Who do you think is the dark horse of MW division?

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Dricus was the definition of a dark horse; nobody saw him coming, everyone thought he was a joke that will get KO'd by anyone decent ( which will probably still happen when he fights someone with legit KO power) but look where he is now, a defending champ.

So, who do you think is now the dark horse that you think will become champ?
 
I'll go with Michel Pereira, no one talking about him in terms of a title fight, so I'll go with him.

He has improved so much, he is on a 8 fight win streak in UFC which is the most in the division and he is so creative and tricky with his striking and is very accurate. Something has changed about him, he is much more focused now and does limited clowning. When he first came to UFC he was clowning all the time in the fights and he wasn't concentrating properly and made many mistakes because of it, it was mostly all clowning. But like I said last 4-5 years he has changed and is just is much more concentrated

He actually has exactly the same winning streak that DDP has in UFC, exactly the same amount. Another thing is he would be a fresh opponent for DDP, they never fought before, so its something new and interesting. Won't be surprised if it happens in 2025
 
Khamzat for sure ... We still don't know how good he is .. Some fights he looks unstoppable and some he looks very human - while still performing well against top competition. + From what we hear from anyone who trains with him, we still haven't seen the best of Khamzat in the octagon yet.
 
flowoftruth said:
Khamzat for sure ... We still don't know how good he is .. Some fights he looks unstoppable and some he looks very human - while still performing well against top competition. + From what we hear from anyone who trains with him, we still haven't seen the best of Khamzat in the octagon yet.
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Khamzat is anything but a dark horse. Half of sherdog thinks he will run everyone over at MW. He is even a big betting favourite against Whittaker, the MW anti-wrestler himself.
 
justmark said:
Dricus was the definition of a dark horse; nobody saw him coming, everyone thought he was a joke that will get KO'd by anyone decent ( which will probably still happen when he fights someone with legit KO power) but look where he is now, a defending champ.

So, who do you think is now the dark horse that you think will become champ?
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Bo Nickal (hopefully) so I can stop seething about him being on the maincard over Jiri and Rakic.
 
justmark said:
Khamzat is anything but a dark horse. Half of sherdog thinks he will run everyone over at MW. He is even a huge betting favourite against Whittaker, the MW anti-wrestler himself.
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Most people are down on him being a serious contender at MW after his close bouts with Burns and Usman.
I didnt know he was the betting favourite against Whittaker, but more serious fans would see it the opposite way.
 
Obviously DDP is clearly the Darkhorse. Theres nothing much to really dislike about this guy to be honest, he seems like a good dude.
 
justmark said:
Khamzat is anything but a dark horse. Half of sherdog thinks he will run everyone over at MW. He is even a big betting favourite against Whittaker, the MW anti-wrestler himself.
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Well in his last fight he made UFCs greatest ever defensive wrestler(Usman) look like he never grappled before in his life, so being a fav over Rob the anti wrestler makes absolute sense
 
justmark said:
why? Isn't he the guy that got beaten up badly in sparring by Gane?
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Maybe I'm not sure. But getting beat up by a man 50 lbs heavier & 2 weight classes higher isn't exactly damning lol.

Example:
"Isn't Umar the guy who gets beaten up by Makhachev in sparring? He can't possibly be a champion at 135"
 
JoeRowe said:
Maybe I'm not sure. But getting beat up by a man 50 lbs heavier & 2 weight classes higher isn't exactly damning lol.

Example:
"Isn't Umar the guy who gets beaten up by Makhachev in sparring? He can't possibly be a champion at 135"
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Weight classes matter much more at the lower weight classes. Also, people here always say that even Conor could take Gane down . If he was so good, why did he not take Gane down?
 
RockyLockridge said:
I'll go with Caio Borralho, I think he'll be the one to take the belt off dricus. by the time he gets there, dricus will start slowing down
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Caio is a very well rounded fighter.

Let's see how he does against Cannonier this weekend. If he runs through him he should be in a number 1 contender fight next.

JoeRowe said:
Imavov
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I'm a fan of his style but I don't think he does very well vs pressure. He also lacks power considering he is a striker.
I want to see him beat whatever is left of Izzy
 
SalvadorAllende said:
Let's see how he does against Cannonier this weekend. If he runs through him he should be in a number 1 contender fight next.
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Should be, but it wont.

there will still be imavov, allen, Vettori, Strickland, Izzy and Khamzat to get through.

Caio will have to win atleast 2 more after cannonier
 
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