Joshua Culibao vs Melsik Baghdasaryan at UFC 284

JOSHUA CULIBAO VS MELSIK BAGHDASARYAN FACTS

When is UFC 284? Sunday 12 February, 2023 - 01:00 start (UK)

Where is UFC 284? RAC Arena, Perth (Australia)

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What channel is UFC 284 on? BT Sport 1

Where can I stream UFC 284? BT Sport subscribers can stream the fight online via the BT Sport website

JOSHUA CULIBAO VS MELSIK BAGHDASARYAN LOWDOWN

Joshua Culibao (10-1-1) makes the short trip for his first UFC fight on home soil. He has not been active, but he remains unbeaten at featherweight. He made his UFC debut on short notice at lightweight against Jalin Turner (2020) who is built like a middleweight. He inevitably got TKO’d but since dropping back down, he drew with Charles Jourdain (2020) and earnt tight decisions against Shayilan Nuerdanbieke (2021) and Seung-Woo Choi in June last year.

Melsik Baghdasaryan (7-1) enjoyed a much more successful UFC debut. He met Colin Anglin (2021) off the back off a decision win over Dennis Buzukja (2020) on the Contender Series and earnt a ‘Performance of the Night’ with a beautiful head kick knockout. He then followed that up with a unanimous decision over Bruno Souza (2021) to extend his unbeaten streak to seven.

JOSHUA CULIBAO VS MELSIK BAGHDASARYAN PREDICTION

This is a great stylistic matchup. They are both exciting strikers with Culibao boasting more MMA experience and Baghdasaryan boasting a more polished technique from his kickboxing background.

They match up similarly size-wise which is good for Culibao but Baghdasaryan is a lot more explosive. Expect his speed to make the difference firing off kicks to break Culiabo down while avoiding the counters.

Prediction: Baghdasaryan via Decision -