-Francis Ngannou: This fight is pretty clear cut. Junior dos Santos has been on a bit of a comeback. Won 3 in a row. But before that, dos Santos lost 2 out of 3 getting out struck and knocked out by Stipe Miocic and Alistair Overeem. Dos Santos is...
-Victor Reyna: It’s not that often that a guy takes a fight on short notice and I think he has a better chance of winning than the original fighter. Reyna is 10-3. 32 years old. Has above average striking and has beat a few pretty good prospects. Lost his...
-Korean Zombie: UPSET SPECIAL 1: The Zombie was 1 second away from beating Yair Rodriguez. But unfortunately for him, he got knocked out by Rodriguez at the 4:59 mark. I think that was more of a fluke than anything else. I still think the Zombie will eventually get another...
-Punahele Soriano: Soriano is a very good prospect. Probably the best prospect on the card. 26 years old. 5-0. Has plus striking and average grappling. And he’s already beaten two fighters that I think are better than Jamie Pickett. Like, Pickett is probably a step down for Soriano. Pickett...
-Henry Cejudo: Cejudo has developed two main paths to beating opponents. Using his plus plus wrestling to take the opponent down, grind and get a decision win. The other is to use his plus knockout power. History has shown that when Cejudo thinks he can be out struck, like...
-Anthony Smith: This is a projection pick. Because on paper, Alexander Gustafsson should win this fight. That even though Gustafsson got dominated by Jon Jones in his last fight, he still had a razor close split decision loss to Daniel Cormier. He beat Jan Blachowicz. He knocked out Glover...
-Kevin Lee: Despite the recent set backs Lee has had, I still see him with champion level upside. It’s just that 155 lbs is to hard of a cut for him to make. He almost beat Tony Ferguson and Al Iaquinta. But he’ll be even better at 170 lbs....
-Rose Namajunas: Jessica Andrade is deserving of her 2nd shot at the 115 lb title, but Namajunas is a horrible matchup for her. I see 2 different ways Namajunas can win. I grade Namajunas as having plus plus grappling and even though Andrade has above average grappling in her...
-Al Iaquinta: Turns out, there’s a reason Khabib Nurmagomedov didn’t look great beating Iaquinta back in April. It’s because Iaquinta has improved a lot the past year. And I thought for sure Kevin Lee would beat Iaquinta because Lee would have the wrestling to make it a stand up...
-Jack Hermansson: UPSET SPECIAL 1: Hermansson is a very unique fighter in the sense that he has a plus plus tool that’s very hard to stop. He went 1-1 in his first 2 UFC fights. Decision win over Scott Askham and losing to Cezar Ferreira. Since then he’s become...