Fights to make after Cannonier vs. Borralho

[tornado362]

In honour of @Siver! being absent tonight, I'll kick off the next fights to make thread with a couple of my own picks:
- Caio Borralho vs. Imavov/Allen winner
- Jared Cannonier vs. Pereira/Hernandez winner
- Tabatha Ricci vs. Marina Rodriguez
- Angela Hill vs. Yazmin Jauregui (with a win)
- Ryan Loder vs. Cody Brundage
- Robert Valentin vs. Ikram Aliskerov
- Mairon Santos vs. Daniel Pineda
- Kaan Ofli vs. Melquizael Costa
- Michael Morales vs. Geoff Neal
- Neil Magny vs. Battle/Jousset winner
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Paul Craig
- Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Shara Magomedov
- Francis Marshall vs. Josh Culibao
- Dennis Buzukja CUT
- Zach Reese vs. Roman Kopylov
- Jose Medina vs. Abu Azaitar
- Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Jim Miller
- James Llontop vs. Jordan Vucenic
- Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Chelsea Chandler
- Josiane Nunes vs. Joselyne Edwards
- Cong Wang vs. Casey O'Neill
- Victoria Leonardo CUT

Let me know what you think and your picks

 

[Poirierfan]

All I know is all these fucking nerds are taking over.

 

[Kenny Powerth]

If Allen wins I think he get a TS.

It would be 8 in a row and 10 of 11....pretty hard to argue

His only loss was avenged.

 

[FrappeDuRocma]

Imavov should fight for the title, with a win over Allen, he already has one over Dolidze and Cannonier, that's 3 top-8...

 

[CatchtheseHands]

If Allen wins I think he get a TS.

It would be 8 in a row and 10 of 11....pretty hard to argue

His only loss was avenged.

Imavov should fight for the title, with a win over Allen, he already has one over Dolidze and Cannonier, that's 3 top-8...

One of them will likely get a TS but not before Sean and especially not before Rob/Khamzat winner..

 

[Poirierfan]

If Allen wins I think he get a TS.

It would be 8 in a row and 10 of 11....pretty hard to argue

His only loss was avenged.

So many good MW's and WW's today, especially WW.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Imavov should fight for the title, with a win over Allen, he already has one over Dolidze and Cannonier, that's 3 top-8...

Win over Dolidze doesnt mean anything lol

And he was down 0-3 to Cannonier before one of the worst stoppages ever

Sean is getting the Dricus rematch and Rob Khamzat winner probably has the next shot after him. Imavov is still a ways away from a shot even if he beats Brendan who barely scraped by Curtis on a torn hamstring.

 

[tornado362]

If Allen wins I think he get a TS.

It would be 8 in a row and 10 of 11....pretty hard to argue

His only loss was avenged.

Imavov should fight for the title, with a win over Allen, he already has one over Dolidze and Cannonier, that's 3 top-8...

Yeah pretty much what others have said.

Both guys are a PPV poison, relative unknowns in a division with fun fighters like Borralho, pereira, Whittaker, chimaev etc.

They will become the Ankalaev/belal of their divisions

 

[PhotographyRaptor]

Geoff Neal is fighting RDA at 308 unless it was canceled. I’d rather the Morales fight though and RDA vs a moving truck into a retirement home

 

[Koala]

Borralho vs loser of Whittaker vs Chimaev - To have a TS fast, he needs a victory over a well-known opponent while Strickland fights for the belt. Adesanya will not take the fight while Whittaker and Chimaev are fighting each other. Beating Vettori or Allen will not bring him anything, Costa lost too many fights to be a good win. He needs to wait for the loser of Chimaev vs Whittaker
Cannonier vs Fluffy Hernandez - Jared needs a win and maybe not a fight with another strong striker. He always did well with grapplers while Fluffy needs to be tested with a powerful dude

Ricci vs Marina Rodriguez - She is fighting girls at a relatively similar level: Angela Hill, Tecia Torres, Lupita, she needs to be tested with the upper level. Alternative will be Amanda Lemos
Angela Hill vs Gillian Robertson - Gillian has a good run at 115 while Angela is a win some lose some fighter. It could be a good grappler vs striker fight

