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Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson
Robbie Lawler vs Nick Diaz
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Joanna Jedrzejcyck
Rose Namajunas vs Valerie Leotourneu
Jake Ellenberger vs Cerrone/Story (w)
Matt Brown vs Albert Tumenov
Erik Perez vs Pedro Muhnoz
Francisco Rivera vs Rob Font
Ryan Benoit vs Ulka Sasaki
Fredy Serrano vs Jon Delos Reyes
Nikita Krylov vs Shogun Rua
Ed Herman vs Sean O'Connell
Jorge Masvidal vs Nordine Taleb
Ross Pearson vs Josh Burkman
Anthony Hamilton vs Francis Ngannou
Damian Grabowski vs Curtis Blaydes
Wilson Reis vs Louis Smolka
Hector Sandaval vs Geane Herrera
Michael Graves vs Shinsho Anzai
Bojan Velickovic vs Jonathan Meunier
Damian Brown vs Scott Holtzman
Cesar Arzamendia vs Lukasz Sajewski
 
I am a bit conflicted about the Lawler vs Diaz fight, on one hand I do like the rematch as it is a fight I want to see but when I think about how it will go I don't.

I want to see Lawler get back into title contention again, if/when he wins over Nick Diaz he will just have won against a guy who have lost his last 3 and haven't
been fighting for a long time.

If Nick loses against Lawler we will probably just see him retire again and whine (big Diaz fan, but that has been the case as of late)

That makes me rather want to see Lawler against Maia/Condit depending on how that fight goes and Nick against someone in the top ten to build him up a bit
and make the comeback "stick" so he doesn't quit again if he loses the next after that.

Also, besides from money there's not much to gain from fighting Nick if you are in the run for a title shot IMO because it shouldn't be a fight that makes you a contender
considering his record as of late.

With that said, the rematch I do want to see the most is Diaz vs Condit even though it makes even less sense.
 
Great list.
I don't know about Rose vs Valerie though. Didn't Val say that she won't do 115 anymore? Rose could avenge her L to Esparza because for some reason she is still ahead of her in the rankings.
 
Masvidal, Ngannou, Benoit, Graves deserves a bigger step up in competition. Other than those good match ups
 
The top 3 on that list are right on the money. Sadly I see t wood sitting out for a while hoping GSP and nick come back to fight him.

Giving nick a title shot is a slap in the face to others even though he is a draw plus nick v robbie would be a better fight.
 
Great list.
I don't know about Rose vs Valerie though. Didn't Val say that she won't do 115 anymore? Rose could avenge her L to Esparza because for some reason she is still ahead of her in the rankings.

I'd like to see Rose vs Gadhela.
 
I want Ellenberger vs Tumenov. Good list though.
 
Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson
Robbie vs Nick
Nikita Krylov vs OSP
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Joanna Jedrzejcyck
 
Where's Rory? No split decision for RL this time.
 
Reis should be fighting for the title, he dispatches his opponent very well
I like the other ideas, specially Brown vs Tumenov
 
The Winners
Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson (UFC Welterweight Title)
Jake Ellenberger vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Erik Perez vs. Pedro Munhoz
Ryan Benoit vs. Sean Santella
Nikita Krylov vs. Misha Cirkunov
Jorge Masvidal vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
Anthony Hamilton vs. Luis Henrique
Wilson Reis vs. Demetrious Johnson (UFC Flyweight Title)
Michael Graves vs. Jingliang Li
Bojan Velickovic vs. Claudio Henrique da Silva
Damien Brown vs. Scott Holtzman


The Losers

Robbie Lawler vs. Nick Diaz II (winner gets title-shot)
Matt Brown vs. Alex Oliveira
Francisco Rivera vs. Yves Jabouin
Fredy Serrano vs. Geane Herrera
Ed Herman vs. Patrick Cummins
Ross Pearson vs. Bobby Green
Hector Sandoval vs. Roldan Sangcha'an

The Cull

Damian Grabowski - 0-2 in the UFC with two brutal finishes? Check. Late 30s? Check. Out.
Cesar Arzamendia - 0-2 in the UFC? Check. Knocked out by Damien Brown? Check. Out.
 
Woodley vs Wonderboy
Lawler vs Magny/Larkin winner (I have no faith in Diaz taking a Lawler fight now, hes obviously choice #1)

Karolina vs JJ
Namajunas vs Moroz/Taylor winner

Ellenberger vs Story/Cerrone winner
Brown vs Cote

Perez vs Scoggins
Rivera vs Gagnon

Benoit vs Martinez
Serrano vs Kelades

Krylov vs Shogun (best chance to make Krylov a "contender")
Herman vs Cutelaba

Masvidal vs Barberena
Pearson vs Sanchez 2

Hamilton vs Cannonier
Grabowski vs Ledet/Sherman loser

Reis vs DJ
Sandoval vs Zhikui

Graves vs Ayari/Wallhead winner
Velickovic vs Vettori/Uda winner

Brown vs Northcutt
Arzamendia-TUF vets who lose on the show and then get KO'd in the 1st in back to back fights usually don't get a 3rd crack

Krylov deserves better. Give him Bader IMO.

They are hurting for contenders pretty badly in that division. Bader is already about to knock off Latifi in September, no need to do the same with Krylov.
 
Brown vs. Tumenov? Lulz...you must really hate Brown. I'd love to see that though....Tumenov by body shot KO r1
 
Glad to see so many people are calling for Nick Lawler 2. That fight HAS TO HAPPEN. I'll go fuckin crazy if anything else gets booked for them.
 
I always look forward to your fights to make threads ,
good work as always
But as much as it could be a great fight i don't think Diaz deserves a top fighter at this point until he actually wins a fight
 

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