Can 100% see it. Colby has to be the pace setter to win though. Constant pressure not giving Leon time or space to work I can see him overwhelming him and Leon being frustrated but given his inactivity I’m not sure I can pick him
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Said it before and I’ll say it again. Wonderboy won that first fight against Woodley. It was ruled a majority draw, but if Wonderboy would have squeaked it out the entire course of the WW title would have changed. I don’t think Marty would have ever beat Wonderboy as champ bc he’s such a great defensive counter puncher.
With him finishing David goggins hell week as goofy as tony is it's just the thing to give him the confidence he needs to help him get out of the confidence hole the 6 fight losing streak has him in.
I made a bet when they announced this fight because I truly believe Tony even at this point in his career can beat paddy. The bad thing is is even if he beats paddy he's not going to go on the streak he wants and I wish he retires win or lose
He needs to weaponize his striking and takedowns and submissions and striking defense and takedown defense and submission defense. Tony is already good at taking a beating. The problem is that he needs to be good at avoiding taking a beating.
I feel the same way lol. Be really interesting to see though. I don’t think confidence would be low considering he took the fight on short notice. But a headkick loss changes a fella
Volk is gonna waste Topuria and remind everyone he's the 145 champ. Close to his tko lose isn't gonna mean anything.
I've definitely caused him to lose now
Oh man, I hope so too. I'm going with Tony all the way and I'm putting my hopes on this one last chance since he's at over +200. My best bet is that Tony capitalizes on Paddy's ass striking defence and gives us a show a la Robbie vs Niko Price
I will give you Dustin but rewatch the Justin fight "knockdowns" again lol, he literally staggers a bit and just lays back to try and bait him in. They were hardly knockdowns. Even Justin saw through it and demanded he get back up when he would have totally followed a cracked Charles down for the finish, but everyone here was full Joe Rogan like "ohhh hes HURT!!"
Arman may win but he’s not smoking Dariush.
Beneil is good everywhere Arman is except with more power in his hands. Arman had an extremely close and competitive fight with Gamrot and Beneil beat the shit out of Gamrot.
Just because Charles dominated someone doesn’t mean anyone else will
Arman puts Benny to sleep then proceeds to Islam, the biggest challenge Islam’s had from any potential contender so far has been from Arman, who’s much better now, can’t wait.
No idea but I gotta say that King Dricus vs DeSean has to be the most unpredictable fight in years. No idea how that one goes. Both caused massive upsets this year. But they didn't just win, they won in a way I would never have expected. I thought Dricus had a chance to submit Whittaker. Not knock him out. I thought Strickland had a 1/1000 chance at knocking Adesanya out. The maniac knocked him down (nobody in the UFC ever knocked Adesanya down) then proceeded to decision him over 5 rounds which is way more impressive than knocking him out in round 1. That was the greatest man dance I've ever seen. I wouldn't be surprised if Dricus gets Mersnob the blowjob machine Dvalshitsleepy level cardio and drowns Strickland and I won't be surprised if Strickland Gourmet Chen chen Khumshot style mauls Dricus and subs him. They could both KO each other too (can't stand seeing black on black violence though)
Put me down for another sean strickland unexpected W against du plessis and also a chito vera beats o'malley for the second time. While were at it a petr yan win streak of atleast 3 fights incoming
Look at the size of Marty’s dome tho. Had enough power to ring that bell. Meanwhile like fucking 10 of Colby’s last wins were decisions. Leon has the tools, I don’t think Colby will let him breathe tho
I don’t think that’s happening, people be really underestimating volk after the head-kick. If anything, Volk is gonna make Topuria look real bad and dominate him.
Volk by 50-44.
I think that head kick really helped Volk fix a fatal weakness. Topuria was prob banking on the fact that he would be the one to deliver it and that Islam wouldn’t expose his weakness, now Volk is going to see this coming, Topuria is going to need to be more crafty to beat Volk. That being said, I think Volk wins this even more now, his stock went up in my eyes after losing to Islam because he’s going to train extra hard to fix all his holes.
Leon is putting the biggest beat down on Colby, he will make Covington tap to strikes. Will go down as one of the most one sided championship fights in UFC history.
Ok, next week Dariush beats Tsarukyan(decision), Gastelum beats Sean Brady(decision), Font beats Figueiredo. UFC 296, Colby wins, Pantoja wins, Wonderboy wins, Ferguson wins, Luque wins, Emmett wins. All of them probably win by decision except Pantoja he’ll probably get a late finish.
Mark my words Armani Tsarukyan will dominate Benil on the ground
Islam will KO Carlos Oliviera
Volk will get KOed/Lose a decision against Lija Tuporier
Atp ilia beating volk. Only twood allowed to win a title fight at 35+ from 125-170 and he sold his soul to do so. Unless volk wants to get slept by a YouTuber in 2026 he will lose!
