Tyron Woodley vs Gilbert Burns Gilbert Burns Age: 33 UFC Record: 11-3 overall. 4-0 at 170 lbs. Key Losses: Lost to Rashid Magomedov and Michel Prazares. Key Wins: Knocked out Demian Maia. Submitted Alex Oliveira and Mike Davis. Beat Alexey Kunchenko and Gunnar Nelson. Tools: Burns has plus...
Alistair Overeem vs Walt Harris —Walt Harris Alistair Overeem is 39 years old. 10-7 UFC record. Knocked out Junior dos Santos, Mark Hunt, Sergei Pavlovich, and Alexei Oleinik. Majority decision win over Fabricio Werdum. Overeem has plus striking. He also has near plus wrestling and average grappling. Harris is 36 years...
Anthony Smith vs Glover Teixeira —Anthony Smith Smith is 31 years old. 8-4 UFC record overall. 3-1 UFC record at 205 lbs. Got submitted by Antonio Braga Neto in 2013. Lost to Cezar Ferreira in 2016. Submitted Alexander Gustafsson and Volkan Oezdemir. Knocked out Shogun Rua. Smith has plus...
Kevin Lee vs Charles Oliveira —Kevin Lee Charles Oliveira is 30 years old. Which is crazy cause he has a 16-8 UFC record. 24 UFC fights. He’s won 6 in a row and all have been finishes, including a submission over Jim Miller and David Teymur. And a knockout...
Joseph Benavidez vs Deiveson Figueiredo —Joseph Benavidez Top fight where both fighters have elite plus plus tools. Deiveson Figueiredo is 32 years old. 6-1 UFC record. His only career loss was getting out grappled by Jussier Formiga. Knocked out Marco Beltran and John Moraga. Submitted Tim Elliott. Beat Alex Pantoja. Figueiredo...
Paul Felder vs Dan Hooker —Paul Felder Razor close fight. Dan Hooker is 29 years old. 9-4 UFC record overall. But Hooker has been a completely different fighter at 155 lbs, not having to cut as much weight. Hooker’s UFC record at lightweight is 6-1. Got knocked out by...
Corey Anderson vs Jan Blachowicz —Corey Anderson Cardio guys like Anderson are actually better in 5 round fights than 3 round fights. Anderson is 30 years old. 13-4 UFC record. Got knocked out by Gian Villante early in his 3rd UFC fight. Lost a split decision to Shogun Rua...
Junior dos Santos vs Curtis Blaydes —Curtis Blaydes There hasn’t been a wrestler like Blaydes in the heavyweight division since Cain Velasquez. 28 years old. Which is pretty young for a heavyweight. Already has a 7-2 UFC record. Only 2 losses? Francis Ngannou. Both of them. Everybody else, Blaydes...
-Korean Zombie: If this fight was happening just a couple years ago, I probably would pick Frankie Edgar to win the fight. But Edgar is 38 years old now and taking this fight on 3 weeks notice. 8-4 UFC record at 145 lbs. Has only lost to Jose Aldo...
-Jairzinho Rozenstruik: Rozenstruik reminds me a ton of Francis Ngannou. Rozenstruik is 31 years old. 9-0 pro record. 3-0 in the UFC so far. The quick knockouts over Junior Albini and Allen Crowder were impressive, but both of those guys are average UFC heavyweights. Andrei Arlovski was supposed to...