Alex Morono and Daniel Rodriguez meet Saturday on the principle card of UFC Battle Night time 244 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look at this fast breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom.
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Alex Morono vs. Daniel Rodriguez UFC Battle Night time 244 preview
Morono (24-10 MMA, 13-7 UFC) has traded wins and losses over his final six fights. In his most up-to-date outing in June, Morono dropped a unanimous resolution to Niko Worth. Earlier than that, Morono was on the precise facet of a unanimous resolution in opposition to Cour McGee in April. … Rodriguez (17-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has his again in opposition to the wall as a loser of three straight. His most up-to-date outing was a unanimous resolution loss vs. Kelvin Gastelum in June. “D-Rod’s” final victory was a break up resolution over Li Jingliang in September 2022.
Alex Morono vs. Daniel Rodriguez UFC Battle Night time 244 professional choose, prediction
Filling out the principle card is a welterweight bout between Morono and Rodriguez.
Though I’m a giant fan of Morono, I can see why he’s the underdog on this spot.
Except for having extra miles on him than Rodriguez, Morono has historically struggled in opposition to southpaws on the ft, going 1-2 in opposition to UFC-level lefties. Even in Morono’s lone southpaw win in opposition to Tim Means, “The Soiled Fowl” was piecing him up on the ft earlier than Morono was capable of pull out a hail-mary submission win.
As long as Rodriguez can keep away from the identical destiny, I think he ought to have the sting in exchanges right here.
This combat going the space wouldn’t shock me, however I’ll choose considerably begrudgingly take Rodriguez to clip a tiring Morono for a TKO win late into Spherical 2.
Alex Morono vs. Daniel Rodriguez UFC Battle Night time 244 odds
The oddsmakers and the general public favor the older fighter, itemizing Rodriguez -215 and Morono +172 through FanDuel.
Alex Morono vs. Daniel Rodriguez UFC Battle Night time 244 begin time, easy methods to watch
Morono and Rodriguez are anticipated to stroll to the cage at roughly 7:35 p.m. ET (4:35 p.m. PT). The combat will stream on ESPN+.
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