Muslim Salikhov vs Nicolas Dalby Prediction: King of Kung Foo Stays on His Throne

On June 18 at the UFC on ESPN 47 (Vegas 75), Russian fighter Muslim Salihov, King of Kung Fu, will fight his next bout. His opponent this time will be Nicolas Dalby of Denmark. The fight will take place in the welterweight category. 

Salikhov, a top sanda champion. By the way, he's the most titled representative of this direction in the world. He has performed in UFC since 2017 and has done it quite successfully. After five wins, he suddenly lost to Jingliang by TKO due to his own mistake, although he was confidently smashing the Chinese during the fight. But in his next bout, Muslim got even with Andre Fialho, mercilessly defeating him.

Despite his age, Salikhov is still one of the best punchers in the division. His technique is flawless- arm and leg, movement, timing, sense of distance - everything is at the highest level. But, as it turned out, he could also be knocked out.

Nicolas Dalby is an average fighter who has never had opponents of Salikhov's level. He came into the UFC twice - in 2016, he lost all his bouts and was fired. But in 2019, he returned, and things went better this time, with four wins and only one loss.

Like Muslim Salikhov, Dalby is also a puncher, but there are differences. He is a lower-class puncher and, therefore, sometimes tries to wrestle. It turns out it is also not at the highest level.

It's obvious that Salikhov is much better in the standup than his opponent, but Dalby's wrestling is manageable, and he can dominate there and block everything he gets in the standing.