With all the events before 200, what fight deserves a lot more attention?

[CountOfSoCal]

With 8 cards before UFC 200, we've been treated to some (surprisingly) decent matchmaking. That being said, what fight do you think needs more love? Personally, I'm looking forward to Font/Lineker and Strickland/Breese. Font/Lineker are going to put on a FOTY nominee, almost guaranteed. With Strickland/Breese, you have two great welterweight prospects who could position themselves for the big fight they deserve with a win.

UFC Fight Night: Rotterdam
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem vs. Andrei Arlovski
Heavyweight Antônio Silva vs. Stefan Struve
Welterweight Albert Tumenov vs. Gunnar Nelson
Women's Bantamweight Germaine de Randamie vs. Anna Elmose
Light Heavyweight Nikita Krylov vs. Francimar Barroso
Women's Strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Heather Jo Clark
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight Rustam Khabilov vs. Chris Wade
Middleweight Magnus Cedenblad vs. Garreth McLellan
Lightweight Nick Hein vs. Jon Tuck
Lightweight Yan Cabral vs. Reza Madadi
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Neil Seery
Welterweight Leon Edwards vs. Dominic Waters
Flyweight Yuta Sasaki vs. Willie Gates

UFC 198
Heavyweight Fabrício Werdum (c) vs. Stipe Miočić
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza vs. Vitor Belfort
Middleweight Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall
Catchweight (140 lbs) Cris Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith
Light Heavyweight Maurício Rua vs. Corey Anderson
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Matt Brown
Welterweight Warlley Alves vs. Bryan Barberena
Middleweight Thiago Santos vs. Nate Marquardt
Bantamweight John Lineker vs. Rob Font
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Light Heavyweight Patrick Cummins vs. Antônio Rogério Nogueira
Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo vs. Yancy Medeiros
Welterweight Sérgio Moraes vs. Kamaru Usman
Featherweight Renato Moicano vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
Bantamweight Thomas Almeida vs. Cody Garbrandt
Featherweight Renan Barão vs. Jeremy Stephens
Welterweight Tarec Saffiedine vs. Rick Story
Middleweight Chris Camozzi vs. Vitor Miranda
Welterweight Jorge Masvidal vs. Lorenz Larkin
Lightweight Josh Burkman vs. Paul Felder
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Women's Bantamweight Sara McMann vs. Jessica Eye
Lightweight Abel Trujillo vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira
Middleweight Jake Collier vs. Alberto Uda
Lightweight Erik Koch vs. Shane Campbell
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling vs. Bryan Caraway
Heavyweight Chris De La Rocha vs. Adam Milstead

UFC 199
Middleweight Luke Rockhold (c) vs. Chris Weidman
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Featherweight Max Holloway vs. Ricardo Lamas
Middleweight Dan Henderson vs. Hector Lombard
Lightweight Dustin Poirier vs. Bobby Green
Featherweight B.J. Penn vs. Dennis Siver
Featherweight Brian Ortega vs. Clay Guida
Lightweight Evan Dunham vs. James Vick
Women's Strawweight Jessica Penne vs. Jessica Andrade
Welterweight Sean Strickland vs. Tom Breese
Light Heavyweight Jonathan Wilson vs. Luiz Henrique da Silva
Middleweight Kevin Casey vs. Elvis Mutapcic
Lightweight Polo Reyes vs. Dong Hyun Kim

UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson
Welterweight Rory MacDonald vs. Stephen Thompson
Welterweight Donald Cerrone vs. Patrick Cote
Light Heavyweight Steve Bossé vs. Sean O'Connell
Middleweight Elias Theodorou vs. Sam Alvey
Lightweight Jason Saggo vs. Leandro Silva
Lightweight Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Thibault Gouti
Middleweight Tamdan McCrory vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Welterweight Alex Garcia vs. Colby Covington
Light Heavyweight Misha Cirkunov vs. Ion Cutelaba
Women's Strawweight Randa Markos vs. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
Bantamweight Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Chris Beal
Women's Flyweight Valérie Létourneau vs. Joanne Calderwood

