-Rose Namajunas: Jessica Andrade is deserving of her 2nd shot at the 115 lb title, but Namajunas is a horrible matchup for her. I see 2 different ways Namajunas can win. I grade Namajunas as having plus plus grappling and even though Andrade has above average grappling in her...
-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...
-Max Holloway: In asking myself how good is Holloway, all I need to do is look at his last fight. Like, I really thought Brian Ortega was going to beat him. So for Holloway to finish Ortega was really special. I think Holloway has found a formula where he...
-Edson Barboza: It’s proven that really the only way to beat Barboza is to take him down. He has plus plus striking and this fight is a horrible matchup for Justin Gaethje. Even though Gaethje is supposed to have pretty good wrestling, he almost never uses it in his...
-Anthony Pettis: UPSET SPECIAL 1: We see it all the time, a fighter has a hard time making a weight cut. Moves up a class and is a much better version. It doesn’t happen to everybody, but I think that’s what we see with Pettis. And Pettis hasn’t been...
-Darren Till: I think this is a pretty safe fight for Till to bounce back from. Jorge Masvidal has some wrestling, but not enough to take Till down. Especially when Tyron Woodley wasn’t able to take Till down. And Masvidal has knockout power, but he’s a smaller welterweight. I...
-Derrick Lewis: Lewis definitely has a big flaw in his game being that if he’s taken down, there’s a good chance he loses the fight. But he won’t get that threat from Junior dos Santos who’s going to try to out strike Lewis. This matchup is tailor made for...
-Anthony Smith: UPSET SPECIAL: The biggest reason why Jones is undefeated and could go down as the best pound for pound fighter of all time is because he has almost no weaknesses. And I say almost because the only place Jones hasn’t been tested is off his back. Jones...