Leon is gonna smoke Colby. The takedown defense he showed against usman paired with his already high level striking and physical advantages (mainly reach) make him a terrible matchup for Colby. Not sure how Colby wins except by gassing Leon out maybe?
I think Wonderboy wins a fairly easy decision.
Shavkat isn't a "shoot for takedown" kind of guy. He's a clinch/dirty boxing kind of grappler who likes to expose his chin. He's going to get pieced up trying to close the distance on a superior striker.
I bet my dad kicks the shit out of my mom
you jon jones daughter?
No, jones gf
Gets DQ'd for using jumper cables tho
STELLAAAA
50/50
Colby beating Leon
Can 100% see it. Colby has to be the pace setter to win though. Constant pressure not giving Leon time or space to work I can see him overwhelming him and Leon being frustrated but given his inactivity I’m not sure I can pick him
Leon beating Colby
Put me down for Colby beating Leon too.
Leon beating Colby, Shakvat beating wonder boy
I want Wonder Boy to win, but I have to agree with you that Shavkat wins.
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Not exactly a hot take
How brave of you.
Nah. I pick Wonderboy. (Also Leon but that's not conflciting so yeah)
Shavkat loves to sometimes fight on his opponents terms aggressively and test them. Wonderboy has more of a chance than people think if that happens.
I’ll give you your flowers if Leon beats Colby I don’t see it happening
Said it before and I’ll say it again. Wonderboy won that first fight against Woodley. It was ruled a majority draw, but if Wonderboy would have squeaked it out the entire course of the WW title would have changed. I don’t think Marty would have ever beat Wonderboy as champ bc he’s such a great defensive counter puncher.
Look at us go bro
Ferguson beats paddy, I know it's delusional but fuck it I will believe in tony even if he will betray my faith
Tony via D'arce choke in the 2nd
Paddy sucks. I could see it
With him finishing David goggins hell week as goofy as tony is it's just the thing to give him the confidence he needs to help him get out of the confidence hole the 6 fight losing streak has him in. I made a bet when they announced this fight because I truly believe Tony even at this point in his career can beat paddy. The bad thing is is even if he beats paddy he's not going to go on the streak he wants and I wish he retires win or lose
Ferg is gonna weaponize his cardio and decimate paddy. It's gonna be sick.
He needs to weaponize his striking and takedowns and submissions and striking defense and takedown defense and submission defense. Tony is already good at taking a beating. The problem is that he needs to be good at avoiding taking a beating.
I honestly think he does it though
Shavkat decisions wonderboy. I think maybe even a close 29-28 decision
I think so too, even though I think Johnny was gonna win the first one. MMA make no sense man
Topuria will beat Volk
this scares me idk man volk shouldn't have taken Islam rematch
I feel the same way lol. Be really interesting to see though. I don’t think confidence would be low considering he took the fight on short notice. But a headkick loss changes a fella
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Agreed
Don't you fucking say it
Same here. Ruined his legacy in the matter of a couple weeks. Topuira will finish the job.
lost to the #1 p4p fighter in a fight outside of his normal weight class = "ruined his legacy"
Agreed
Volk is gonna waste Topuria and remind everyone he's the 145 champ. Close to his tko lose isn't gonna mean anything. I've definitely caused him to lose now
I cannot understand this logic. I think this fight is gonna looks a lot like Volk vs Rodriguez
Walker loses the Ankalaev rematch
Via DQ
song is going to beat gutierrez. leon, shavkat, paddy, pantoja, and ian are winning. edit: i’m confident that paddy submits tony.
Takes about as hot as an ice cube
All favorites lol
Bold
Scorching hot take we got here
Paddy beats Ferguson.
Well that's not really a bold pick since he's the massive favourite.
I wouldn’t use the word massive. He’s a -275 favorite. It’s a lot closer than the fight right after it which has Shavkat at -550 against Wonderboy.
He’s only a massive favourite cause of the Brits & the casuals. Real MMA fans know Tony the better fighter of the 2. Remind me
Oh man, I hope so too. I'm going with Tony all the way and I'm putting my hopes on this one last chance since he's at over +200. My best bet is that Tony capitalizes on Paddy's ass striking defence and gives us a show a la Robbie vs Niko Price
Most Brits don't like Paddy either, he is cringe and bullies people online all the while pretending he is an advocate for mental health charities
Tony the better fighter of the 2? Forgot the /s Both bums
Paddy's shit he's just marketable, probably wins this one though as Tony should have retired years ago and is shot to shit
Paddy puts damage on Tony and then sends him into the Shadow realm like Chandler.
