Matches to make after Kattar vs Chikadze

[GibsterMMA]

Calvin Kattar vs Yair Rodriguez
Giga Chikadze vs Caceres/Yusuff winner
Jake Collier vs Justin Tafa
Chase Sherman CUT
Brandon Royval vs Nicolau/Dvorak winner
Rogerio Bontorin vs Manel Kape
Katlyn Chookagian vs Jessica Andrade 2?
Jennifer Maia vs Eye/Fiorot winner
Viacheslav Borshchev vs Rafa Garcia
Dakota Bush vs Alex Munoz
Bill Algeo vs Grundy/Amirkhani winner
Joanderson Brito vs Kevin Aguilar
Jamie Pickett vs Caio Borralho
Joseph Holmes vs Battle/Gore loser
Court McGee vs Brown/Barberena winner
Ramiz Brahimaj vs Benoit Saint-Denis
Brian Kelleher vs Saidyokub Kakhramonov
Kevin Croom vs Collin Anglin
TJ Brown vs Darrick Minner
Charles Rosa vs Gabriel Benitez

 

[mjfan23]

Calvin Kattar vs Yair Rodriguez
Giga Chikadze vs Caceres/Yusuff winner
Jake Collier vs Justin Tafa
Chase Sherman CUT
Brandon Royval vs Nicolau/Dvorak winner
Rogerio Bontorin vs Manel Kape
Katlyn Chookagian vs Jessica Andrade 2?
Jennifer Maia vs Eye/Fiorot winner
Viacheslav Borshchev vs Rafa Garcia
Dakota Bush vs Alex Munoz
Bill Algeo vs Grundy/Amirkhani winner
Joanderson Brito vs Kevin Aguilar
Jamie Pickett vs Caio Borralho
Joseph Holmes vs Battle/Gore loser
Court McGee vs Brown/Barberena winner
Ramiz Brahimaj vs Benoit Saint-Denis
Brian Kelleher vs Saidyokub Kakhramonov
Kevin Croom vs Collin Anglin
TJ Brown vs Darrick Minner
Charles Rosa vs Gabriel Benitez

Good calls but one change:

giga vs Cardio machines at a local gym

 

[Marianne]

Jennifer Maia vs Eye/Fiorot winner

nah. In the unlikely event that Eye wins, she fought Maia not too long ago and it wasn’t all that fun. A Fiorot win would probably land her Valentina, or some main event aimed at hyping her for that, but probably a lesser risk choice among the top 5.

 

[fortheo]

I prefer Kattar vs. Ortega.

 

[GibsterMMA]

I prefer Kattar vs. Ortega.

Either way, whichever fighter is left between Yair and Ortega I believe should go to Josh Emmett though

 

[HeDidn'tWantTheFight]

While Kattar was a dog tonight, this fight was more about him exposing a hot prospect, not staking his claim over a proven commodity. Tbh, he looked more or less like the same Calvin Kattar we've come to know. Volk and Max still fuck him up, and thus, title aspirations will have to hold off for the foreseeable future. KZ would've been the perfect opponent for him if he wasn't replacing Max, but because he's now not available, I like the Josh Emmett fight, although you could certainly do Yair. I generally think Yair might be a problem for Calvin though.

Chookagian should fight Taila Santos. She's in kind of a tough spot because while she's worked through a lot of the division, but nobody wants to see her fight Valentina again. I mean Katlyn didn't even really land a punch when they fought in 2020. The only thing you can do is to keep letting her gatekeep for a while. Taila on the other hand needs another win to get a title shot (I think???), and a fight between her and Katlyn will show us whether she has the capacity to make a fight with Valentina an actual fight.

 

[Shadey1]

