Sebastian Szalay vs Baergeng Jieleyisi Szalay trains with Alexander Volkanovski at Freestyle in Austrailia. Very confident Szalay’s wrestling is no better than a 60. Also possible his striking could be as low as a 60, but his cardio is great. Chris’ Pick: Szalay by decision. What odds I think...
Kamaru Usman vs Joaquin Buckley Chris’ Pick: Buckley by 2nd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Buckley -125 Rose Namajunas vs Miranda Maverick Manon Fiorot out struck Erin Blanchfield not too long ago and that fight firmly established that Blanchfield’s striking is just a...
Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley 2 O’Malley’s striking is really close to a top of the scale 80. I thought it was an 80 going into the 1st Dvalishvili fight. It’s close. Right on the bubble. I’m going against the narrative here in saying the first fight was close...
Erin Blanchfield vs Maycee Barber Blanchfield actually out struck Namajunas 103 to 91. But I don’t think I’m ready to upgrade Blanchfield’s striking to a 75 as I think it’s more likely Namajunas is starting to regress. But I could be wrong and it wouldn’t surprise me if the...
Gilbert Burns vs Michael Morales Chris’ Pick: Burns by split decision. What odds the favorite should be at: Burns -135 Paul Craig vs Rodolfo Bellato Chris’ Pick: Craig by 2nd round submission. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Craig -135 Sodiq Yusuff vs Mairon Santos Chris’...
Belal Muhammad vs Jack Della Maddalena I’ll admit. I could be wrong on Della Maddalena’s wrestling. It’s borderline a 65. But I do know for sure his striking is a legit 75 as he out struck Burns 47 to 23. And being that we haven’t seen Della Maddalena in...
Cory Sandhagen vs Deiveson Figueiredo Chris’ Pick: Sandhagen by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Sandhagen -250 Bo Nickal vs Reinier de Ridder Chris’ Pick: Nickal by split decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Nickal -125 Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Daniel Rodriguez...
Ian Machado Garry vs Carlos Prates Chris’ Pick: Machado Garry by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Machado Garry -250 Anthony Smith vs Zhang Mingyang Smith has been wildly inconsistent the past couple years. Being that this is his retirement fight, we could see further...
Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes Volkanovski has been knocked out in both of his last 2 fights. I don’t trust his chin against Lopes. Chris’ Pick: Lopes by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Lopes -225 Michael Chandler vs Paddy Pimblett Chris’ Pick:...
Lerone Murphy vs Josh Emmett For a moment, I thought Murphy had elevated his striking to a 75 because of what he did to Barboza. But he only out struck Ige 37 to 32. And the grappling exchanges went back and forth. Matter of fact Ige had almost 5...