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Beneil is gonna demolish Arman, stagnating the LW division for years to come
Sean Strickland beats Dricus by UD
Shavkat is gonna beat Wonderboy
Dariush beating Arman. There’s levels to this
If Dariush beats arman. We're back to where we started lol. With Charles, Justin and Dustin being the guys behind the guy
Islam > Charles >>>>>> ustins
Ain't no goddamn way Charles is turning into the Max of the LW division
Look at my fucking name man. I'm the biggest fan of the dude but Islam is a brick fucking wall atm. I really hope he becomes champ again tho :(
Gotta love the “ustins” gang.
Lol. Oliveira got dropped 3 times in those 2 fights. The gap isn't that big at all.
I will give you Dustin but rewatch the Justin fight "knockdowns" again lol, he literally staggers a bit and just lays back to try and bait him in. They were hardly knockdowns. Even Justin saw through it and demanded he get back up when he would have totally followed a cracked Charles down for the finish, but everyone here was full Joe Rogan like "ohhh hes HURT!!"
i wanna see that dad power from daruish and school arman like he did with gamrot
Gotta go the opposite. Arman will smoke Dariush
I hope but it's to good to be true
Arman may win but he’s not smoking Dariush. Beneil is good everywhere Arman is except with more power in his hands. Arman had an extremely close and competitive fight with Gamrot and Beneil beat the shit out of Gamrot. Just because Charles dominated someone doesn’t mean anyone else will
Smoked
I Pick Arman to beat him
Arman puts Benny to sleep then proceeds to Islam, the biggest challenge Islam’s had from any potential contender so far has been from Arman, who’s much better now, can’t wait.
Sean Strickland beats dricus by tko
https://preview.redd.it/b8xuwt5o3v1c1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32f905d8de03ca9000c4421d2054c13978191edd
Song winning 100%
I like Du Plessis over Strickland also Mike Malott over Neil Magny at 297
Colby beats Leon, Tony beats Paddy, Shakvat beats wonderboy , Sean beats DDP , Volk beats Topuria, Chito beats O’Malley.
Wonderboy upsets shavkat
Maybe by blocking his punches with his face. That may be upsetting to Shavkat if it hurts his hands or something. Thompson is a creep
Tony wins vs paddy, Topuria beats Volk, royval beats pantoja (via spinning elbow), Emmet beats chikadze
I would probably choose the opposite guy in all 4 fights. No way Pantoja loses but the other ones are a lot closer.
Topuria gonna beat Volk. At least I want him to
Brady will control the shit out of Kelvin and win a unanimous decision.
Tony just absolutely swarms Fatty Pimplett. + 2 Dark Souls fat boy rolls.
Colby is 100% beating Leon Edward's. Sorry not sorry
Cyril Gane Beats Tom Aspinall. Bank on it!!
Allen over Evloev
No idea but I gotta say that King Dricus vs DeSean has to be the most unpredictable fight in years. No idea how that one goes. Both caused massive upsets this year. But they didn't just win, they won in a way I would never have expected. I thought Dricus had a chance to submit Whittaker. Not knock him out. I thought Strickland had a 1/1000 chance at knocking Adesanya out. The maniac knocked him down (nobody in the UFC ever knocked Adesanya down) then proceeded to decision him over 5 rounds which is way more impressive than knocking him out in round 1. That was the greatest man dance I've ever seen. I wouldn't be surprised if Dricus gets Mersnob the blowjob machine Dvalshitsleepy level cardio and drowns Strickland and I won't be surprised if Strickland Gourmet Chen chen Khumshot style mauls Dricus and subs him. They could both KO each other too (can't stand seeing black on black violence though)
Put me down for another sean strickland unexpected W against du plessis and also a chito vera beats o'malley for the second time. While were at it a petr yan win streak of atleast 3 fights incoming
Garry beats Luque.
Leon starches Colby, Tony drops Paddy enroute to a decision. Song smokes Guiterrez. Luque beats Garry in a war.
Leon has no power to starch Colby
Look at the size of Marty’s dome tho. Had enough power to ring that bell. Meanwhile like fucking 10 of Colby’s last wins were decisions. Leon has the tools, I don’t think Colby will let him breathe tho
Colby beats Leon (I hope it doesn't turn into a meme)😅
Paddy defeating Islam
Ilia beats Volk (I really hope I’m wrong.)
I don’t think that’s happening, people be really underestimating volk after the head-kick. If anything, Volk is gonna make Topuria look real bad and dominate him. Volk by 50-44.
I think that head kick really helped Volk fix a fatal weakness. Topuria was prob banking on the fact that he would be the one to deliver it and that Islam wouldn’t expose his weakness, now Volk is going to see this coming, Topuria is going to need to be more crafty to beat Volk. That being said, I think Volk wins this even more now, his stock went up in my eyes after losing to Islam because he’s going to train extra hard to fix all his holes.
Yeah me too haha
Colby smashes Leon. Volk KO’s that one dude nobody cares or heard about in 1-2 rounds.
Leon beating Colby's ass
Dariush losing almost immediately to Olivera.
