-Colby Covington: Covington would be undefeated if it wasn’t for getting ambushed by a Warlley Alves guillotine choke back in 2015. Covington is 9-1 in the UFC. 31 years old. Plus plus wrestling. Plus plus cardio. Plus submissions. Plus striking, however his power is average. The lack of knockout...
-Leon Edwards: Rafael dos Anjos picked up a triumphant win over Kevin Lee last time out but I think that had more to do with Lee gassing out. That’s not going to happen to Edwards. Edwards is 27 years old. Plus striking, above average power, above average wrestling. 9-2...
-Aspen Ladd: Germaine de Randamie is no slouch. She’s 35 years old 5-1 in the UFC. Has plus striking. But in looking at Germaine de Randamie’s resume, she’s never fought a wrestler the caliber of Ladd. Ladd brings plus wrestling tools and plus ground and pound tools that are...
-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...
-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...
-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....
-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...
-Alexey Oleynik: Oleynik is one of those rare fighters that is still getting better despite being 41 years old. 6-2 in the UFC now. Won 5 out of his last 6, losing to Curtis Blaydes. No shame there. His opponent Alistair Overeem has this perception that he’s one of...