Loder vs Petroski - he won his 3 TUF fights mainly relying on his NCAA wrestling. He's 33 yo, so they might need to rush him. Let's see what he can do with another NCAA wrestler who was on TUF 2 or 3 years ago
Medina vs Robert Valentin - two tough guys with different games

Mairon Santos vs Contagious Romulus - TUF vs DWCS to start his UFC run (he is a BW)
Kaan Offli vs Zecchini in the next Aussie card - the UFC likes the Australian cards and needs some local fighters for the prelim cards. Zecchini could be an easy win at home

Morales vs Geoff Neal - Shavkat, Garry, and Giacomo are too close to a TS to fight him. He is too unknown for Usman and Coby. Brady and Burns are fighting in a few weeks. Best available opponent will be Neal in a boxer vs boxer fight
Magny vs Carlos Prates - The most exciting unranked WW for the official gatekeeper of the weight class

GM3 vs Bo Nickal - I want to see Nickal vs a good grappler, I have no interest in seeing him clean the floor with a striker that has no clue what to do on the ground
Edmen Shahbazyan vs Shara Putin Magomedov - No ground game

Marshall vs Culibao or Charriere - He needs an active striker to make him live TV-friendly
Buzukja vs Jarno Errens
Reese vs Cesar Almeida, the kickboxing guy
Borschev vs Charlie Campbell
Llontop vs Michal Figlak - Loser leaves the UFC
Cavalcanti vs Chelsea Chandler - A ranked opponent where Cavalcanti will not have a size advantage
Nunes vs Melissa Dixon - Not sure Nunes should be a 135er
Wong vs Luana Santos
Leonardo, 1-4 in the UFC - Cut

 

[Kenny Powerth]

One of them will likely get a TS but not before Sean and especially not before Rob/Khamzat winner..

Agreed! I should have specified

 

[Eternalwarriorking]

Great picks overall! Only one I diverge from is Kopylov vs Reese. I don't think he's done enough to entertain the step up to Kopylov as yet.

Though Russian MMA exceptionalists will argue in principle Ikram is probably levels above Reese, this matchup makes a lot of sense based on the stats. Both crushed 2 guys at the bottom of the heap, and were also finished nastily themselves in a third outing.

To me, this fight makes a lot of sense.

 

[Captain Tenneal]

Gerald Meershart vs Paul Craig actually intrigues me

They both would try to snatch submissions often

 

[michi972]

Win over Dolidze doesnt mean anything lol

And he was down 0-3 to Cannonier before one of the worst stoppages ever

Sean is getting the Dricus rematch and Rob Khamzat winner probably has the next shot after him. Imavov is still a ways away from a shot even if he beats Brendan who barely scraped by Curtis on a torn hamstring.

short notice Curtis

 

[Deleted member 585708]

In honour of @Siver! being absent tonight, I'll kick off the next fights to make thread with a couple of my own picks:
- Caio Borralho vs. Imavov/Allen winner
- Jared Cannonier vs. Pereira/Hernandez winner
- Tabatha Ricci vs. Marina Rodriguez
- Angela Hill vs. Yazmin Jauregui (with a win)
- Ryan Loder vs. Cody Brundage
- Robert Valentin vs. Ikram Aliskerov
- Mairon Santos vs. Daniel Pineda
- Kaan Ofli vs. Melquizael Costa
- Michael Morales vs. Geoff Neal
- Neil Magny vs. Battle/Jousset winner
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Paul Craig
- Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Shara Magomedov
- Francis Marshall vs. Josh Culibao
- Dennis Buzukja CUT
- Zach Reese vs. Roman Kopylov
- Jose Medina vs. Abu Azaitar
- Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Jim Miller
- James Llontop vs. Jordan Vucenic
- Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Chelsea Chandler
- Josiane Nunes vs. Joselyne Edwards
- Cong Wang vs. Casey O'Neill
- Victoria Leonardo CUT

Let me know what you think and your picks

Great work, man, totally agree with your pick for Caio - though the Khamzat-Whittaker loser would also be great!

I'm gonna have to catch up on this show, looks like some significant progress was made!

 

[tornado362]

Great work, man, totally agree with your pick for Caio - though the Khamzat-Whittaker loser would also be great!

I'm gonna have to catch up on this show, looks like some significant progress was made!

Was a fantastic night of fights

Let me know your picks once you've caught up!

 

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