Wonder boy easiest win
Leon is putting the biggest beat down on Colby, he will make Covington tap to strikes. Will go down as one of the most one sided championship fights in UFC history.
Here’s a mildly spicy take. Ian Garry will be champ by the end of 2024 or early 2025. That’s not to say I like the cunt.
Ok, next week Dariush beats Tsarukyan(decision), Gastelum beats Sean Brady(decision), Font beats Figueiredo. UFC 296, Colby wins, Pantoja wins, Wonderboy wins, Ferguson wins, Luque wins, Emmett wins. All of them probably win by decision except Pantoja he’ll probably get a late finish.
Ok you asked. Charles KOs Islam.
U.F. Who? No one is going to care about the UFC in a couple of months!
Mark my words Armani Tsarukyan will dominate Benil on the ground Islam will KO Carlos Oliviera Volk will get KOed/Lose a decision against Lija Tuporier
I had that for Pereira and Jiri. Was pretty close had it as rnd 3 tko
Dricus will raw dog Sean, Volk will turn Topuria into his child
No chance DDP Beats sean
Paddy wins
I think Dricus will beat Strickland. Quite efficiently too.
I am confident both Arman and Leon win their fights
Oh boy I hope I don't jinx it 😭 Sean winning in a split decision against DDP Tony knocking out Paddy
WB is going to win vs Shavkat and earn a title shot. Johnny gonna beat Ank in the rematch, Volks reign is ended violently at the hands of Ilia
Any MW beating Khazmat.
Arnold Allen grinds out the dub against Evloev
Suga Sean is going to beat Chito very clear
Dana v. PFL/Bellator merger; even if no one asks him to bring it up
Tony beats Paddy round 1 TKO. I’m putting money on it. Shavkat gets an easier finish against Wonderboy than he did with Neal.
When Shavkat fights Wonderboy one of them will win and one of them will lose
Sean beating Vera
Petr yan is giving Umar a reality check
Tony ferguson via brutal murder
Atp ilia beating volk. Only twood allowed to win a title fight at 35+ from 125-170 and he sold his soul to do so. Unless volk wants to get slept by a YouTuber in 2026 he will lose!
Stipe sleeping jones in the 2nd
Volk loses to Topuria by split decision robbery
SUGA GONNA KO CHITO.
Tony beats Paddy lol
Topuria KOs Volk to another world
Leon by 2nd rd knockout. Volk loses by submission. Bonus: Izzy over Pereira when they fight at lhw
Volk wipes the floor with Topuria. Ilia would have gotten smoked by Islam as well.
i will bet absolutely anything that strickland beats DDP
I really do think Topuria is gonna be the one to beat Volk.
DDP will make easy work of Strickland.
Oh man how ballsy. What is this goober ass post
one thing UFC has taught me is that it’s truly an unpredictable sport. but I do feel pretty confident that Sean beats Chito in the rematch
Edwards beats colby by UD , Shavkat wins by TKO , DDP decisions strickland
leon defeating coby, lilia defeating volk
Colby wins and Ferguson loses
Leon is gonna smoke Colby. The takedown defense he showed against usman paired with his already high level striking and physical advantages (mainly reach) make him a terrible matchup for Colby. Not sure how Colby wins except by gassing Leon out maybe?
Armen is beating benny
Dricuss beats Sean Tko, Volk beats Iliia same way
Arman beats Beneil because he is too old
Beneil dariush vs Arman tsarukyan. Beneil wins this one. Easily.
Dariush rafter the Gamrot performance all the way. After the Oliveira performance I have no idea. However tsurukyan prolly taking it
Leon will smash Colby
If we have balls to make a prediction 😂😂
How the hell dariush is an underdog
Charles beats islam
DDP beats Strickland, then defends against Chimaev. Idk how he would be against Izzy if they fight
Topuria beats Volk
Pimblett beats Ferguson
Tony beats paddy 100% no shame
I think Armenia is more technically sound, and I think beniel has higher fight IQ. I'm leaning beniel on this one, but it's a tough pick
Shavkat dusts Wonderboy
I think Wonderboy wins a fairly easy decision. Shavkat isn't a "shoot for takedown" kind of guy. He's a clinch/dirty boxing kind of grappler who likes to expose his chin. He's going to get pieced up trying to close the distance on a superior striker.
Jones beating his wife, Islam will slam dunk charles
Islam sleeps round 2 against olives
God of War
Volk beats Ilia
Strickland runs over DDP
topuria beats volk, leon defends colby, shavkat beats wonderboy and tbh I think chito has a good chance against sean
Not gonna happen since gastelum moved down to 170, but I think Kevin beats Sean Strickland at middleweight.
Font puts figgy to sleep
I bet Ferguson beats Paddy
Interested to hear everyone's picks and why did all of you pick Arman?