-Derek Brunson: I remember watching Brunson years ago and him being a boring fighter, mostly using his wrestling. But since 2015, Brunson has switched up his strategy to try and steamroll fighters and it’s been working with spectacular results, with 5 of Brunson’s last 7 wins coming via first...
-Donald Cerrone: Easy fight to pick. Darren Till isn’t ready for this fight. Yes, he’s undefeated at 15-0 and 24 years old. Yes, it’s even possible he could be a future champion. But he’s not far enough along yet in his development to beat a guy like Cerrone. Till’s...
-Ovince St. Preux: Shogun gets hurt. Yushin Okami steps in to take the fight at 205 lbs. Ok, makes sense. Okami is 185 lb fighter that can fight at 205 lbs without a weight cut. Ok. Wait, Okami has been fighting at 170 lbs lately?? What? Oh no lol....
-Luke Rockhold: The fact that Rockhold is fighting David Branch really goes to show how UFC middleweights still fear Rockhold in not taking the fight with him. Before losing the title to Michael Bisping, Rockhold finished a who’s who of the best in the world at 185 lbs. Chris...
Stefan Struve: I don’t really buy into “MMA math” but I found the following links interesting: Alexander Volkov won a split decision against Tim Johnson.Tim Johnson won a split decision over Daniel Omielanczuk. So it could be possible that Volkov, Johnson, and Omielanczuk for close to the same level....
-Brandon Moreno: This fight features the 2 flyweights with the best chance to dethrone champion Demetrious Johnson in the next few years. Both Moreno and Sergio Pettis are 23 years old. Pettis is 6-2 in the UFC. Moreno is 3-0 in the UFC. So the fighters are on similar...
Kelvin Gastelum: December 12, 2015, Chris Weidman hasn’t been the same. At the time, I had Weidman as the #2 middleweight prospect. Weidman then goes on to dethrone the invincible Anderson Silva. Undefeated. Weidman then defended the belt 3 times against Silva in a rematch, then Machida and Belfort....
-Gunnar Nelson: Very good main event. Santiago Ponzinibbio has quietly put together a nice 6-2 record in the UFC. But Nelson has a similar record at 7-2 and has looked special. Only chinks in the armor Nelson has had was against a very good wrestler in Rick Story and...
-Justin Gaethje: It’s tempting to pick Michael Johnson in this fight. Especially with how Johnson looked when he knocked out Dustin Poirier. But Gaethje is the #1 lightweight prospect in the world and his debut fight in the UFC is the main event for a reason. Gaethje is going...
My UFC Oklahoma picks: -Michael Chiesa: Chiesa’s finish over Beneil Duriush really made me a believer that he’s a legit title contender. Mike Lee is very good and might even end up fighting for the title too, but thus far in his career, any time Lee has taken a...