Randy Brown vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Prediction: Men in their thirties meet in the MMA bout

The fight between Randy Brown and Elizeu Zaleski is a main card (fight 8 of 12) in the welterweight division event coming up this Sunday. This fight will be a tight one as the two fighters are on two winning streaks each, aiming for an increment. Fans can stream the bout live via ESPN, as the whole event promises to get the audience on the edge of their seats.

With a professional MMA record of 18 wins and 6 losses, Randy Brown comes into the MMA bout with 7 knockout wins, 5 submissions, and 6 decision wins. Building on his amateur record of 6 wins and 2 losses, Randy Brown kept a winning streak in his first seven professional bouts, but was broken by his loss to Mike Graves in 2016 by knockout. Randy has been defeated six times: three by knockouts, two submissions, and one decision loss to Belal Muhammad. Randy fought four times in 2021 and 2022, having a knockout victory against Alex Oliveira and three decision victories against Jared Gooden, Khaos Williams, and Francisco Trinaldo. He lost twice after this, but he is currently on a two-win streak (1 KO, 1 UD). This upcoming bout will be his second in 2024, which he hopes to win like he did the first against Muslim Salikhov.

Having begun his career in 2009, Zaleski has a professional MMA record of 24-7-1. He has recorded 14 knockout wins, 3 submissions, and 7 decision wins. He has also recorded 4 decision losses, 2 submissions, and 1 knockout loss. Zaleski has kept seven winning streaks twice in his professional mixed martial arts career. The first was kept between 2009 and 2011, but was broken by a defeat against Jose Gomes. The second winning streak was kept between 2016 and 2019, being broken by Jingliang Li by submission in a welterweight MMA bout. Zaleski lost to Muslim Salikhov in 2020, after which he started a two-decision winning streak against Benoit Saint-Denis and Abubakar Nurmagomedov. Zaleski hopes to continue this streak by beating Randy Brown in this upcoming MMA bout.

Elizeu Zaleski has a high tendency to be defeated by Randy Brown, even though the former is older, more experienced, and has a higher number of bouts than the former. Randy Brown, although 4 years younger, has a winning percentage of 78% compared to Zaleski, who has a winning percentage of 75%. Although Zaleski has double knockout wins over Randy, Randy has significantly more height and reach than Zaleski, making him seem like the fighter with more winning features. Randy Brown ranks number 16 as the as the current best MMA welterweight fighter, which is higher than Elizeu Zaleski, who ranks number 21. Randy Brown won his most recent bout in Round 1 against Muslim Salikhov in February 2024; Salikhov won Zaleski in 2020 by a split decision. With the above statistics, I believe the match will not end in a knockout, but it will surely have Randy Brown declared the winner.