Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes 2 If you watch the first Volkanovski vs Lopes fight, it looks close. Volkanovski clearly landed more, out struck Lopes 142 to 59. Crazy numbers. But Lopes seemed to do more damage. And there have been fights when Volkanovski looks like he has top...
Justin Gaethje vs Paddy Pimblett Even if you said Chandler is regressing and not the same, I know 100% for sure that his striking is no worse than a 65 grade. And still, Pimblett out struck Chandler 43 to 10, taking a massive step forward in his skills. He...
Brandon Royval vs Manel Kape Royval’s striking is a very legit 75 grade after he out struck Joshua Van 205 to 181. Chris’ Pick: Royval by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Royval -250 Giga Chikadze vs Kevin Vallejos Chris’ Pick: Vallejos by split decision....
Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan Ok so for a bit, I thought Figueiredo had started to regress. I saw Yan pile up the strikes, out landing Figureirdo 103 to 49 and again, chalked it up to Figueiredo taking a step back vs Yan taking a step forward. Figueiredo vs...
Arman Tsarukyan vs Dan Hooker I wish Tsarukyan was more active as we’ve seen him fight only once in the past 2 years. So there’s a real chance I’m under rating him based on how he had top control of Oliveira towards the end of their fight. But if...
Jack Della Maddalena vs Islam Makhachev Chris’ Pick: Della Maddalena by 3rd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Della Maddalena -250 Valentina Shevchenko vs Weili Zhang The big obvious question here is how Weili’s skills translate up a weight class at 125 lbs. It’s...
Gabriel Bonfim vs Randy Brown Chris’ Pick: Bonfim by 2nd round submission. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Bonfim -200 Matt Schnell vs Joseph Morales Chris’ Pick: Morales by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Morales -225 Uros Medic vs...
Freddy Vidal vs Levi Rodrigues Chris’ Pick: Vidal by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Vidal -200 Juan Diaz vs Won Il Kwon Chris’ Pick: Kwon by 2nd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Kwon -135 Ananias Mulumba...
Steve Garcia vs David Onama Yes, Garcia did out strike Kattar 85 to 26 over 3 rounds in his last fight. But Kattar’s skills have fallen off a cliff and we haven’t seen Garcia’s wrestling be tested in a long time. I’m grading Garcia’s striking as a 70 for...
Tom Aspinall vs Ciryl Gane Chris’ Pick: Aspinall by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Aspinall -225 Mackenzie Dern vs Virna Jandiroba Chris’ Pick: Dern by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Dern -225 Umar Nurmagomedov vs Mario Bautista...