Both undefeated, the Brazilian Thomas Almeida entered this fight with a perfect record of 20-0-0 (95% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Cody Garbrandt, has a mma record of 8-0-0 (88% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.35 in the same weight class. Almeida fought three times last year winning over Yves Jabouin (=Almeida vs Jabouin), Brad Pickett (=Pickett vs Almeida) and Anthony Birchak (=Almeida vs Birchak) while Garbrandt has already fought once in 2016 defeating Augusto Mendes (=Garbrandt vs Mendes). Almeida vs Garbrandt is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 88. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs Garbrandt
Date: 2016-05-29
Where: Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg)
UFC Fight Night 88 fight card (main card):
Thomas Almeida vs Cody Garbrandt
Renan Barao Pegado vs Jeremy Stephens
Tarec Saffiedine vs Rick Story
Chris Camozzi vs Vitor Miranda
Jorge Masvidal vs Lorenz Larkin
Joshua Burkman vs Paul Felder
Almeida’s previous fight: Thomas Almeida vs Anthony Birchak
Garbrandt’s previous fight: Cody Garbrandt vs Augusto Mendes
Garbrandt’s next fight: Cody Garbrandt vs Takeya Mizugaki
Almeida’s next fight: Thomas Almeida vs Albert Morales
Official video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCt4PGO-Tbw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a59d35XBEjQ