UFC Fight Night 176: St. Preux vs Menifield 09/05/2020 Picks, Predictions and Previews

UFC Fight Night 176: St. Preux vs Sakai 09/05/2020 – There is no stopping the Ultimate Fighting Championship as they have been the most resilient fight organization in this pandemic. They will be holding their first fight card this month with UFC Fight Night 176 that is slated to happen on Saturday, September 5 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fans can catch the fights through Pay Per View and UFC Fight Pass. The main event will feature two heavyweights trying to knock out each other with Alistair Overeem taking on Augusto Sakai. Co-headlining the fight card is a light heavyweight match between Ovince Saint Preux going up against Alonzo Menifield. It is seen by UFC Betting Odds that this is going to be a close one with Ovince St. Preux as the underdog to Alonzo Menifield. 

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— UFC (@ufc) September 3, 2020

Main Card

Ovince St. Preux

Ovince St. Preux or better known as “OSP” is a light heavyweight fighter that hails from Knoxville, Tennessee in the USA. He stands at six-foot-three and weighs in at 205 lbs. His skills are being honed at the Knoxville MMA fight team. This 37-year-old fight veteran has a professional fighting record of 24-14 with 11 of his wins coming from knockouts and 8 through submissions. He made his UFC debut in April 2013 and leading to this fight, he lost three of the last four. St. Preux’s last fight was held just this May 2020 when the UFC returned from the nationwide sports ban. He went up against Ben Rothwell and the fight went the extra mile with the referees split on their decision favoring St. Preux.

Alonzo Menifield

Alonzo Menifield is a 32-year-old fighter and his hometown is located in Dallas, Texas in the USA. He stands at six-flat and weighs in at 205 lbs. He trains and polishes his skills at the Saekson Muay Thai fight team. Menifield now holds a professional MMA record of 9-1 and knocked down his opponents eight out of those nine victories. He came to the UFC just in January 2019 and he won his first two fights in the organization by knockout. His last fight was held in UFC 250 back in June 2020 where he was put in the same cage with Devin Clark. The fight went to a mile and the judges all favored Clark over Menifield as he tasted his first professional loss.