The UFC Vegas 97 card features twelve bouts, all of which will be previewed in this post. The card will be headlined by a bout between welterweight contenders Gilbert “Durinho” Burns (pictured left) and Sean Brady (pictured right). The co-main event will see veteran Jessica Andrade take on rising flyweight contender Natalia Silva.
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 97 (Burns vs. Brady) Previews – September 7, 2024
Nathan Fletcher vs. Zygimantas Ramaska

Andre Petroski vs. Dylan Budka

Jaqueline Amorim vs. Vanessa Demopoulos

Gabriel Santos vs. Yi Zha

Andre Lima vs Felipe Dos Santos

Isaac Dulgarian vs. Brendon Marotte (Featured Prelim)

Rong Zhu vs. Chris Padilla

Trevor Peek vs. Yanal Ashmouz

Cody Durden vs. Matt Schnell

Steve Garcia vs. Kyle Nelson

Natalia Silva vs. Jessica Andrade (Co-Main Event)

Sean Brady vs. Gilbert Burns (Main Event)

Picture Credit: UFC

