Israel Adesanya vs Paulo Costa Israel Adesanya Age: 31 UFC Record: 8-0 Key Wins: Knocked out Robert Whittaker and Derek Brunson. Beat Kelvin Gastelum and Anderson Silva. Tools: Adesanya has plus striking (70) and near plus wrestling (65). Paulo Costa Age: 29 UFC Record: 5-0 Key Wins: Knocked out...
Stipe Miocic vs Daniel Cormier 3 Stipe Miocic Age: 37 UFC Record: 13-3 Key Wins: Knocked out Daniel Cormier, Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, and Fabricio Werdum. Beat Francis Ngannou. Tools: Miocic has near plus plus striking (75) and near plus wrestling (65). Daniel Cormier Age: 41 UFC Record: 11-2...
Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal – Kamaru Usman Age: 33 UFC Record: 11-0 Key Wins: Knocked out Colby Covington. Beat Leon Edwards, Demian Maia, Rafael dos Anjos, and Tyron Woodley. Tools: Usman has plus striking paired with above average power (70-60). He also has near plus plus wrestling (75). – Jorge...
Amanda Nunes vs Felicia Spencer – Amanda Nunes Age: 31 UFC Record: 12-1 Key Wins: Beat Germaine de Randamie twice. Once by knockout, the other by decision. Knocked out Holly Holm, Cris Cyborg, Raqual Pennington, and Ronda Rousey. Submitted Miesha Tate. Beat Valentina Shevchenko twice. Tools: Nunes has plus...
Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje —Tony Ferguson Ferguson is 36 years old. 18-1 UFC record. Crazy. Ferguson has submitted Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee. Knocked out Donald Cerrone and Anthony Pettis. And beat Rafael dos Anjos. Ferguson has near plus plus striking. He also has plus grappling and near...
Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero —Yoel Romero This is a coin flip fight. Adesanya is 30 years old. 7-0 UFC record. His toughest fight in the UFC was a split decision win against Marvin Vettori and the back and forth win over Kelvin Gastelum. Knocked out Robert Whittaker and...
Jon Jones vs Dominick Reyes —Dominick Reyes Jon Jones is almost the perfect fighter. He’s close. But he does have one area that isn’t plus and where he can be vulnerable. And that’s the lack of plus knockout power. 32 years old. In my opinion, he’s pound for pound,...
Connor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone —Conor McGregor This fight isn’t a lay up for McGregor as some people think. Donald Cerrone does have legit paths to win here. Cerrone is 36 years old. 23-10 UFC record. Really impressive considering the who’s who of his opponents. He’s only lost to...
-Colby Covington: Say what you will about Covington’s personality, but he’s a legit, elite fighter. 31 years old. 10-1 UFC record. Only loss was to Warlley Alves. Went in for a take down and got caught in a guillotine choke. Covington’s wins have been over Dong Hyun Kim, Demian...
-Jorge Masvidal: Nate Diaz has had a successful UFC career. At 155 lbs in the UFC, he’s gone 14-6. Then at 170 lbs, he’s got a 4-3 UFC record. 34 years old now. And 2 of the losses at 170 lbs came against contenders back in 2011. He wouldn’t...