Impact Almeida catches a lot of flack for his inactivity and being one of the most boring fighters on the roster. And he is. That said, Kuniev isn't much better. Yes, he won here and did so easily, but he wasn't exactly impressive in the process. Kuniev stuffed all eight of Almeida's takedown attempts and in the rare instance in which the latter opened up on the feet, Kuniev simply spun him to the fence and held on for dear life. Rizvan was credited with 6:35 worth of control time despite not attempting a single takedown. The 33-year-old Russian is massive and has to cut down to reach the 266-pound heavyweight limit. His power is mediocre and he hasn't shown much through two UFC fights despite facing reasonable competition in Almeida and Curtis Blaydes (split decision loss).
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