Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda Ribas 2 It’s been established that Rose Namajunas has 75 striking and 70 grappling at 125 lbs. Ribas is a small flyweight, but last time out against Namajunas, her striking leveled up to a 75 grade. Now she moves back down to 115 lbs where...
Colby Covington vs Joaquin Buckley Despite the narrative that Leon Edwards out classed Covington, the striking between the two was close to equal with Edwards out landing him only 56 to 44. Chris’ Pick: Covington by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Covington -200 Cub...
Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Asakura Although Asakura is making his UFC debut, he has fought high level competition in Japan. But most interesting is the fact he beat bantamweights, fighters bigger than he was. He’s now cutting down to flyweight where his tools should play up even more. But...
Petr Yan vs Deiveson Figueredo Merab Dvalishvili was clearly able to out wrestle Yan. But then a year later, Yan returns against Yadong and shows improved 75 wrestling. And yes, Figueiredo showed off what appeared to be 75 striking in his bantamweight debut with Font. But then Garbrandt out...
Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic Even though Miocic hasn’t fought for over 3 years, Jones is just as rusty as he’s only had 2 minutes of cage time in almost the last 5 years. So obviously the Gane fight didn’t go long, so the last couple Jones fights we...
Neil Magny vs Carlos Prates Magny has been very inconsistent the past few years, but I do have to give him credit, his last 3 fights have been against likely future title contenders and he’s done pretty good. Got knocked out by Michael Morales last time out, but showed...
Brandon Moreno vs Amir Albazi Moreno showed he’s at Kara France’s level, that the two are similar. I expect Moreno’s fight with Albazi to be similar to Albazi vs Kara France. Chris’ Pick: Moreno by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Moreno -250 Rose Namajunas...
Nick Klein vs Heraldo Souza Chris’ Pick: Klein by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Klein -135 Nick Piccininni vs Luis Gurule Chris’ Pick: Gurule by 2nd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be: Gurule -135 Yadier Del Valle vs...
Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway The first time Holloway moved up to 155 lbs to take on Dustin Poirier, he lost. Poirier looked much bigger. This time against Gaethje, Holloway out strikes him 181 to 103. Incredible. And when Holloway was going into his third fight with Volkanovski, I...
Artem Vakhitov vs Islem Masraf Masraf hasn’t fought the best compeition, as he only has 3 pro MMA fights, but he looks like the real deal. Patient and very fast. Vakhitov is most famous for having a win over Alex Pereira in kickboxing. Chris’ Pick: Vakhitov by 1st round...