-Yancy Medeiros: UPSET SPECIAL 1: To be blunt, Medeiros knocking out Alex Oliveira by itself makes me confident that Medeiros wins this fight. Oliveira was on such a roll. Oliveira moved up to 170 lbs. Finished Tim Means. Finished Ryan LaFlare, which is a big deal. And then Medeiros...
-Eryk Anders: This fight was booked to be a coming out party for Anders beating a big name such as Lyoto Machida. And Machida is 39 years old. Has lost 3 fights in a row. Lost 4 out of his last 5. This is probably the last fight in...
-Derek Brunson: UPSET SPECIAL: Brunson’s career changed back in January 2015 with his fight with Ed Herman. Brunson made a decision to stop playing it safe, trust his power, and be more aggressive in trying to knock his opponents out. Since then, Brunson has won via 1st round knockout...
-Doo Ho Choi: Jeremy Stephens might be only 31 years old, but he’s had 40 pro fights. That’s a lot of mileage on his body. And he’s lost the last 5 out of 8 fights. The UFC booked this fight for Choi to get a big win over a...
-Robbie Lawler: If a much smaller fighter in Eddie Alvarez, who fights at 155 lbs, could knock out dos Anjos, I expect the bigger 170 lb fighter in Lawler to have no problem doing the same. And Lawler is a big 170 lbs. Lawler’s shown no signs of slowing...
-Brian Ortega: What’s Cub Swanson done in his last 6 fights? Lost to Frankie Edgar and Max Holloway. No shame in that. Other 4 fights? All decision wins. 3 of the 4 decision wins are against fighters no longer in the UFC. The only quality win Swanson has is...
-Nicco Montano: Montano has been good all along. Despite her low ranking on TUF, she had a 8-2 pro/amateur record. And Montano’s losses have only been against a 155 lb fighter in Pam Sorenson and an undefeated 135 lb fighter. But Montano is a 125 lb fighter who is...
-Kelvin Gastelum: Not too many fighters are 26 years old and already have 11 UFC fights. And not too many of those that do have as good a record as Gastelum has which is 8-3. He’s only going to continue to get better and won’t even be in his...
-Fabricio Werdum: Marcin Tybura has a 3-1 UFC record. 32 years old. I think this is a horrible matchup for him. Tybura lost to Tim Johnson in his UFC debut by being outwrestled and grinded. Werdum has the skills to do the same thing and take the fight to...
-Anthony Pettis: Very unpredictable fight with Pettis vs Dustin Poirier. Looking at how Pettis has been doing, I’m tempted to go with the younger Poirier who is still chasing a title shot. Because once champions lose their titles, they’re usually never the same and not as effective. But Poirier...