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21 fights to look forward to this month.

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HW: Sergei vs Volkov(June 22nd)

Hard-hitting HW in Sergei going up against Uber-Volkov, who may be no longer the same Volkov who got sent to a shadow realm by Lewis after beating the hell out of him for the entire fight. What's not to like?

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HW: Andrei vs Bouday(June 29th)

15+ years after Fedor fight, Andrei fights on against Buday who is like 4-1 in UFC. Buday isn't very good, so maybe one last win for Andrei?


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LHW: Jamahall vs Ulberg(June 29th)

Someone should tell Jamahall to stfu, because every time he speaks, seems like he loses one more fan if there was any. A banger of a fight, maybe. I think Hill's better than Ulberg if he's mentally and physically right. Ulberg to me is better looking, more technical version of Johnny Walker.


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MW: Khamzat vs Rob(June 22)


The moment of truth is finally here for Khamzat. Is Khamzat's gas tank as dogshit as it appeared at times? If he can't get him out early, which he may, might be a long night. Likely the best fight of the month by a mile.


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MW: Bullet vs Joilton(June 22)


There was a good amount of anticipation about Bullet on Sherdog due to one of us sherbro being super high on him. His grappling looked atrocious last time out, let's see how it he looks against the guy. It leads me to think that if you lost to Clay Collard of all people, you have no business at high level of MMA, let alone at MW, but let's see, haven't seen Joilton fight.


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MW: Pyfer vs Barriault (June 29)
Pyfer's hype train got derailed last time out. Probably not the best gas tank around, but still not an easy out. You can say what you want about the guy, but Barriault comes to fight and can push the pace. A decent MW fight.


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MW: Ikram vs Trocoli(June 15th)

Once known as a sambo guy who got sent to a shadow realm by Khamzat, Ikram is on a nice run himself. Will he be able to beat Mackenzie Dern's compatriot Bf?


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WW: MVP vs Gary(June 22)

Two most unliable fighters that I've seen last 20 years of following MMA. What I wanna see is double ko, but this is a very good fight/match up. Wish we saw Doumbe vs MVP, but this will do.

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WW: Rinat vs Dalby(June 22)

This gonna be a barnburner. A russian who was running over everybody vs a super durable fighter in Dalby who is looking pretty good in his own right recently derailing the Bonfim hype train. If Dalby can stay in there late, can Dalby get to Rinat like his last fight?

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FW: Conor vs Chandler(June 29th)

A fight between two washed up fighters, one of who may not even be training right, and the other who has been dying for his red panty night but training diligently. Washed up Conor vs likely washed up Poor man's Chad Mendes.

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FW: Naimov vs Melsik(June 22)

Arguably neither guy isn't much of high level fighters who likely won't ever break top 10, though both have fancy looking records. Might even be a boring fight too between fighters who aren't all that. But Naimov being so happy after winnng his debut makes me pull for the guy.

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FW: Jeka vs Wilson(June 15)

UFC is trying to throw a freebie for their indonesian market for Jeka who looks fun on the feet and clueless on the ground. Combined 42 fights between the two, just three decisions. Will Jeka's dogshit grappling be too much to overcome for UFC's attempt to reach Indonesian fanbase? Wilson can prob sub this guy. If he doesn't get ktfo first. Just bleed.



BW: Farid Bashart vs Montel jackson(June 22)

Personally been pretty high on Bashart brothers as prospects, though I did rate his brother more who recently lost for the first time. Undefeated prospect going up against a decent test in Jackson. A good BW fight.

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BW: Vinnicious vs Simon(June 29)

Simon derailed jack shore hype train not long ago. I was very much on that hype train as a matter of fact. He's on two fight skid going up against vinnicious who looked really good last time out. Should be an exciting one if he can keep it standing against Simon.

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BW: Talbot vs Ghemmouri (June 29)

Talbot looked mindblowingly good against Saaiman who in my opinion is a great prospect in his own right. A super prospect to watch out for going up against a guy with a nice looking record of 12-2 albeit coming off a loss.

