UFC Fight Night (Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev) Previews

The UFC Vegas 87 card features eleven bouts, all of which will be previewed in this post. The card will be headlined by a bout between heavyweight contender Jairzinho Rozenstruik (pictured left) and up-and-coming Bahraini prospect Shamil Gaziev (pictured right). It will also feature two ranked flyweight bouts between Steve Erceg and Matt Schnell as well as Muhammad Mokaev and Alex Perez. The card will also see undefeated bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov face off against Kazakh prospect Bekzat Almakhan in his UFC debut.

All win probabilities are based off of a fighter’s Cage Calculus (CC) Rating and their place in the CC Rankings. The fighter’s name highlighted in green at the bottom of the panel indicates the editor’s pick to win. Also featured below their record and rating is their divisional rankings in the CC Rankings and the official UFC Rankings. Any fighter falling outside of the top 15 of their respective division is classified as NR (not ranked).

Also displayed to the right of their rankings is a fighter’s CCz Score. A positive CCz Score indicates a fighter is above average for their weight class. A negative one indicates they are below average. The higher the number is, the farther away from average a fighter is (in either direction). CCz Scores typically range from as high as positive 4, to as low as negative 2.5.

Without further ado, here is the Cage Calculus tale of the tape for this week’s fights!

UFC Vegas 87 (Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev) Previews – March 2, 2024

Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Loik Radzhabov