Irina Alekseeva vs Melissa Dixon Prediction: Russian Ronda will once again surprise

On the night of October 15, the UFC Fight Night 230 tournament will take place in Las Vegas with the main fight between Yusuff and Barboza. In one of the fights, Russia's Irina Alexeeva will face Melissa Dixon of England.

A titled sambo wrestler and judoka recently, she has not had many fights in professional mixed martial arts, but she is still very popular. Looking like an ordinary Russian girl, without pretensions of any glamor, in April, she made a bright debut in UFC, and after the victory, she said that she got a huge number of fans and haters at once.

And she won cool - in the first round, she caught Stephanie Egger, who already had six fights (four wins) in the world's strongest league then.

Melissa Dixon has not experienced defeat yet; three of her five victories were by knockout. She has fought in the GTFP and Ares FC leagues, and in her last fight, she elbowed Daria Zheleznyakova (who was supposed to fight in the same card but later dropped out) at the end of the first round.

Irina justifies her nickname, Russian Ronda, in full - she prefers to destroy her opponents in par terre and uses her sambo base. At the same time, she does not shine in the stand-up, but she takes her emotions and desire to fight, no matter how the fight develops. In this, she is similar to her opponent, who fights in the same way, with the technique, as at a village disco.

Everyone will be more interested in the par terre. From the start, Alekseeva will be looking for a sub-match, while Dixon prefers the ground-and-pound. Of course, this fight is unlikely to end early, and we think the Russian has a better chance of winning. She's already experienced in the UFC and had better opposition.