PBP DWCS 2025 Week 4 PBP Discussion: Tue Sept 2 at 8pm ET

[Jackonfire]

Tuesday 09.02.2025 at 08:00 PM ET
Venue: UFC Apex
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
MMA Bouts: 5

DWCS 2025: Week 4
170: Jack Congdon (7-1) vs. Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani (8-2)
185: Theo Haig (6-0) vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk (15-3)
155: Mandel Nallo (13-3) vs. Samuel Silva (13-4-1)
125: An Tuan Ho (7-1) vs. Eduardo Henrique (14-2)
145: Tommy McMillen (8-0) vs. David Mgoyan (7-0)

Contender Series Weigh-in Results:​

Jack Congdon (171) vs. Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani (170.5)
Theo Haig (185.5) vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk (185.5)
Mandel Nallo (155) vs. Samuel Silva (154)
An Tuan Ho (126) vs. Eduardo Henrique (125.5)
Tommy McMillen (145.5) vs. David Mgoyan (145.5)




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[Koala]

Chapolin and Haig train with Cormier. It will be funny to hear hw much he's biased
Haig vs Cezary Oleks is AKA vs Fighting Nerds + grappler vs striker
An Tuan Ho fought last year against Kavanagh and now Chapolin (LFA vs LFA). This guy is not lucky, or maybe Faber sucks as a manager
Lebosnoyani was Spike Carlyle's last fight before the UFC, and Jacobe Jones's last fight before DWCS last year. I guess the UFC has had him on their radar for a long time. He went to the decision only once. Crongdon has never been to the decision and lost the only time he went to the third round
Mgoyan is highly talented, and McMilllen has a great record. It might be a fight between two very talented fighters, while I am not sure Silva and Nallo are that talented. McMillen is from Montana and is one of the closest teammates to O'Malley. I think Welch and O'Malley cornered him for his last fight

 

[Danespina]

@Koala knows.

 

[Deltron 6060]

Should be another night of finishes sherbros, atleast on paper.

Who ya'll got?

Lebo - contract
Olek - contract
Nallo
Henrique - contract
McMillen - contract

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Imo

Mgoyan Vs McMillen could be a UFC fight. I thought Tommy would get an easier fight as I'm sure they want him in the UFC and initially he had Cody Law who I don't think would have been too much trouble. Tommy is very similar to O'Malley who he trains with, fast and accurate, decent power but probably not quite the walk off KO power of Sean and very good BJJ.

Mgoyan I think is a brutal replacement though, decent powerful striking and very strong grappling really good from back body lock. I suspect Tommy may be over confident in his BJJ and spend too much timeon his back. I'm predicting Mgoyan to win but not massively confident as I think Tommy is really dangerous and both guys will be in the UFC in the next year or two.


Chapolin against Ho is another good one. Chapolin bounced back from his loss on TUF to the eventual winner by destroying his opponent in an LFA title defence. Really good power for flyweight. Ho I think is getting a little underrated after getting clipped by Kavanagh last time. He's a quick dynamic striker and grappler. There's for sure a risk that Chapolin can clip him but I lean towards Ho via RNC

Silva Vs Nallo is also pretty close imo. Silva got the nod in a cage warriors title fight against George Hardwick. Personally I thought he lost but it was a close fight against a very high level guy for the regionals. He's a typical gritty Brazilian type fighter. Not really a power puncher or a special grappler but tough and scrappy and decent at everything.

Nallo used to fight for Bellator and get spectacular KOs against low level guys but tended to lose his step ups. I kinda want him to win as he's athletic and fun to watch and he has a cool personality but I think Silva probably exploits a hole and gets a decision.

Cezary I think is one of the best guys on the season. Ideally he should be fighting at 170 but he'll probably be fine here for now but will have to drop eventually on the main roster. I think Haig is a good wrestler with a lot of potential but the experience gap here is just massive.

JPL feels like he's been given a set up fight here. I don't think Congdon is very good and although I've seen JPL be out hustled in long fights before he's really athletic and explosive and I think this matchup is going to make him look great and he'll probably be the guy people come away talking about as a result as every other fight is pretty competitive matchmaking where both guys could realistically be UFC fighters.


