Matches to make after Pantoja vs Asakura

[GibsterMMA]

Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Royval 3
Kai Asakura vs Steve Erceg
Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Belal Muhammad
Ian Machado Garry vs Covington/Buckley loser
Ciryl Gane vs Almeida/Spivac winner
Alexander Volkov vs Curtis Blaydes 2
Bryce Mitchell vs Doo Ho Choi
Kron Gracie CUT
Nate Landwehr vs Joanderson Brito
Dominick Reyes vs Walker/Guskov winner
Anthony Smith ENJOY LIFE
Vicente Luque vs Jorge Masvidal
Themba Gorimbo vs Phil Rowe
Movsar Evloev vs Diego Lopes 2
Aljamain Sterling vs Brian Ortega
Bryan Battle vs Michael Chiesa
Randy Brown vs Neil Magny
Eryk Anders vs Andre Petroski
Chris Weidman PLEASE RETIRE
Joshua Van vs Tim Elliott
Cody Durden vs Alessandro Costa
Max Griffin vs Carlos Leal
Chase Hooper vs Jim Miller
Clay Guida vs Trevor Peek
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Junior Tafa
Lukasz Brzeski vs Tallison Texeira

 

[tritestill]

How far in advance do you make these threads?

 

[locust rising]

He's lapped the division.
Maybe call out 135 after the title fight?
Mighty mouse comes back?

 

[tritestill]

Pantoja called out Mighty Mouse lol

 

[NextGen]

Pantoja has no competition at this point. Should consider moving up a weight class if he wants a challenge.

 

[swizztony]

Shavkat vs Belal
Pantoja vs KKF
Asakura vs Albazi
Garry vs JDM
Evloev vs Lopes
Sterling vs Murphy

 

[Gio]

Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Royval 3
Kai Asakura vs Steve Erceg
Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Belal Muhammad
Ian Machado Garry vs Covington/Buckley loser
Ciryl Gane vs Almeida/Spivac winner
Alexander Volkov vs Curtis Blaydes 2
Bryce Mitchell vs Doo Ho Choi
Kron Gracie CUT
Nate Landwehr vs Joanderson Brito
Dominick Reyes vs Walker/Guskov winner
Anthony Smith ENJOY LIFE
Vicente Luque vs Jorge Masvidal
Themba Gorimbo vs Phil Rowe
Movsar Evloev vs Diego Lopes 2
Aljamain Sterling vs Brian Ortega
Bryan Battle vs Michael Chiesa
Randy Brown vs Neil Magny
Eryk Anders vs Andre Petroski
Chris Weidman PLEASE RETIRE
Joshua Van vs Tim Elliott
Cody Durden vs Alessandro Costa
Max Griffin vs Carlos Leal
Chase Hooper vs Jim Miller
Clay Guida vs Trevor Peek
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Junior Tafa
Lukasz Brzeski vs Tallison Texeira

Just wanna say your consistency of putting up your 'matches to make after' threads all year are appreciated. You never missed a single event for years.

You're awesome. Cheers bud @GibsterMMA

 

[IneedSometop]

Pantoja has no competition at this point. Should consider moving up a weight class if he wants a challenge.

I think he’s legit too small for BW he’s not a big FLW. Asakura dwarfed him in there tonight

 

[HatKick]

Pantoja has no competition at this point. Should consider moving up a weight class if he wants a challenge.

Too small for BW and too many high level grapplers there. He should just keep making easy money at flyweight.

 

[NextGen]

I think he’s legit too small for BW he’s not a big FLW. Asakura dwarfed him in there tonight

Unfortunately. But still worth considering. He's got nothing left to prove at 125.

 

[jko1355]

I'm just sick... i had heard the lightweight divisions in asia and the pfl were just As good or even better than the ufc... did they send over one of their worst? This guy sucked

 

[RockyLockridge]

Pantoja called out Mighty Mouse lol

Smartest move he could make. Maybe UFC pays up

 

[tornado362]

Cutting 1-3 Gracie but keeping 1-5 Brzeski is a strange move

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Kron's ufc career needs to go the way of the dinosaur

 

[Yi-Sunsin]

I would like to see Asakura vs Tiara or move back up to bantamweight and fight Song Yadong.

 

[Ian]

UFC should make Colby fight Garry.

 

[benebox]

Asakura / Figuero would be fun!

 

[Koala]

Pantoja vs Moreno 4 or 5 - Moreno defended his belt multiple times and lost it by split decision. He also easily beat Albazi. His loss to Royval was also a split decision. His last fight with Pantoja was great. I have the vibe he could find a gameplan to win this fight

Asakura vs Kai Kara France - I don't want to see him face a grappler

Shavkat vs Belal

Garry vs Giacomo della Maddalena - This should be the best fight for Garry. He has the right style against a boxer and beating a hot prospect could bring him in the conversation to fight the winner of Belal vs Shavkat

Gane vs Blaydes - Stop protecting him from wrestlers. Even strikers are wrestling him now

Volkov vs winner of Spivac vs Almeida

Evloev vs Diego Lopes 2 - They have history, they have a beef and it looks like Volk is fighting Topuria

