Matches to make after Cejudo vs Yadong

[GibsterMMA]

Song Yadong vs Umar Nurmagomedov
Henry Cejudo RETIRE
Anthony Hernandez vs Sean Strickland
Brendan Allen vs Roman Kopylov
Rob Font vs Mario Bautista
Jean Matsumoto vs Kyler Phillips
Jean Silva vs Bryce Mitchell
Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Gomis/Amil loser
Alonzo Menifield vs Oumar Sy (rebook)
Julius Walker vs Billy Elekana
Ion Cutelaba vs Mingyang Zhang (with win)
Ibo Aslan vs Ivan Erslan
Melquizael Costa vs Wood/Charriere winner
Andre Fili vs Nate Landwehr
Mansur Abdul-Malik vs Jacob Malkoun
Nick Klein vs Antonio Trocoli
Ricky Simon vs Farid Basharat
Javid Basharat vs Adrian Yanez
Austin Vanderdord vs Adam Fugitt
Nikolay Veretennikov CUT THAT BUM
Nursulton Ruziboev vs Bryan Battle (170)
Eric McConico vs Dusko Todorovic
Modestas Bukauskas vs Dustin Jacoby
Raffael Cerqueira CUT

 

[Black9]

Strickland vs Rob sounds FAR better IMO.

Fluffy vs Imavov/Caio for #1 contender

 

[JoeRowe]

Cejudo vs Aldo is still a fight I'd love to see.
Fluffy vs Caio is a must-see matchup right now. Let's see how good Caio's mma grappling is

 

[GibsterMMA]

Cejudo vs Aldo is still a fight I'd love to see.
Fluffy vs Caio is a must-see matchup right now. Let's see how good Caio's mma grappling is

I like Fluffy vs Caio but I feel like Caio vs Imavov is next assuming they don’t let Imavov wait for a title shot

 

[GibsterMMA]

Strickland vs Rob sounds FAR better IMO.

Fluffy vs Imavov/Caio for #1 contender

Rob and Strickland are in situations they need to take a step back and give some prospects opportunities, Rob may even need to consider 205

 

[BullyKutta]

Cejudo vs. Elton John.

It's about as believable as his injury tonight.

 

[tornado362]

Yadong Song vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
Henry Cejudo RETIRE
Anthony Hernandez vs. Jared Cannonier
Brendan Allen vs. Park Jun-Yong
Rob Font vs. Brandon Royval (135)
Jean Matsumoto vs. Pedro Munhoz
Jean Silva vs. Bryce Mitchell
Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. Gabriel Santos
Alonzo Menifield vs. Krylov/Reyes loser
Julius Walker vs. Tuco Tokkos
Ion Cutelaba vs. Oumar Sy
Ibo Aslan vs. Rodolfo Bellato
Melquizael Costa vs. Jonathan Pearce
Andre Fili vs. Kyle Nelson
Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Nick Klein vs. Antonio Trocoli
Ricky Simon vs. Cody Garbrandt
Javid Basharat vs. Muin Gafurov
Austin Vanderford vs. Niko Price
Nikolay Veretennikov CUT
Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Paul Craig
Eric McConico vs. Medina/Gautier loser
Modestas Bukauskas vs. Navajo Stirling
Raffael Cerquiera vs. Artem Vakhitov

 

[Fact Checker]

Fluffy vs Imavov/Caio for #1 contender

Lol at Fluffy vs either one of those guys… the best bro can draw right now in maybe Rodrigues or Cannonier after that mediocre performance.

 

[Preston broadus]

Cejudo vs umar

 

[Swamp Rat Jones]

Cejudo vs ALL available backlash and hate while having his mouth duct taped for years.

This is the most deserved.

 

[svmr_db]

Strickland vs Rob sounds FAR better IMO.

Fluffy vs Imavov/Caio for #1 contender

Imavov & Borralho are coming off far better wins than Fluffy, Fluffy isn't fighting that far up yet. He's minimum 2 away from a title shot.

Imavov vs Borralho for #1 contender.

Fluffy vs either Izzy, Whittaker or Cannonier.

 

[IneedSometop]

Simon getting the bash brothers back to back is sick work

 

[LincolnHawk1]

Fluffy vs Cannonier sounds interesting.

