OTTAWA, Ontario – Looking at Saturday’s co-headliner against Derek Brunson , UFC middleweight Elias Theodorou has a quite straightforward way of breaking things down. “In many ways, our think our styles couldn’t be more opposite,” Theodorou told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at Thursday’s UFC Ottawa media day. “He’s someone who’s aggressive right off the bat, where I’m more cerebral and look to find ways to win. “He lives by the sword and dies by the sword and it’s probably going to be a tough first 10, five minutes. But, from then, I’m going to show him the difference between chess and checkers.” We’ll see about the chess and checkers part when they’re done with their middleweight clash, which streams live on ESPN+ from Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. But a look at their records can attest to how differently Theodorou (16-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) and Brunson (18-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) approach their fights
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UFC Ottawa’s Elias Theodorou: Derek Brunson is ‘an emotional fighter’ – MMA Junkie