Sterling vs Ortega - Alternative will be Bryce Mitchell

Mitchell vs Jean Silva - A guy ranked 13 out of a loss should have fought a hot unranked prospect and the fact that Kron had a ranked opponent was a disgrace. He has to redeem himself by fighting Jean Silva

Gracie - Cut

Doo Ho Choi vs Youssef Zalal - Both are great career comebacks at 145 and could be a fun fight

Nate the Train vs Joanderson Brito - Guns blazing fighters coming off a loss

Reyes vs Rountree - Both are good at seizing opportunities given by their opponents

Smith vs Zhang Minyang - Gatekeeper to the top 15

Luque vs Masvidal - Masvidal will refuse to fight prospects and the UFC will not give him top dogs. Luque is a good compromise

Gorimbo vs Randy Brown - Not sure how Gorimbo had a ranked opponent out of fights with no-names. Let's test him with a good middle-of-the-pack fighter that he had jumped over

Battle vs Kevin Holland - Fun fighters between WW and MW. I don't like fighters missing weight by a lot and I am not sure he won the fight

Chiesa vs Mike Malott - Chiesa has good fights against other grapplers

Griffin vs Oban Elliott - Oban is 3-0 against low-level fighters and Griffin loses only to good let's say top 20-30 guys

Anders vs Brad Tavares - Both are good vets who have beaten Weidman recently

Weidman vs Julian Marquez - It could be a winnable retirement fight

Van vs Tim Elliott - Tim has been the gatekeeper to the top 10 in recent years

Durden vs Ramzan Temurov - I guess he lost his ranking and he will now be facing the young prospect to test them before they face a ranked opponent. Temurov looked good recently and some other good flyweights like Carpenter and Tsuruya already have a fight

Hooper vs Jai Herbert - I have the vibe that the UFC is giving him favourable match-ups since he moved up. Let's move up one step and give him a kicker with good distance management that he can still takedown and finish on the ground

Guida vs Vinc Pichel - Vet vs vet

Kennedy vs Waldo Cortes Acosta - He looks good so far at 265 and needs a step up. I am not sure why Waldo is ranked but there is not much competition for him to defend his rank

Brzeski - Cut. He is 1-5 in the UFC and Polish. Go make money in KSW

 

[Shadey1]

Lukasz Brzeski - Cut - 1-5 in the UFC. I don't see another fight coming his way.
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Marcos Rogério de Lima - Let's rebook this fight. It was supposed to happen earlier this year.
Clay Guida - Retire - Clay is a veteran who has been around for ages. I just don't think he has it now. Knowing Clay though I can see him wanting one more.
Chase Hooper vs. Jim Miller - Hooper is coming off a win over one veteran. Let's see if he can do the same against Miller.
Max Griffin vs. Nicolas Dalby - Two veterans coming off losses. I think it's a good rebound.
Mike Chiesa vs. Court McGee - Two TUF winners coming off submission wins. I think this is a good one.
Cody Durden vs. Allan Nascimento - Durden falls out of the rankings with this loss. I think this is a good next step.
Joshua Van vs. Jafel Filho - Van probably enters at 15 in the rankings. I think this is a good next step for him.
Chris Weidman - Retire - He had some moments in the fight but I think this should be it for Chris.
Eryk Anders vs. Kelvin Gastelum - Two veterans coming off wins. I think this is a suitable next step for both.
Randy Brown vs. Themba Gorimbo - two welterweight standouts coming off losses tonight. Happy for this to be their next step.
Bryan Battle vs. Vincente Luque - Despite the weight miss. I do think Battle needs a ranked opponent. Him and Luque won so this makes sense to me.
Aljamain Sterling vs. Bryce Mitchell - Tough loss for Aljo. I think this is a good next fight for him. Also does for Bryce who won tonight.
Movsar Evloev vs. Diego Lopes II - If we are getting Ilia vs Volk. This is the next contender fight.
Anthony Smith - Retire - I think it's time for Anthony Smith. Respect to him for his career.
Dominick Reyes vs. Azamat Murzakanov - Winner of this goes in the top ten.
Nate Landwehr vs. Joanderson Brito - Think this is a fun rebound fight for both men.
Doo Ho Choi vs. Pat Sabatini - Great win for Choi. I think this is his next step up the ladder.
Kron Gracie - Cut - Personally don't know why this fight was even booked.
Alexander Volkov vs. Almeida/Spivac loser - I honestly thought Volkov won this one. I don't think he falls too far but would rather not rebook him and Blaydes.
Ciryl Gane vs. Jailton Almeida - This depends on Almeida winning of course. Otherwise I guess we do Gane vs. Blaydes.
Ian Machado Garry vs. Covington/Buckley loser - Garry impressed me tonight. I think he could honestly fight the winner or loser of this. I'd prefer him and Colby.
Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Belal Muhammad - Title fight for Shavkat.
Kai Asakura vs. Alex Perez - Tough loss for Kai. I really wanted him to pull it out. I think Perez is a good next step.
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Moreno or Royval - It's not appealing I know. But this division badly needs a fresh challenger for Pantoja.

 

[GibsterMMA]

How far in advance do you make these threads?

I make the matches in between the fights