 

[Shadey1]

Raffael Cerqueira vs. Tuco Tokkos - Loser leaves UFC.
Modestas Bukauskas vs. Oumar Sy - Good win for Modestas. I like him as the next step for Oumar.
Eric McConico vs. Nick Klein - Rebound for both men having been stopped in their debuts.
Nursulton Ruziboev vs. César Almeida - Both men coming off stoppage wins. See who can build on this.
Nikolay Veretennikov - Cut - Based on the loss and unprofessional behavior post match.
Austin Vanderford vs. Jonathan Micallef - Each man has won their UFC debut. Let's see who can build on it.
Javid Basharat vs. Ricky Turcios - Rebuilding fight for both men coming off tough losses.
Ricky Simon vs. Raoni Barcelos - Both men coming off big wins. I think this makes sense for what comes next.
Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dustin Stoltzfus - Great win for Mansur. This is a good next step.
Andre Fili vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan - Rebound for both men after being finished tonight.
Melquizael Costa vs. Gabriel Santos - Both men coming off sub wins. Makes sense to me.
Ibo Aslan vs. Billy Elekana - Rebound fight for both men coming off their first losses.
Ion Cutelaba vs. Dustin Jacoby II - Both men coming off impressive wins. Rematch makes sense.
Julius Walker vs. Ivan Erslan - Both coming off first losses. Rebound makes sense.
Alonzo Menifield vs. Bogdan Guskov - Like this fight for both men. Think it's a fun next step.
Jean Silva vs. Calvin Kattar - Silva needs a ranked opponent and Calvin needs a win. Think this is a fun fight for both.
Jean Matsumoto vs. Payton Talbott - Rebound fight for both men after their first losses.
Rob Font vs. Mario Bautista - Think this is a good fight. Winner of this moves up in the rankings.
Brendan Allen vs. Paulo Costa - Each man coming off a decision lost. Must win for both.
Anthony Hernandez vs. Dolidze/Vettori winner - This should be a good next step for Hernandez.
Henry Cejudo vs. Jose Aldo - Not a fan of the rematch idea. If Henry wants to keep fighting. I'd watch this.
Song YaDong vs. Marlon Vera II - Think this is a fun next step for Song after his win.

 

[Koala]

Song Yadong vs Nurmagomedov - Rebook it as Yadong has fought most of the other top 5 guys outside Merab and I don't think he's getting a TS
Cejudo retires or fights Marlon Vera - They are both still top 15 but nowhere near the top 5 or title contention
Rob Font vs Marcus McGhee - It could be another war, or maybe Vinicius Oliveira if they struggle to find him a top-15 opponent
Ricky Simon vs Jean Matsumoto - Tough fighters just outside the top 15. An alternative could be a rematch with Rob Font, their fight was great
Basharat comes back in 6+ months and fights someone like Ramon Taveras. He is 0-2 in the last 2 losing to Simon and Zahabi who are in the top 10-20 best BWs. He is thus not at this level right now

Fluffy vs Whittaker - 7-fight winning streak, he needs a big name to build his case for a TS. Whittaker has to avoid the power strikers and Fluffy has pillow hands, which could make sense for his comeback
Brandon Allen vs the loser of Vettori vs Dolidze - He beats his opponents outside the top 10 but loses to better fighters. He's now 0-2 in the last two and should fight someone on a losing streak. He had beef with Vettori. Thus, a fight between those two can make sense
Abdulmalik vs Naurdiev - Abdulmalik still needs some experience
Nick Klein vs Trolcoli - Loser leaves the UFC
Ruziboev vs Holland - Fun fight between two strikers between WW and MW
McConico vs Elekena - Rebook the LFA fight. Loser leaves the UFC

Jean Silva vs Calvin Kattar - Kattar needs someone who will bang with him
Melsik vs Kaan Ofli

Menifield vs Bukauskas - I am not sure Menifield is really top 15
Julius Walker vs Jimmy Crute - Not a bad first fight for Walker while Crute has to prove he's still at the UFC level
Cutelaba vs Oumar Sy - Cutelaba had good wins beating pure strikers. Let's test him with a grappler
Ibo Aslan vs Ivan Erslan - The Last Ottoman vs a Croatian
Cerqueira - Cut - His record pre-UFC looked like a risk-averse build-up and he has 2 R1 KO losses in the UFC

Melziquosta vs Naimov - Good fighters who need a streak. Wrestler vs grappler to test Naimov's Fight IQ
Fili vs Buzukja - Atrocious finish, he needs someone to build back his self-confidence. Buzukja is relatively known, and entertaining, but relatively bad, he could be a good opponent

Vanderford vs Themba Gorimbo - He was quite good in Bellator and I want to see if Gorimbo worked on his grappling
Veretinikov vs Bassil Hafez - Loser leaves the UFC

 

[Hdfi]

Song Yadong vs Rob Font
Henry Cejudo vs Jose Aldo = battle of former champions.
Fluffy vs Caio Borralho = winner gets the next title shot after Khamzat.
Jean Silva vs Bryce Mitchell = Lord asked for it.
Allen vs Costa
Matsumoto vs Kattar
Bukauskas vs Minifield

 

[GibsterMMA]

Fluffy vs Cannonier sounds interesting.

Solid fight but Cannonier just beat an unranked fighter after 2 straight losses, I think Cannonier vs Dolidze would make a lot of sense next if he beats Vettori, I think you can argue Fluffy vs top 5 next

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Henry Cejudo RETIRE

Henry vs Aldo is a good one since they're both on the way out (past their prime).

or Song vs Fig