Alexei Oleinik vs Walt Harris is one more great fight of Ultimate Fighting Championship. It is the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 4. It’s the heavyweight bout which will take place in San Antonio, Texas. Both heavyweights will have a serious confrontation. Review our thoughts on this bout here below.
On the 20th of July, the event will mark the promotion’s second visit to San Antonio and first since June 2014. In the main co-event of the evening Aleksei “The Boa Constrictor” Oleinik (57-12-1) will face #14 heavyweight in UFC Heavyweight Division Walt ‘The Big Ticket’ Harris (12-7, 1NC). This fight will take place at the AT&T Center. This fight was expected on May 4, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 151. However, Oleinik was pulled from the pairing with Harris and he fought Alistair Overeem. The Oleinik and Harris pairing had been rescheduled for this event.
Aleksei “The Boa Constrictor” Oleinik
Alexei Oleinik is coming off a loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik back in April. 41 years old Ukrainian is 6-3 in the UFC octagon and all his wins coming by stoppage. In addition, “The Boa Constrictor” is a great grappler, has a great submission game. Moreover, Oleinik’s Ezekiel chokes became his signature submission.
Walt ‘The Big Ticket’ Harris
At UFC 232 back in December 2018 Walt Harris won the biggest fight of his career against ex-champion Andrei Arlovski. But unfortunately, Harris was tested positive and was suspended for four months. After that, he came back and defeated Sergey Spivak by TKO back in May and won Performance of the Night. The former football player is a big, strong and powerful heavyweight. He often finishes fights so he is a dangerous fighter.
Alexei Oleinik vs Walt Harris H2H
These fighters never met each other in the octagon. So this match could be very unpredictable, interesting and tough as always.
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