Pick a non-champion from the weight class below to fight each champion

[BigMuffler]

Here's a fun challenge. If you had to pick a non-champion from the next lower division to face each current UFC champion and hopefully put on a good fight or at least be an interesting stylistic matchup, who would you choose? For example -

Stipe vs Jones

DC vs Jacare

Bisping vs Wonderboi

Woodley vs Ferguson

Conor vs Frankie

Max vs Thrillashaw

Cody vs Cejudo

MM vs...

WBW and SW are too far apart for this and WFW doesn't have a champion...

 

[Les Vejtibals]

Baby Huey from Family Guy to fight MM

 

[Aegon Spengler]

HW - DC vs Stipe

LHW - Jones vs Romero

MW - Bisping vs Cerrone

WW - Woodley vs Showtime

LW - Conor vs Aldo

FW - Max vs Cruz

 

[joeyjoejoe]

Stipe vs Gus
DC vs Rockhold
Bisping vs Lawler
Tyrone vs habibi
Conor vs The Zombie
Holloway vs ?
????
????

 

[lalaland]

Bobby Knuckles vs DC

 

[rambosabeast]

TUF winner vs DJ
TJ vs Necktats
Aldo vs Conor
Khabib vs Conor
Maia vs Woodley
Weidman vs Bisping
Jones vs DC
???

 

[Pied Piper]

Jones vs Stipe
Yoel vs DC
Lawler vs Bisping
Ferguson vs Woodley
Frankie Edgar vs Conor
Dillashaw vs Holloway

 

[mmacasualviewer]

Bisping v. nelson

 

[asharak]

Stipe vs Jones
DC vs Yoel
Bisping vs Maia
Woodley vs Conor
Ferguson vs Frankie
Max vs Cruz
Cody vs Dodson

 

[felmmando]

Stipe vs Jones

Does Jones count? He's the interim champion.

 

[felmmando]

TUF winner vs DJ
TJ vs Necktats
Aldo vs Conor
Khabib vs Conor
Maia vs Woodley
Weidman vs Bisping
Jones vs DC
???

Aren't you just pairing fighters in the same weight class?

 

[Phronimos]

I like the concept and I think the choices are all good, but this requires too much thought...

 

[VIPERdude]

Stipe ............vs Glover Teixeira ----battle of the one hit wonders

Daniel Cormier.........vs "FULL CAMP" Anderson Silva. Id like to see that again not on only 2 days notice

Bisping ..........vs Demian Maia-----Bisping probably the best at getting back to his feet, BUT .....

Woodley ...............vs Kevin Lee-------wanna see Kevin Lee got KO'ed badly

Conor ...........vs Yair Rodriguez - though Yair is bad on the ground this would be a stand up war for sure

Max .............vs John Dodson ------think it would be a fun fight, Dodson still very fast guy with power

Cody.......... vs Ian McCall - at one time was considered Johnsons equal , dont blink kinda fight

 

[PeterGriffin]

Stipe vs. Jones
DC vs. Silva
Bobby Knuckles vs. Brawler Lawler ( I give zero fucks about Bisping, he's going to lose regardless of his next fight)
Woodley vs. Kevin Lee
McGregor vs. Jason Knight
Holloway vs. Dillashaw
Garbrandt vs. Nguyen

DJ vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk (just for fun)

 

[Thesnake101]

Bisping vs. CM Punk

Conor vs. BJ

 

[DLX]

Gus vs Stipe
Weidman vs DC
Thompson vs Whittaker II
Khabib vs Woodley
Edgar vs McGregor
Cruz vs Holloway
Benevidez vs Cody
Magana vs DJ

 

[BeerAndKush]

Lol wait... Conor is still a champion?

 

[GeO01]

TUF winner vs DJ
TJ vs Necktats
Aldo vs Conor
Khabib vs Conor
Maia vs Woodley
Weidman vs Bisping
Jones vs DC
???

Are you stupid? These are all the same weight class?

 

[UhHuhSure]

Rousey vs CYBORG

 

[lyndon955]

Stipe vs DC/Jones (depending on whom you see as real champ)
DC vs Romero, Jones vs Rockhold
Bisping vs GSP
Woodley vs Tony or Khabib
Conor vs Frankie, Holloway 2 or Aldo 2
Holloway vs Cruz
Cody vs Dodson (I know hes a BW now but there's no one else I can think of)