Would like to welcome everyone to the new home of my weekly previews for the contender series. I spent the last 2 seasons writing for AllAccessMMA but now I have branched out and started my website, and after a busy last week, this will be my first preview of the season. With that said we had an action-packed week one that saw five out of five fighters who won receive contracts do we have a follow in week 2? We dive right back in with another full 5 fight event the full preview is below

*Bout Order and Betting Lines subject to change

First Bout Men’s Bantamweight(135) Cameron Smootherman(8-3)(#73 bantamweight United States)(-175 slight favorite) Vs Charalampos Grigoriou(7-3)(#25 Bantamweight US Northeast)(+135 slight underdog)

Second Bout Light Heavyweight(205) Paul Renato Jr.(12-2)(#19 heavyweight Brazil)(+120 near even) Vs Ibo Aslan(11-1)(#13 heavyweight Europe)(-165 slight favorite )

Featured Bout Men’s Featherweight(145) Hyder Amil(7-0)(#210 featherweight Worldwide)(-175 slight favorite) Vs Emrah Sonmez(14-4)(#15 featherweight UK/Ireland)(+165 slight underdog)

Co-main event Women’s strawweight(115) Eduarda Moura(8-0)(#3 women Brazil)(-165 slight favorite) Vs Janaína Silva(5-0)(#34 women Brazil)(+135 slight underdog)

Main event Lightweight(155) Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady(14-3)(#5 Lightweight Middle East)(+240 moderate Underdog) Vs George Hardwick(12-1)(# Lightweight UK)(-350 moderate favorite)

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My Picks:

Smotherman Via 3rd Round KO/TKO

Aslan Via 1st Round KO/TKO

Amil Via 2nd Round KO/TKO

Moura Via Decision

Hardwick Via 2nd Round KO/TKO

Author: Gage Holder