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BW: Jourdain vs Silva (June 29)

Likely Jourdain may have reached his ceiling, but he has an exciting style usually, and this going to be a real banger. 40 fights between the two, only one loss by finish, and only 3 out of their 27 combined wins are decisions. Somethings gotta give.

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BW: Kang vs Gafurov(June 22)

TBH A battle of mids. Just looking out for some KMMA life lines since there doesn't seem to be much down the pipe line.

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BW: Lee vs Xiao(June 22)

Korean prosect Lee, 9-1, against a 26 year old 26-7 chinese prospect. Lee is 30, so time isn't on his side esp for a bw, but you never know. KMMA can def use some good prospects.


FLW: Taira vs Perez(June 15th)


Taira has a bit of hype behind me. Likely one of only two prospects perhaps worth following from Japan with Rinya, outside Sezawa from Rizin. Perez were looking real good during his run before he shat the bed and coming off a win. A decent fight.

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FLW: Van vs Tagir(June 15)

Van has looked really good, especially for a 22 yo kid. 3-0 in UFC going up against ever-tough Tagir. Likely gonna be a banger if it stays standing.

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FLW: Rei Tsuruya vs Carlos Hernandez(June 29)

A 21 yo undefeated 9-0 prospect with 8 finishes from Japan. Would be interesting to see how this one pans out for JMMA.
 
Rei did some anime work too apparently. I guess he's not very well known.

 
Nice highlights for the month man, quite a few to get excited about. Fakhretdinov vs Dalby sounds like all-out war. if Dalby can break him the way he did that Bonfim brother, let's get the man a ranked opponent plz! I have a hard time betting against him after that last sensational performance.
 
Arlovski being number 2 on this list legit gave me a good chuckle. Thanks, OP.
 
Nice thread
I think Westin Wilson is not really a threat to Jeka. He lost to Jean SIlva in R1, who has a style close to Jeka's, and trains in Wonderboy's camp. So, I don't think he has any grappling skills to submit Jeka
Wilson is 0-2 in the UFC, both losses came at R1
 
Nice highlights for the month man, quite a few to get excited about. Fakhretdinov vs Dalby sounds like all-out war. if Dalby can break him the way he did that Bonfim brother, let's get the man a ranked opponent plz! I have a hard time betting against him after that last sensational performance.

It would be epic if Dalby derails Bonfim AND Rinat hype train back to back lol

Dalby beating Bonfim was def a sensational display from him
 
my favorites are:
Conor vs Chandler
Khamzat vs Rob
Sergei vs Volkov
Jamahall vs Ulberg
Taira vs Perez

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Chandler might come in looking like sean sherk tho lol. People thinks chandler has low fight iq, but this guy would happily wrestlefuck ppl if he can, it's just that he couldn't...

against washed up conor however...
 
Khamzat should cut to 170 and cash his red panty in the bank against Conor.
 
Arlovski being number 2 on this list legit gave me a good chuckle. Thanks, OP.

hey he used to be number 2 heavyweight in the world lol put some hespect to andreis name!

but yeah like someone said sorted by weight classes
 
Nice thread
I think Westin Wilson is not really a threat to Jeka. He lost to Jean SIlva in R1, who has a style close to Jeka's, and trains in Wonderboy's camp. So, I don't think he has any grappling skills to submit Jeka
Wilson is 0-2 in the UFC, both losses came at R1
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@Koala
yeah it's obviously a freebie for their indonesian market, but jeka has dogshit grappling, so you never know. Jeka's fun on the feet though, most likely outcome is Wilson to a shadow realm, but when ur grappling is so atrocious...we will find out lol
 
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Nice thread. Thanks for the reminders!

Couple notes:
- MVP vs. Garry is not June 22nd
- Dalby vs. Rinat is very underrated matchup - looking forward to it. I like Dalby but it sucks he's about to turn 40.
- Tagir vs. Van is also gonna be a banger this weekend. Tagir's only loss in the UFC was a highway robbery (vs. Tim Elliot) - he's basically undefeated. Van is also a very intriguing prospect. Both guys need to be a lot more active.
 
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