Thales Leites vs. Drew McFedries
McFedries, who stepped up to replace Goran Reljic in this fight, will be looking to avenge his recent loss to the relatively unknown Mike Massenzio on Ultimate Fight Night. He will have a tough task on his hands in the form of Thales Leites, who is coming off an extremely controversial split-decision win against Nathan Marquardt in a fight where he was largely dominated but pulled ahead on points thanks to questionable deductions for fouls.
McFedries is an accomplished striker, with a majority of his wins coming by way of KO or TKO. His career up to now, though, has been an up and down ride. His biggest win is an underwhelming victory over journeyman Alessio Sakara, and he has suffered defeat against more than one lesser opponent. The biggest weakness in McFedries’ game, and the biggest impediment to his success, is without a doubt his submission defense. He was submitted by Massenzio in his last fight, and also fell victim to an arm triangle choke from Martin Kampmann.
Unfortunately for “Massacre” McFedries, Thales Leites has an extremely dangerous submission attack, and has garnered three wins by arm triangle choke alone. While striking is not his strong suit, he should be able to hold off McFedries well enough to set up a takedown, which he should have no problem capitalizing on.
Leites by submission early in the second round.