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez
Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos (c) vs. Eddie Alvarez
Lightweight Joseph Duffy vs. Mitch Clarke
Heavyweight Roy Nelson vs. Derrick Lewis
Bantamweight Anthony Birchak vs. Dileno Lopes

UFC TUF 23 Finale
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) vs Cláudia Gadelha
Lightweight Jake Matthews vs. Stevie Ray
Lightweight Ross Pearson vs. James Krause
Lightweight Joaquim Silva vs. Andrew Holbrook
Middleweight Cezar Ferreira vs. Anthony Smith
Welterweight Li Jingliang vs. Anton Zafir

UFC 200
Light Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Jon Jones (ic)
Featherweight José Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar
Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate (c) vs. Amanda Nunes
Heavyweight Cain Velasquez vs. Travis Browne
Welterweight Johny Hendricks vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi vs. Derek Brunson
Lightweight Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Lauzon
Lightweight Sage Northcutt vs. Enrique Marín
Lightweight Takanori Gomi vs. Jim Miller
Women's Bantamweight Cat Zingano vs. Julianna Peña

 

[PlantCaravan]

the comeback of BJ legend BJ.

 

[BC]

Rory MacDonald vs Wonderboy

 

[VicVinegar]

really looking forward to Almeida vs Cody out of all those fights
and Cain vs Tavis Browne is a big deal

 

[SCTwins]

Hendricks Vs. Gastelum will be a war of attrition before they even get to the scale.

 

[KONE]

Arlovski/Overeem has serious title shot implications for Overeem

 

[sirmorbach]

So many great fights that I don't even know where to begin.

One thing that comes to mind though is that I think some might be overlooking Maia vs. Brown. This fight is actually a huge deal.

 

[Loko3]

No one seems to care about Barao at Featherweight - so Barao vs Stephens.

 

[AceCooch]

Rockhold vs Weidman and Stipe Vs Werdum

 

[mbach4307]

Holloway vs lamas. Love it. Max looks like he's ready to step into the title picture.

 

[orlandod]

Almeida vs Cody is a prospect vs prospect bout fans have been wanting for quite some time now. I'm excited.

 

[DetachedOrchid]

This is what stands out for myself.

Weidman vs LUKE 2
Rory vs Wonderboy
Rua vs Anderson
Vitor vs Jacare
Caraway vs Sterling (going 4 car)
Cerrone vs Cote
Alvey vs Elias
BJ vs Siver

If I have to choose one its to see if weidman gets redemption.

 

[Yankee]

Jones Vs Cormier.
McDonald Vs Thompson.

 

[NGSouthpaw]

I'm more excited about McDonald v. Wonderboy than Edgar v. Aldo rematch tbh. This fight is PPV quality.
Edited: Rematch*. Mixed up with Chad Mendes for some reason !

 

[Danespina]

There is some wonderful win streaks on the line on the 198 prelims.

Going for 6 in a row, Francisco Trinaldo is facing Yancy Mederios.

Undefeated TUF winner War Alves is 4-0 in the UFC (10-0 overall). Facing Bryan Barberina, the guy who just beat Sage.

 

[gabe_rath]

Maia vs Brown

 

[DS7]

Rory vs Wonderboy holy fucking shit i cannot wait for that one, only DC vs Jones II gets me more excited.

 

[Large Hound 77]

199 is a great card... looking forward to Cruz v Faber big time

 

[mee-how!]

Count me in for Maia vs. Brown. Like sirmorbach mentioned, this could have huge implications in the WW division. Maia has been on a tear but if there is anyone gritty enough to combat his groundwork it could be Matt Brown. Super excited for this fight.

 

[KingDeeyo]

Masvidal vs. Larkin, Poirier vs. Green, Ortega vs. Guida are all underrated