Fights to make for The Damage...

[elwoood11]

If he's lucky, they let him fight on UFC 225 in Chicago...hometown fam and friends just an hour away

Option 1...Ricardo Lamas...also from Chicagoland area
Option 2...Zombie return fight? Makes sense....Korean Zombie vs American Zombie
Option 3...Cub coming off loss


If he's unlucky, they force him to go to Brazil for a 3rd time in 9 fights (Beat Lucas Martins, lost to Hacran Dias in last 2 trips).....

Option 1.... retires Aldo in his home country, setting The Damage up for a Title Shot.
Option 2....don't go if they force a Renato Moicano fight on him...Elkins needs higher ranked opponent.

He loves to go into fighters backyards and says "all the pressure is on them not me"....Michael Johnson, Bermudez, Whiteford, the 2 mentioned above, plus a possibility of Lamas, Aldo, or Moicano next.....UFC IS TRYING TO MAKE ELKINS FALL ON HIS FACE BUT THEY CANT BRING HIM DOWN.

Dudes a hall of famer when it's all said and done. Blue collar, pipe fittin, Alpha Male

 

[Fungoose]

Give this double tough bastard a title eliminator at least.

 

[Gangstub]

Zombie

 

[xyzxyz94]

Inspirational in how he doesn't let his relative lack of skill hold him back.

 

[SimonNova]

He should fight the guy who tattooed his chest. At least he should want to fight him

 

[Spotless Mind]

He need to fight off the demons that inhabit his body. Because the only reason I could think of for someone getting a tattoo like that is something supernatural.

 

[rjmbrd]

Give this double tough bastard a title eliminator at least.

Has to be a title eliminator for him next.

 

[Southpaw_27]

Holy shit, Korean Zombie vs The Damage please. This fight deserves 5 rounds in a main event. Would be my most anticipated fight of the year if it were to happen.

 

[Gambit MMA]

KZ or the stephens emmett winner

 

[Sakuraba7]

Mirsad Bektic rematch.

Korean Zombie just got back from 3 year lay-off including military service. Don't see the point in fighting him at this point. Maybe a year down the road.

 

[elwoood11]

Mirsad Bektic rematch.

Korean Zombie just got back from 3 year lay-off including military service. Don't see the point in fighting him at this point. Maybe a year down the road.

If WME idiot matchmakers rematches him against Bektic they have no souls and may God have mercy on them....If it happens, it will be 3 to 4 fights from now I think.....when ELKINS is the champ

I think I know why....but I truly don't know why they dislike Elkins so much. 6-0 since he made a life changing decision for his career and family....

 

[Bboy]

Shit I wouldn't mind seeing him versus Aldo.

 

[Sakuraba7]

If WME idiot matchmakers rematches him against Bektic they have no souls and may God have mercy on them....If it happens, it will be 3 to 4 fights from now I think.....when ELKINS is the champ

I think I know why....but I truly don't know why they dislike Elkins so much. 6-0 since he made a life changing decision for his career and family....

I don't see how Elkins can ever be champ. He seems like the perfect gatekeeper. Edges out wins against mid-range guys, but doesn't have what it takes to be a Top 5 contender.

 

[fortheo]

Aldo. He shouldn't take anyone outside of the top 5.

 

[TUFNewb]

Stephens and damage should be fighting each other for a title shot, and not Emmett.

Quality match making from the UFC as always.

 

[elwoood11]

I don't see how Elkins can ever be champ. He seems like the perfect gatekeeper. Edges out wins against mid-range guys, but doesn't have what it takes to be a Top 5 contender.

I truly believe Darren Elkins on any given night could beat anybody at 145... But at the same time, he is definitely not as marketable as anybody else in the top 15... the dude lives to fight... I just think it's a shame how the UFC treats him...



And the Damage tattoo is a thing of beauty

 

[Sakuraba7]

I truly believe Darren Elkins on any given night could beat anybody at 145... But at the same time, he is definitely not as marketable as anybody else in the top 15... the dude lives to fight... I just think it's a shame how the UFC treats him...


And the Damage tattoo is a thing of beauty

Then give him Zabit to fight. That guy is free for April 7. Elkins didn't take any damage from the MJ fight.

 

[elwoood11]

Elkins ud 5 rounds

 

[Joseph_McBride]

America Zombie bs Korean Zombie for UFC 225 sounds perfect!

But I anticipate Aldo/Elkins UFC 224 in Brazil