Yana Santos vs Chelsea Chandler Prediction: the Russian will again have little success

Prediction for the MMA match which will take place on August 11. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Yana Santos

Yana Kunitskaya was born in Murmansk, won Russian championships in Thai boxing and Taekwondo, made her professional MMA debut in 2009, and later moved to the USA and married the famous Brazilian fighter Tiago Santos.

In 2017, she became Invicta FC champion and her next fight was for the title in the UFC. The sensation did not happen, Yana quickly lost to Cris Cyborg, then returned to the lightweight and since then has been at the top of this division.

But after the birth of her child things are not going well for Santos-Kunitskaya - she now has three losses in a row, but the last one (to Carol Rosa) was a controversial split decision. Jana took the first round absolutely accurately due to her punches, she gave the third round because she was tired, and the judges' decision in favour of the Brazilian was based on the second round, which was very close.

Chelsea Chandler

Chelsea Chandler is a fighter not outstanding at all, and very convenient for Kunitskaya's comeback. But it's not all that simple, the American fighter passes mid-level opponents quite confidently (Yulia Stolyarenko, for example, she finished in the first round), and in the UFC she suffered only one defeat - from Norma Dumont, who now runs over everyone she's given like a mainline train.

Expert Betting Tips

Yana after her return can not find herself in any way, and the years go by, and another pause without fights dragged on. We expect that the fight will resemble Kunitskaya's previous fight - she will start briskly, she will interrupt her opponent in the stand-up, but then she will weaken the pressure and the initiative will go to Chandler.