UFC Fight Night 173: Gutierrez vs Durden 08/01/2020 Results, Betting Analysis and Odds

UFC Fight Night 173: Gutierrez vs Durden 08/01/2020 – The Ultimate Fighting Championship is going to hold its first fight card in the month of August with UFC Fight Night 173. This event will commence this August 1 at the UFC Apex located in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will be another closed-door event but fight fans can still watch through UFC Fight Pass or Pay Per View subscription. The main event will boast an action-packed middleweight battle between stalwarts Derek Brunson and Edmen Shahbazyan. Kicking off the night are two quick bantamweights going at it with Cody Durden taking on Chris Gutierrez. This match is seen by UFC Live Betting swinging heavily on the side of Chris Gutierrez to win over Cody Durden.

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Main Card

Chris Gutierrez

Chris Gutierrez is known as “El Guapo” inside the MMA cage and his hometown is located in Greenville, Texas in the USA. This featherweight will go down for bantamweight for this fight and he fights out of Factory X stable. Gutierrez at five-foot-eight holds a professional MMA record of 15-4 with 14 wins split between knockouts and decisions. He has been fighting in the UFC since November 2018 but he lost his debut bout against Raoni Barcelos. After the debut loss, he then went on to win his next three fights against Ryan MacDonald, Geraldo de Freitas Jr and Vince Morales. His last bout was won through knockout in the second round in UFC on ESPN 9 just this May 2020.

Cody Durden

Cody Durden is a 29-year-old fighter and he hails from Covington, Georgia in the USA. Standing at five-foot-nine, he is a natural bantamweight and polishes his MMA skills at the famous American Top Team Atlanta. Durden owns a professional record of 11-2 with 10 of his wins earned through knockout and submissions. This fight against Chris Gutierrez is will be his first match in the UFC but he will be coming in from a seven-fight winning streak. He has fought in 864 Fighting Championship, SCL, Valor Fighting Challenge and National Fighting Championship. His last registered bout was just this July 2020 where he took down John Sweeney in the 1:20 mark of the second round with a devastating knockout.