Youssef
Zalal will be keenly watching the upcoming
UFC London main event.
Undefeated featherweight contenders Movsar
Evloev and Leron Murphy will meet in the main event at UFC
Fight Night 270 on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, England.
Zalal believes the key to victory for both fighters will be to deal
with their opponent’s strong suits. Zalal picks Evloev to defeat
Murphy eventually.
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‚His Wrestling is Insane‘
“I’m interested to see how Lerone deals with the wrestling of
Movsar and how Movsar deals with the striking of Lerone,” Zalal
told Home of Fight. “… Whoever solves that puzzle first
wins that fight… I think Movsar gets it done, his wrestling is
insane.”
Evloev (19-0) has nine UFC victories to his name, the last four
coming against elite opponents like Dan Ige,
Diego
Lopes, Arnold
Allen and Aljamain
Sterling. Murphy (17-0) also has nine UFC wins, most notably
against Ige, Edson
Barboza, Josh Emmett
and Aaron
Pico.
Meanwhile, Zalal (18-5) is also not far from the title picture
himself. “The Moroccan Devil” is undefeated in five outings of his
second UFC stint, with four finishes. Zalal is currently scheduled
to face Sterling (25-5) at
UFC Fight Night 274 on April 25 in Las Vegas.