Max Holloway vs The Korean Zombie This is Holloway’s fight to lose. Zombie will have more power, but Holloway has proven to be one of the most durable fighters in UFC history. So I think Holloway’s chin holds up and he lands more. I’ve also heard this could be...
Carlos Prates vs Mitch Ramirez Ramirez looks like a fun fighter. Talks in the cage, can be aggressive. But he gets hit too much and that makes his striking a 55 for me. And I think Prates’ striking is better. Chris’ Pick: Prates by 2nd round knockout. What I...
Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O’Malley Sterling’s grappling is a borderline 75. In the Yan fight, he was able to control Yan with body triangles and getting Yan stuck vs showing complete superiority. And it’s hard to take much away from the Cejudo fight because we don’t really know how...
Eli Aronov vs Zachary Reese It’s hard to grade Reese. Four out of his five pro fights have lasted a minute and a half or less. And all five wins have been against poor competition. So all those quick finishes look good. But who knows what his cardio looks...
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs George Hardwick Al-Selwady seemed a bit one dimensional when I saw him fight. Didn’t really let his hands go but had success because his wrestling is at least a 60. Hardwick looks well round. Saw him against a 9-1 grappler with 55 grappling. Got nowhere close...
Rafael dos Anjos vs Vicente Luque Despite how dominant dos Anjos looked in the Barberena fight, look, it’s Barberena. He has 55 wrestling. Let’s not forget, dos Anjos has been dominated on the ground by the likes of Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington, guys with 75 wrestling. Luque’s got...
Cesar Almeida vs Lucas Fernando Fernando’s striking looked really good against Contender vet Silva, really out classed him on the feet. I couldn’t find any video on Almeida, but he’s only got 3 pro fights. All three were 1st round KOs. Even if Almeida’s striking is better, I think...
Corey Sandhagen vs Rob Font The past few fights, Font went with a volume striking approach. Less power, but landing more shots. And for some reason, the judges showed no appreciation for that in the Aldo and Vera fights. They said Aldo and Vera landed more damage and said...
Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje 2 Amazingly Fiziev closed as more than a 2 to 1 favorite over Gaethje, which means the market thought Fiziev’s striking was better, a 75 grade. But instead Gaethje edged him out on the feet, 84 to 81. But that just means Fiziev’s striking...
Tom Aspinall vs Marcin Tybura Soft landing spot for Aspinall as Tybura isn’t much of a threat anywhere, except with his wrestling, which he won’t be able to really utilize with Aspinall. Striking could be close on the feet but Aspinall is going to have a massive speed and...