Adam Borics vs Enrique Barzola Prediction: Adam Borics set to upset Enrique Barzola in a close fight

Set as the preliminary card fight 6 of 12 booked for the night under the duo Russians Andrey Koreshov vs Magomed Umalatov, the main card fight is Adam Borics vs Enrique Barzola bout. This promising bout will be held in the early hours of Saturday at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Adam Borics come into this bout with less experience than his opponent and his last fight came in 2022 against Patricio Pitbull. In that fight, Adam Borics lost via a technical KO in Round 3 as he challenged for the Bellator MMA Featherweight Championship. Looking at his last five bouts, which are now up to three years and eight months, Adam Borics was able to win four games while he was defeated in one other encounter. Within this five-round bout, he faced Mads Burnell, whom he won in a five-round fight via unanimous decision; Jeremy Kennedy and Erick Sánchez, whom he won via unanimous decision in a three-round bout; and Mike Hamel via split decision. However, he experienced a defeat before that fight against Darrion Caldwell in a 5-minute co-main event in Round 1 via submission. Adam Borics has won a title due to his submission skills. This was in a bout against Benjamin Molnár when he had to defend his HFC featherweight championship title in 2015. He previously won this title in 2014 while it was still vacant, but Benjamin lost that chance as he suffered disqualification. Adam Borics has a record of 6 submission victories, while his victories via unanimous decision amount to 7.

Enrique Barzola's victories have largely been attributed to how he put it all in the cage, leaving it all for the judges to see his effort and make the final decision or declaration for the winner. Of his 29 bouts of experience, of which 20 have been wins, 11 have been through unanimous decisions. As this has a high side for his victory record, it has a high side for his loss, as six of his seven losses have been through unanimous decisions. He is currently on two winning streaks, in which he won against Jaylon Bates and Erik Perez via unanimous decision in a 3 x 5-minute round bout. Enrique Barzola has his last five fight records of 3 wins and two losses. This record has spanned a year and eleven months, making him the most active in this contest. Barzola has experienced shocking losses, such as those against Juan Archuleta, Magomed Magomedov, Movsar Evloev, Kyle Bochniak, Martin Mollinedo, and Fernando Bruno. In terms of trophy or tournament win, Barzola won the Tournament Championship in 2015 against Horacio Gutiérrez via unanimous decision

This game is dicey, as both fighters have chances against each other to come out on top. Enrique Barzola is the most active of the two, and in terms of number of fights, he has fought more and won more. Adam Boric's last fight was about a year ago, which also does not sideline him in this bout, given the caliber of fighters he has encountered in his career. Over time, Borics has shown improvement in areas that deal with his wrestling and grappling defense. Enrique Barzola, however, does have the most relentless pressing and shot-taking ability compared to Adam Borics. In this fight, however, Barzola will try to turn Borics takedown attempts to take control of the cage time. As previously stated, the fight will be highly competitive, but Enrique Barzola look experienced and the better fighter to win here even though the bookmarkers have him as underdog.