UFC 267: Duraev vs Kopylov 10/30/2021 Picks, Predictions and Previews

UFC 267: Duraev vs Kopylov 10/30/2021 – The Ultimate Fighting Championship has stacked another deep fight card with FUC 267 happening inside the Etihad Arena in Yas Island located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The matches happen this Saturday, October 30 and it can be seen by subscribing to either Pay Per View or UFC Fight Pass. It will be Jan Blachowicz in the main event as he defends the UFC light heavyweight championship against top contender Glover Teixeira. An interesting middleweight matchup is in the prelims with Albert Duraev fighting Roman Kopylov. It is forecasted on UFC betting sites that Roman Kopylov will be losing to Albert Duraev in this match.

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Albert Duraev

Albert Duraev is known as the “Machete” whenever he steps inside an MMA cage. He came all the way from Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast located in Russia, and trains at the Fight Club Berkut. Duraev is a 32-year-old fighter and has been competing mostly in the middleweight division. He holds a 14-3 professional fighting record with nine of those wins coming from submissions while also owning three knockout wins. This fighter just earned his UFC contract after winning his bout in Dana White’s Contender Series just this September. He went up against Caio Bittencourt and impressed the UFC Ceo with an impressive neck crack submission in the first round. 

Roman Kopylov

Roman Kopylov is a 30-year-old fighter and his hometown is located in Novosibirsk, Russia. He gets to represent and train at the Rati fight stable and will be entering this bout as a middleweight. Kopylov stands at six feet and has a professional record of 8-1. He owns seven knockout victories and his only loss was through submission. He just made his UFC debut during his most recent bout. It was Karl Roberson that he fought in UFC Fight Night 163 in November 2019 before the pandemic started. That match didn’t fall his way as Kopylov got submitted in the third round with a rear-naked choke.