Best possible Main Card in 2025?

[fries in the bag]

International Fight Week, Las Vegas (June 2025)
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Main Card
- Jones vs Aspinall
- Makhachev vs Topuria
- Pereira vs Prochazka III
- Chimaev vs Rakhmonov
- Gane vs Almeida

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[markys00]

Du Plessies vs strickland
Zhang vs Suarez
Tafa vs Teixiera
Crute vs Bellado
Mathews vs Prado

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

If it's hypothetical cards then I think it would be something like this for a June PPV
Khamzat vs DDP/Strickland Winner
Pantoja vs Merab
Charles vs Arman 2
Whittaker vs Borrahlo
Jiri vs Jan Blachowicz

 

[RockyLockridge]

you said possible

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Speak English or gets outs Murica! KIng Donnie will never let all these Mooselambs take Murican jobs!

 

[Yankee]

Islam, Jones and Pereira seem to be able to carry cards idk if they'd stack all 3 together. Would be historic though.

 

[svmr_db]

Lol Makhachev vs Topuria & Pereira vs Prochazka 3 in any thing other than main events, that's just bad business folks.

 

[IsNormal]

International Fight Week, Las Vegas (June 2025)
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Main Card
- Jones vs Aspinall
- Makhachev vs Topuria
- Pereira vs Prochazka III
- Chimaev vs Rakhmonov
- Gane vs Almeida

Good card.
But Alex vs Jiri 3 would be one of the least justified trilogies ever.

Just a revised edition in terms of publicity and sales, in the UFC's dream world:

- Conor vs Chandler ( not thinking it'd happen...but UFC clearly doesn't care about the lawsuit and will do anything to get Conor back and if they did it would be the biggest fight of the year of course)
- Jones vs Pereira ( I am not saying it's likely Pereira moves up, or that he is better than Aspinall at HW just that it'd sell more)
- Chimaev vs Dricus for the title
- Makachev vs Topuria - (moved this down a step cause I think it sells less than a Chimaev title fight)
- Izzy vs TBD could sell more than Gane vs Almeida

 

[Hymen Crusher]

I think any card that has jones aspinall or jones nganou. Those are the two fights that are the most exciting

 

[Michael Wetzel]

NYE card:
Jones vs Alex
DDP vs Khazmat
Islam vs Ilia
Pena vs Kayla
Conor vs Colby

 

[markys00]

Lol Makhachev vs Topuria & Pereira vs Prochazka 3 in any thing other than main events, that's just bad business folks.

But that wasn't the question.. just best evwr

 

[Ares Black]

Well, people are just going to list off 5 main events



I think building an ideal (but almost realistic) card is a much more interesting question

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

Conor Vs Paddy be a fun build up

 

[svmr_db]

Lol Makhachev vs Topuria in a co-main slot, that's just bad business folks.

But that wasn't the question.. just best evwr

Right but let's at least keep it in the ballpark of reality. Otherwise you could just propose some 5 title fight card nonsense.

 

[Streeter]

Best 5 fights

Pereria v Bones
Islam v Belal
Topuria v Merab
Dricus v Khamzat
Amanda v Kayla or Zhang v Val

 

[jmboyd24]

Going with rules of 5 fights, max 2 (real) title fights, everyone fighting in their current division (active fighters)

Jones vs Aspinall (HW belt)
DDP vs Khamzat (LHW belt)
Holloway vs Oliveira (BMF belt)
O'Malley vs Cejudo
Pimblett vs Gaethje


No rules other than 5 fights, goal is most hype

Conor vs Nate III
Jones vs Ngannou (HW belt)
Islam vs Topuria (LW belt)
Aspinall vs Poatan (HW title shot eliminator)
Jiri vs Khamzat (MW title eliminator)

 

[JonnyBonesPharmacist]

First is best

 

[JonnyBonesPharmacist]

International Fight Week, Las Vegas (June 2025)
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Main Card
- Jones vs Aspinall
- Makhachev vs Topuria
- Pereira vs Prochazka III
- Chimaev vs Rakhmonov
- Gane vs Almeida

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