-Israel Adesanya: It’s important to note anytime the UFC has a young star that they think has star potential like Adesanya, they match the fighter up very carefully. That trend continues with Adesanya being booked to fight Brad Tavares. Tavares is a points fighter. Mainly a striker who’s patient,...
-Antonina Shevchenko: Jaimelene Nievera is taking this fight on about 1 week’s notice. Grappling and submissions are her strong suit. Shevchenko has an extensive muay thai background and has shown patience and distance with her striking. I expect that to play out in this fight where Nievera will go...
-Leon Edwards: Cowboy Donald Cerrone might not be done yet. He looked great in an upset win over Yancy Medeiros. Problem Cerrone will run into in this fight is that Edwards is way more technical and patient than the more aggressive and wild Medeiros. It’s actually why Edwards doesn’t...
-Nazan Hajeh: Overall, I think Matt Sayles is the better prospect. But the problem for him in this fight is his weakness in wrestling. Sayles is a striker. Has a 6-1 pro record. His only loss was to George Hickman who won the decision with take downs. Hajeh, so...
-Alonzo Menfield: Small sample size, but I’m not overly impressed with Dashawn Boatwright. 3-0 pro record. Failed to finish a fighter making his pro debut. Other 2 wins are knockouts. Needed 4 rounds to knock out Eric Ellerbee who had a 1-1 pro record going into that fight. Menifield...
-Robert Whittaker: I say it over and over again, it’s not 100%, but vast majority of the time, whoever wins the first fight, also wins the rematch. Now, I’m tempted to pick Yoel Romero because the strategy he used in his knockout win over Luke Rockhold was perfect for...
-Jimmie Rivera: People forget that it was just last year, Marlon Moraes debuted in the UFC and lost to Raphael Assuncao. Moraes had no answer to Assuncao’s grappling, take downs and keeping Moraes uncomfortable. Well, Rivera has by far the best wrestling in the division. In his prime at...
-Stephen Thompson: I know the UFC is hoping that Darren Till is the next young star to possibly become a draw for them, but I’m not seeing the evidence that says he can beat the #2 welterweight in the world. Contrary to popular opinion, Till is not a knockout...
-Kamaru Usman: There’s a reason why no one at 170 lbs wants to fight Usman. And it’s usually a good way of figuring out amongst the fighters who they really think is best in the dvision. Recently, we’ve seen that with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Same thing with Usman and it’s...
-Amanda Nunes: So easy to pick this fight. Raquel Pennington is getting this title shot more because of how the 135 lb division has been cleaned out. Not because people are clamoring for this fight because they think Pennington has a good chance. Ketlen Vieira will pose a way...