Matches to make after Walker vs Zhang

[GibsterMMA]

Johnny Walker vs Jan Blachowicz (callout)
Mingyang Zhang vs Dustin Jacoby
Aljamain Sterling vs Lopes/Silva winner
Brian Ortega vs Michael Johnson (155)
Sergei Pavlovich vs Ciryl Gane (with loss)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Derrick Lewis
Sumudaerji vs Kai Asakura
Kevin Borjas vs Jose Ochoa
Taiyilake Nueraji vs Yanal Ashmouz (155)
Kiefer Crosbie CUT
Gauge Young vs Kody Steele
Maheshate vs Anshul Jublie
Charles Johnson vs Steve Erceg
Lone’er Kavanagh vs Ronaldo Rodriguez
Rongzhu vs Joaquim Silva (with win)
Austin Hubbard CUT
Kyle Daukaus vs Nursulton Ruziboev
Michel Pereira vs Marc-Andre Barriault
Yizha vs Timmy Cuamba
Westin Wilson vs Erik Silva
Su Young You vs Carlos Vera
Xiao Long vs Cristian Quinonez
Uran Satybaldiev vs Crute/Erslan winner
Diyar Nurgozhay vs DWCS fighter

 

[Kenny Powerth]

Great list

 

[Captain Tenneal]

apparently a fight card happened

 

[deanambrose]

Jan is rumored to fight Volkan. Even Johnny corrected himself and told "Ah, Jan's got fight booked already'.

 

[GoWokeGoBroke]

sterling couldn’t finish concentration camp ortega. Dana should cut them both then we won’t have to hear aljo crying no more.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Love the matchmaking as always.

I’d rather see Erceg fight guys far less dangerous, he still needs time to rebuild and had to scrape by Osborne.

Maybe Johnson vs Elliott? Seems like a great fight to build Johnson and get him ranked without burning someone with some potential still like Erceg.

 

[Koala]

Johnny Walker vs the loser of Rakic vs Murzakanov
Mingyang Zhang vs Ion Cutelaba - Unranked vet to see where he stands
Aljamain Sterling vs the loser of Diego Lopes vs Jean Silva
Brian Ortega vs Beneil Dariush at 155 - Beneil also wants to fight someone with a name
Sergei Pavlovich vs Gane (with a loss), as he hasn't faced him yet
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Derrick Lewis - Still young, let's build him with a PPV fight against an opponent with some name value
Sumudaerji vs Rei Tsuruya - I want to test his wrestling and grappling in-depth
Kevin Borjas vs Alibi Idiris
Taiyilake Nueraji vs Trevor Peek
Kiefer Crosbie - Cut
Gauge Young vs Elves Brenner
Maheshate vs Tofiq Musayev
Charles Johnson vs Tim Elliott
Lone’er Kavanagh vs Joseph Morales - Another crafty vet
Rongzhu vs Viascheslav Borschev
Austin Hubbard - Cut
Kyle Daukaus vs Mansur Abdul Malik
Michel Pereira vs Marco Tulio - Rebook it
Yizha vs Ty Miller
Westin Wilson - Cut
Su Young You vs Alecsandre Topuria
Xiao Long vs Cameron Saaiman
Uran Satybaldiev vs Billy Elekana
Diyar Nurgozhay vs Rafael Cerqueira - The loser leaves the UFC

 

[TITS]

Love the matchmaking as always.

I’d rather see Erceg fight guys far less dangerous, he still needs time to rebuild and had to scrape by Osborne.

Maybe Johnson vs Elliott? Seems like a great fight to build Johnson and get him ranked without burning someone with some potential still like Erceg.

I was thinking Johnson vs Elliott is a perfect matchup too. The little Eggman needs to beat one more bum before they start matching him up with killers again.

 

[GibsterMMA]

I was thinking Johnson vs Elliott is a perfect matchup too. The little Eggman needs to beat one more bum before they start matching him up with killers again.

My only thing holding me back from that matchup is IF the UFC doesn’t give Horiguchi someone top 5 in his return I’d book him vs Elliott

 

[Trupsi]

I think Kiefer Crosbie deserves one more, just because he didn't take an easy way out.

