-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...
-Jesse Wallace: Grappler vs grappler. Wallace is 26 years old. 5-1. And proved to me in his last win submitting a 6-2 wrestler that he’s got above average grappling. Joe Solecki is 25 years old. 6-2. And based on his track record, I have his grappling at a lower...
-Jon Jones: Thiago Santos has been on a roll and fighting a lot. He’s fought 12 times in the last 3 years. 35 years old. He’s known for his plus plus power, but I’d grade his striking technique as being only above average. The problem with Santos’ striking is...
-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...
-Victor Reyna: It’s not that often that a guy takes a fight on short notice and I think he has a better chance of winning than the original fighter. Reyna is 10-3. 32 years old. Has above average striking and has beat a few pretty good prospects. Lost his...
-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...
-Punahele Soriano: Soriano is a very good prospect. Probably the best prospect on the card. 26 years old. 5-0. Has plus striking and average grappling. And he’s already beaten two fighters that I think are better than Jamie Pickett. Like, Pickett is probably a step down for Soriano. Pickett...
-Henry Cejudo: Cejudo has developed two main paths to beating opponents. Using his plus plus wrestling to take the opponent down, grind and get a decision win. The other is to use his plus knockout power. History has shown that when Cejudo thinks he can be out struck, like...
-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....