Charles Rosa vs. Chris Gruetzmacher - Both guys have gritty styles albeit with some contrasts. Each has some bad losses. Good turn around bout.
TJ Brown vs. Jordan Leavitt - Each man now is coming off a win. Be good to see who can keep some momentum.
Kevin Croom vs. Darrick Minner - Neither have really panned out, the way I hoped they would. This would be a loser leaves UFC fight.
Brian Kelleher vs. Ryan Hall - Hall just got back in the win column. Kelleher got a solid victory last night. Let's give Kelleher a slightly higher profile fight. He deserves it.
Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Sasha Palatnikov - Loser leaves UFC fight. Both currently 1-2 in org.
Court McGee vs. Barberana/Brown winner - Court is tough and gritty. As are these two in this fight. Let's make this fight happen.
Joseph Holmes vs. Gilbert Urbina - Both lost their debut. Could technically count as loser leaves UFC.
Jamie Pickett vs. Dusko Todorovic - Each has had their ups and downs. I'd make this to see who can keep hold of their momentum.
Joanderson Brito vs. Bruno Souza - Both lost their debuts. Again by my logic. Loser leaves UFC.
Bill Algeo vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan - Good win for Algeo last night, playing the spoiler. I like this fight, as I feel with his experience and toughness. Algeo is a good test for Melsik.
Dakota Bush vs. Luigi Vendramini - Loser leaves UFC. Both men on a 2 fight losing streak.
Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Mike Davis - Very impressed with Borschev's debut. Davis has a solid 2 fight win streak behind him. Let's make this happen.
Jennifer Maia vs. Viviane Araujo - Both coming off losses to Chookagian. Good turn around fight for both women.
Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jessica Andrade II - Chookagian is the ultimate gatekeeper of this division. Let's give her a shot to beat one of the rare women that has beat her in the UFC.
Brandon Royval vs. Perez/Schnell winner - Royval had a good win last night. A bout with the winner of Perez and Schnell winner. Could get him a contender's fight.
Rogerio Bontorin vs. Cody Garbrandt - Cody's Flyweight debut didn't go to plan. Bontorin just come off a loss. Let's see what Cody really can do at flyweight.
Chase Sherman vs. Josh Parisian - Chase hasn't really worked out the way I thought he might. Parisian also has been a tad uninspired since coming to the UFC. Could put this as loser leaves UFC.
Jake Collier vs. Justin Tafa - Both coming off finishes. It'll be sloppy but it'll end in a finish.
Giga Chikadze vs. Dan Ige - Each has had their win streaks snapped by Kattar and both are coming off losses. This is a good turnaround fight for both.
Calvin Kattar vs Josh Emmett - Both are coming off solid victories and each man has some big power in their hands. Close in the rankings and a surefire slugfest.

 

[SmoothPies]

Kattar vs. Yair or Ortega would make sense

 

[JoeRowe]

Good calls but one change:

giga vs Cardio machines at a local gym

Giga went 5 rounds throwing 344 power strikes & had his 2nd most active round in the 5th. His cardio wasn't the issue, he simply lost to a better fighter with a better gameplan.

 

[mjfan23]

Giga went 5 rounds throwing 344 power strikes & had his 2nd most active round in the 5th. His cardio wasn't the issue, he simply lost to a better fighter with a better gameplan.

This is an example of not watching mma and reading numbers only. If you couldn’t see him gassed, and those strikes being weak sauce zombie movements there’s something wrong buddy.

 

[TITS]

I wouldn't be surprised if Rosa or Sherman got cut. I hope they give Chase another chance, but Rosa always looks terrible.

 

[svmr_db]

I wouldn't be surprised if Rosa or Sherman got cut. I hope they give Chase another chance, but Rosa always looks terrible.

Sherman definitely getting cut, Rosa however is still in the UFC's good books by taking this fight on super short notice. I think he may have even got a contract extension.

 

[Dude Incredible]

Calvin Kattar vs Yair Rodriguez
Giga Chikadze vs Caceres/Yusuff winner
Jake Collier vs Justin Tafa
Chase Sherman CUT
Brandon Royval vs Nicolau/Dvorak winner
Rogerio Bontorin vs Manel Kape
Katlyn Chookagian vs Jessica Andrade 2?
Jennifer Maia vs Eye/Fiorot winner
Viacheslav Borshchev vs Rafa Garcia
Dakota Bush vs Alex Munoz
Bill Algeo vs Grundy/Amirkhani winner
Joanderson Brito vs Kevin Aguilar
Jamie Pickett vs Caio Borralho
Joseph Holmes vs Battle/Gore loser
Court McGee vs Brown/Barberena winner
Ramiz Brahimaj vs Benoit Saint-Denis
Brian Kelleher vs Saidyokub Kakhramonov
Kevin Croom vs Collin Anglin
TJ Brown vs Darrick Minner
Charles Rosa vs Gabriel Benitez

Good list. I'd definitely go with some of them. I like this one a lot: Court McGee vs Brown/Barberena winner

 

[TITS]

Sherman definitely getting cut, Rosa however is still in the UFC's good books by taking this fight on super short notice. I think he may have even got a contract extension.

I think the HW division needs as many bodies as possible right now, the FW/LW divisions are too crowded.

 

[Jawth]

Kattar vs. Emmet makes the most sense, gives a new title contender unless Max and Calvin both win.

 

[The_Renaissance]

I wouldn't be surprised if Rosa or Sherman got cut. I hope they give Chase another chance, but Rosa always looks terrible.

Both I'd say. Rosa is a proud BJJ fighter who gets physically dominated like a little child by any remotely capable grappler he fights, nowadays. Seriously, I would bet he's the physically weakest FW on the roster by far. Sherman can go too - getting steamrolled in 1 round by Jake Collier is a terrible, terrible look especially having just fucking lost to Parker Porter!