UFC Vegas 111 gave the impression to be one other underwhelming Apex card nevertheless, it definitely exceeded expectation. Gloucester’s personal Christian Leroy Duncan offered a bonus successful end to kick off the primary card, a predominant card offered 5 ferocious finishes and two bonus successful performances.
Christian Leroy Duncan Vs Who?
Kicking off the primary card have been two massive middleweight prospects hoping to safe a shot into the rankings with a violent victory. The Englishman Christian Leroy Duncan emerged victorious with an enormous KO within the second spherical. Leroy Duncan has been one to observe since coming into the UFC from Cage Warriors in 2023. His flashy putting fashion is thrilling to observe and his array of spinning assaults will at all times be eye catching. A type of spins received him the competition right here after an outstanding spinning again fist wobbled Marco Tulio earlier than he adopted up with a crisp proper hand dropping Tulio out chilly.
One in every of Leroy Duncan’s UFC defeats was a step up in competitors towards Gregory Rodrigues final 12 months now with the victory this weekend I imagine it’s time we see him step up as soon as once more. Given the wealth of contenders on the fringes of the rankings at middleweight ‘CLD’ will almost certainly be competing with one other unranked middleweight.
In 2025 Edmen Shahbazyan has reinvigorated his profession with three straight wins pushing himself in direction of the rankings. The American is 9-5 within the UFC and a fantastic skilled possibility for CLD to try to navigate. He’s a properly recognised fighter with a giant resume and scalping him can be the largest win of Leroy Duncan’s profession.
Alternatively, Shara Magomedov now 5-1 within the UFC rapidly grew to become a fan favorite and one to observe. Not solely does he have the looks of a bond villain however a depraved preventing fashion similar to ‘CLD’. Nevertheless, the Englishman would almost certainly have to enterprise to the Center East to face Magomedov because the UFC have had difficultly bringing him into totally different territories.
Last suggestion is Shara’s namesake, Abus Magomedov. The German Dagestani is seven fights into his UFC profession and has had combined outcomes. Most just lately he suffered defeat to Joe Pyfer who now sits at 15 within the rankings. Nevertheless, previous to that defeat final month he was on a 3 combat win streak in a wealthy vein of kind. As a litmus take a look at for Christian Leroy Duncan he’s excellent and provides a route into the middleweight rankings.
Who do you wish to see the thrilling Englishman face subsequent?
