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...
Holly Holm vs Mayra Bueno Silva Surprisingly, despite her being 41 years old, Holm’s wrestling is undeniably a 75. She showed traces of that in the Ketlen Vieira fight, controlling her in the clinch. But in her last fight with Santos, she was able to take Santos down and...
Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodriguez Not only was Volkanovski supremely impressive in the Islam Mahachev fight, I also think he won. As a result, I think Volkanovski is the #1 pound for pound fighter in the world right now. That said, Rodriguez is absolutely a live underdog to win...
Sean Strickland vs Abusupiyan Magomedov Strickland’s striking reached a new level in his last fight with Imavov, I have it now as a 75, although the tool is right on the bubble between a 70 and 75. And part of Strickland’s success on the feet came from his cardio...
Josh Emmett vs Ilir Topuria Going into Emmett’s fight with Rodriguez, I had suspicions that his striking could be more of a 65 vs a 70 and that turned out to be the case as Rodriguez out struck him 47 to 13. Mitchell says he fought Topuria while he...
Marvin Vettori vs Jared Cannonier Both of these guy’s skills have plateaued a bit in their last couple fights. They’re both elite, but haven’t gotten better. Close, coin flip type fight. Cannonier is unique because he’s very muscular and usually those guys lack cardio, but he successfully kept up...
Won Bin Ki vs Bahatebole Batebolati Batebolati doesn’t look physically imposing and at first glance doesn’t have tools that jump off the page. But he’s well rounded and his cardio really makes his skills play up. I watched him take on a well rounded fighter who I thought had...
Zhu Rong vs Sung Chan Hong Zhu has a big advantage coming into this fight being that he’s had 3 UFC fights already. I like Zhu here because he’s going to have a lot more power and could get some take downs. Chris’ Pick: Zhu by 1st round knockout....