middleweight even by Bellator standards.

"Irish Bad Boy", as he is called, stubbornly prefers to fight in the stand-up, and most of his career wins have come by knockout.

Ward is now riding a streak of two straight defeats, both early - by technical knockout and submissions.

Ward's punching hasn't gone anywhere, but his stamina has gone somewhere. After pressure, the American drops off almost instantly, without even waiting for the first break, while Umalatov will speed up this process as much as possible - either by torturing him in the fight, or by losing his liver, for example. Both are very, very likely.

We believe that this confrontation will not last long - Magomed has never had problems with punchers, Andrey Koreshkov will confirm, and he is much stronger as a puncher than Ward.