Victoria Dudakova vs Jinh Yu Frey Prediction: Winning March of Unique Russian Fighter

On October 21, Abu Dhabi will host UFC 294, the preliminary card of which will see Russia's Victoria Dudakova share the octagon with Jin Yu Frey of the United States. The fight will take place in the women's light heavyweight division.

Dudakova's path to the UFC was unusual. She started with swimming, kickboxing, and wrestling at a very young age. And even though Victoria was originally a striker, she now wins more often with submissions - this is how she became the Russian Open FC league champion. Victoria has only had one fight in the UFC so far, and she won it quickly, but not quite the way she wanted. In the bout against Nunes, she grabbed Istela's leg thirty seconds into the fight and promptly took her to the ground. But the Brazilian screamed that she was injured. Victoria did not try to finish her, and the fight was stopped.

The camp didn't go very smoothly, I won't lie. It was my first camp in Thailand. On the one hand, it was easier because I let go of my injury. But I noticed how much of a difference it makes when you go out to fight after a year off. We're good, we're ready.

Victoria Dudakova

Jin Yu Frei has been in the UFC for three years, but we can't say her career has been successful - she won only two bouts of seven. She's currently on a three-fight losing streak, and her last fight was a judges' decision loss to Elise Reed (6-3 at the time).

We still don't know Victoria's level against serious opposition as her last fight proved nothing, as it ended too quickly. As for Jinh, her previous three losses have not been convincing. She lost by a controversial split decision to Vanessa Demopoulos, and Pauline Viana simply knocked her out in the first minute.

What we can agree on is that the confrontation between Dudakova and Yu Frei will be a long one. We expect a clean fight, mainly on the ground.