UFC Fight Night (Hernandez vs. Pereira) Previews

The UFC Vegas 99 card features eleven bouts, all of which will be previewed in this post. The card will be headlined by a bout between middleweight contenders Anthony Hernandez (pictured left) and Michel Pereira (pictured right). The prelim card will be headlined by a battle between top-15 flyweight Asu Almabayev and Matheus Nicolau.

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 99 (Hernandez vs. Pereira) Previews – October 19, 2024

Robelis Despaigne vs. Austen Lane

Melissa Martinez vs. Alice Ardelean

Elise Reed vs. Jessica Penne

Joselyne Edwards vs. Tamires Vidal

Jean Matsumoto vs. Brad Katona

Asu Almabayev vs. Matheus Nicolau (Featured Prelim)

Darren Elkins vs. Daniel Pineda

Jake Hadley vs. Cameron Smotherman

Charles Johnson vs. Su Mudaerji

Kyler Phillips vs. Rob Font (Co-Main Event)

Anthony Hernandez vs. Michel Pereira (Main Event)

Picture Credit: UFC

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