So yeah should be a good card with some close scraps this week. Hopefully guys don't cancel each other out and lose out on contracts as a result.

 

[Deltron 6060]

Imo

Mgoyan Vs McMillen could be a UFC fight. I thought Tommy would get an easier fight as I'm sure they want him in the UFC and initially he had Cody Law who I don't think would have been too much trouble. Tommy is very similar to O'Malley who he trains with, fast and accurate, decent power but probably not quite the walk off KO power of Sean and very good BJJ.

Mgoyan I think is a brutal replacement though, decent powerful striking and very strong grappling really good from back body lock. I suspect Tommy may be over confident in his BJJ and spend too much timeon his back. I'm predicting Mgoyan to win but not massively confident as I think Tommy is really dangerous and both guys will be in the UFC in the next year or two.


Chapolin against Ho is another good one. Chapolin bounced back from his loss on TUF to the eventual winner by destroying his opponent in an LFA title defence. Really good power for flyweight. Ho I think is getting a little underrated after getting clipped by Kavanagh last time. He's a quick dynamic striker and grappler. There's for sure a risk that Chapolin can clip him but I lean towards Ho via RNC

Silva Vs Nallo is also pretty close imo. Silva got the nod in a cage warriors title fight against George Hardwick. Personally I thought he lost but it was a close fight against a very high level guy for the regionals. He's a typical gritty Brazilian type fighter. Not really a power puncher or a special grappler but tough and scrappy and decent at everything.

Nallo used to fight for Bellator and get spectacular KOs against low level guys but tended to lose his step ups. I kinda want him to win as he's athletic and fun to watch and he has a cool personality but I think Silva probably exploits a hole and gets a decision.

Cezary I think is one of the best guys on the season. Ideally he should be fighting at 170 but he'll probably be fine here for now but will have to drop eventually on the main roster. I think Haig is a good wrestler with a lot of potential but the experience gap here is just massive.

JPL feels like he's been given a set up fight here. I don't think Congdon is very good and although I've seen JPL be out hustled in long fights before he's really athletic and explosive and I think this matchup is going to make him look great and he'll probably be the guy people come away talking about as a result as every other fight is pretty competitive matchmaking where both guys could realistically be UFC fighters.


So yeah should be a good card with some close scraps this week. Hopefully guys don't cancel each other out and lose out on contracts as a result.

Good insight, Monday is my "research" day for dwcs. We came to similar conclusions about fighters but different results. I'm on the other side of all but the Lebo & Olek. Good match making cause a case for either fighter on the first 3 fights can be made.

 

[Ares Black]

This is a crazy week in terms of talent. All 10 guys could win fights in the UFC.

 

[usernamee]

This is a crazy week in terms of talent. All 10 guys could win fights in the UFC.

I'm sure they actually are talented but at some point your statement isn't going to mean a ton. One third of the roster already consists of DWCS fighters so it'll be like "They can beat other DWCS fighters in the UFC!"

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

This is a crazy week in terms of talent. All 10 guys could win fights in the UFC.

 

[Danespina]

Hopefully guys don't cancel each other out and lose out on contracts as a result.

Good point. A show with non-competitive bouts where one fighter gets to style on the other probably has more potential for more contracts.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

@Neck&Neck @Bobby Boulders @helax

 

[helax]

IN!!

 

[Ares Black]

Good point. A show with non-competitive bouts where one fighter gets to style on the other probably has more potential for more contracts.

That's the single biggest flaw in the DWCS format IMO

 

[Paynebringer]

 

[Ares Black]

I am IN, Sherbros!!!!!!

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Good point. A show with non-competitive bouts where one fighter gets to style on the other probably has more potential for more contracts.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Chiesa



Can’t be any worse than DC I guess

 

[KDR by RNC]

Gianni so full of shit

 

[Neck&Neck]

Replace Gianni with Minty already, fuck

 

[Axe720]

IN!