2021 February Recap and March Outlook for Combat Sports:
The Combat Sports world has some huge matchups in February, with a huge upset in the boxing world. The UFC had a huge matchup with UFC 258 taking on all the headlines as the big matchup of the month, the battle consisted of Kamara Usman who was defending his welterweight title for a third time against Gilbert Burns who had six wins in a row before fighting Usman. “The Nigerian Nightmare” showcased his dominance proving why he is still champion with a third round knockout and having a 93 total strikes to Burns 55. This was the first big matchup since the UFC moved back to Vegas to have their fights, the UFC also had three other fight nights for the month of February. The first was Overeem vs Volkov Heavyweight bout, here the Underdog Volkov knocked out the favorite Overeem in the second round, the other Heavyweight bout was Blaydes vs Lewis with Lewis the favorite taking the Win with a second round knockout on Blaydes, the last fight of the month was the third heavyweight bout of the month Rozenstruik vs Gane with the underdog Gane taking the win by unanimous decision.
Moving away from the MMA world and into boxing, Top Rank boxing had a huge WBC junior lightweight title matchup. It consisted of an all-mexican battle between Miguel Berchelt taking on Oscar Valdez. Valdez, a huge underdog coming into this matchup shocked the world with a dominant fight over Berchelt ultimately leading to a 10th round knockout. Valdez has 149 total landed punches to Bercehlts 99, as well as power punches Valdez 103 to Berchelts 63. Valdez has now earned himself the WBC…