 

[FEDORFAN44]

Walker vs menefield
Zhang vs Jacoby
Sterling vs Allen
Ortega vs t-wrecks
Pavlovich vs kuniev
Salsa boy vs Lewis
Sumudaerji vs morales
Borjas vs asakura
Nueraji vs Goff or mason Jones at lw
Young vs musayev
Maheshate vs hubbard
Johnson vs erceg
Kavanagh vs durden
Rongzhu vs hooper
Daukaus vs CLD or tulio
Pereira vs gm3
yizha vs peek
Young vs smotherman
Long vs Smith
Satybaldiev vs Julius walker
Nurgozhay vs tafa

 

[FEDORFAN44]

I think Kiefer Crosbie deserves one more, just because he didn't take an easy way out.

I agree but who the hell do they match him up with? He might be the worst fighter in the ufc and I don't see any fair fights for him

 

[Trupsi]

I agree but who the hell do they match him up with? He might be the worst fighter in the ufc and I don't see any fair fights for him

Some old ass like Tim Means or Court McGhee if they're still signed. Morono, Price, Prado, Urbina you can find some guys to make a "winnable" fight for him.

 

[FEDORFAN44]

Some old ass like Tim Means or Court McGhee if they're still signed. Morono, Price, Prado, Urbina you can find some guys to make a "winnable" fight for him.

I don't think there is one winnable fight for him in those names

 

[VAfan]

will be curious to see what they do with zhang next. they obviously expected him to beat walker, it was a tailor-made matchup. maybe they feed him cans for a while to try to keep him around, to try to keep the great chinese hope alive.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

I was thinking Johnson vs Elliott is a perfect matchup too. The little Eggman needs to beat one more bum before they start matching him up with killers again.

I say give Erceg someone not a complete bum but predictable, like Bruno Silva - top 15 and dangerous in phases like Osborne, but not as fast and with holes to exploit. If he wins that can look to give him top 10 opponents again (like 6-10 ranking, around where he is at).

 

[Goldentrophy]

Johnny Walker vs Jan Blachowicz (callout)
Mingyang Zhang vs Dustin Jacoby
Aljamain Sterling vs Lopes/Silva winner
Brian Ortega vs Michael Johnson (155)
Sergei Pavlovich vs Ciryl Gane (with loss)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Derrick Lewis
Sumudaerji vs Kai Asakura
Kevin Borjas vs Jose Ochoa
Taiyilake Nueraji vs Yanal Ashmouz (155)
Kiefer Crosbie CUT
Gauge Young vs Kody Steele
Maheshate vs Anshul Jublie
Charles Johnson vs Steve Erceg
Lone’er Kavanagh vs Ronaldo Rodriguez
Rongzhu vs Joaquim Silva (with win)
Austin Hubbard CUT
Kyle Daukaus vs Nursulton Ruziboev
Michel Pereira vs Marc-Andre Barriault
Yizha vs Timmy Cuamba
Westin Wilson vs Erik Silva
Su Young You vs Carlos Vera
Xiao Long vs Cristian Quinonez
Uran Satybaldiev vs Crute/Erslan winner
Diyar Nurgozhay vs DWCS fighter

The Ortega vs MJ matchup is brilliant,T-City might be reluctant since MJ is not ranked though.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

The Ortega vs MJ matchup is brilliant,T-City might be reluctant since MJ is not ranked though.

To be honest, I don't think Ortega deserves a ranked opponent at 155

 

[Safton]

Johnny Walker vs. Jan Blachowicz (if available; otherwise give him the loser of Rakic/Murzakanov)
Mingyang Zhang vs. Alonzo Menifield
Aljamain Sterling vs. Yair Rodriguez
Brian Ortega vs. Michael Chandler
Sergei Pavlovich vs. Jailton Almeida or Ciryl Gane (depending on how UFC 321 unfolds)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis
Sumudaerji vs. Choi Dong-Hun
Kevin Borjas vs. Alibi Idiris
Taiyilake Nueraji vs. Francisco Prado
Kiefer Crosbie vs. Darrius Flowers
Gauge Young vs. Austin Hubbard
Maheshate vs. Kody Steele
Charles Johnson vs. Steve Erceg
Lone'er Kavanagh vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
Rongzhu vs. Daniel Zellhuber
Kyle Daukaus vs. Jack Hermansson
Michel Pereira vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Yizha vs. Bill Algeo
Westin Wilson vs. Steven Nguyen
Su Young You vs. Cody Gibson
Long Xiao vs. Carlos Vera
Uran Satybaldiev vs. Ion Cutelaba
Diyar Nurgozhay vs. Raffael Cerqueira

 

[FEDORFAN44]

To be honest, I don't think Ortega deserves a ranked opponent at 155

I like Ortega but he is a shit show lately. I don't think he will see a ton of success at 155