Ares FC 22

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Sola vs. Imavov
Axel Sola, TKO, R4
Sola’s grinder style isn’t the most exciting to watch, but he is very good at what he does. Hes got great cardio and great wrestling, using these two things to drag people out and break them down. Imavov got a really cool ko in his last fight, but I don’t think his grappling is good enough to survive the fight with sola. I know Rebecki and sola are very different, but Rebecki dogwalked imavov when he got on top; I imagine a more calm, collected grappler in sola will be able to do a similar thing. I hope a win here is enough to get sola on ufc Paris

Boukichou vs. Bathily
Sofiane Boukichou, DEC
Ares heavyweight fights are always very low level, I can already tell this is a stinker in the making

Ayoub vs. Oudelha
Amin Ayoub, DEC
Idk why they’re rematching. I think ayoub is really bad; can’t get those lapilus fights out of my head

Aida vs. Binate
Moustapha Aida, DEC
This is a tricky one. I don’t like either guy. Don’t get me wrong, binate is a great striker but I hate him in this weight class. He cuts too much weight and just doesn’t perform well at all here. Aida is solid but has nonexistent grappling. In a standup fight, I’ll take the more experienced guy. Iirc, binate was losing his last fight pretty soundly before the ko

Habirora vs. Aston
Patrick Habirora, TKO, R1
This doesn’t do much for Habirora but it’s good experience at least. Hard to see this ending any way than how the first one went. Habirora has a ton of skills but he is unrefined currently. I think he will be a problem in the future, just needs more experience and work on his grappling

Younousov vs. Nunes
Aboubakar Younousov, SUB, R1
Idk how to feel about younousov yet. He is very explosive and has a dynamic submission game, but I can’t help but think this guy has serious cardio issues. We likely won’t find that out here since nunes has a padded record, but I feel a loss is coming soon

Fairn vs. Moreira
Zarah Fairn, DEC
This is going to be a hilarious fight. Going fairn because she’s clearly on steroids

Pidroni vs. Hurtado
Fabiola Pidroni, TKO, R1
Pidroni is a solid prospect. Unfortunate she got screwed out of both dwcs and one. I know she has visa issues due to a criminal past, so that is probably making things difficult. Maybe she can go to pfl Europe if ufc isn’t an opyion

Faiddine vs. Rodrigues
Samir Faiddine, DEC
I remember when faiddine uses to be a prospect. He has fallen off bad