Ramiz Brahimaj vs Billy Ray Goff at UFC on ESPN 68 | Preview & Prediction
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After Oban Elliott had to withdraw due to visa issues, the UFC have reorganised the card and now Ramiz Brahimaj and Billy Ray Goff meet in the welterweight division
Ramiz Brahimaj vs Billy Ray Goff Facts
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Where is UFC on ESPN 68? UFC Apex, Nevada, USA
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What TV channel is UFC on ESPN 68 on? UK – TNT Sports / USA – ESPN+
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UFC on ESPN 68 main card
Erin Blanchfield vs Maycee Barber (Women’s Flyweight)
Mateusz Gamrot vs Ľudovit Klein (Lightweight)
Ramiz Brahimaj vs Billy Ray Goff (Welterweight)
Dustin Jacoby vs Bruno Lopes (Light Heavyweight)
Ketlen Vieira vs Macy Chiasson (Women’s Bantamweight)
Zachary Reese vs Dusko Todorovic (Middleweight)
UFC on ESPN 68 prelims
Jafel Filho vs Allan Nascimento (Flyweight)
Kurt Holobaugh vs Jordan Leavitt (Lightweight)
Michael Aswell vs Bolaji Oki (Lightweight)
Rayanne dos Santos vs Alice Ardelean (Women’s Strawweight)
Ramiz Brahimaj vs Billy Ray Goff prediction
Ramiz Brahimaj (11-5) is coming off a Performance of the Night win over Mickey Gall at UFC 309 and he will be eager to follow that up here. His first-round knockout win was the first KO win of his professional MMA career after his previous ten wins all came via submission.
It was the perfect response to his unanimous decision loss to Themba Gorimbo in his previous fight and he will be looking for another stoppage win here.
He meets Billy Ray Goff (9-3) who saw his fight with Ko Seok-Hyeon fall through and he will be looking to bounce back from a loss last time out. He suffered a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Trey Waters which followed a victory on his UFC debut in his previous bout.
After coming through Dana White’s Contender Series in August 2022, Goff faced Yusaku Kinoshita in August 2023 and he picked up a first-round TKO. His next bout was against Waters last May where he lost the decision.
He has had one year between bouts for the last three years after being incredibly active prior to that but it does not seem to have overly affected him.
It could well impact him here though as he meets a tough opponent. He will however fancy his chances and it will be interesting to see how the two measure up.
We like Goff in this one against Brahimaj who has shown he is capable of the spectacular but is vulnerable against fighters that can control the Octagon and their opponents. We expect Goff to get his game plan right, and ultimately be too strong for him.
Prediction: Billy Ray Goff to win by decision to KO/TKO
