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Stipe Miocic vs Dos Santos **** UFC Heavyweight Championship ****
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Jessica Andrade **** UFC Women's Strawweight Championship ****
Demian Maia vs Jorge Masvidal
Frankie Edgar vs Yair Rodriquez
Henry Cejudo vs Sergio Pettis

Eddie Alvarez vs Dustin Poirier
Chas Skelly vs Jason Knight
Kryzsztof Jotko vs David Branch
Marco Reyes vs James Vick

Jessica Aguilar vs Cortney Casey
Jared Gordon vs Michel Quninoes
Chase Sherman vs Dmitry Poberezhets
Gabriel Benitez vs Enrique Barzola

What a card!

Short of the headliner. Ugh. It's HW, anything can happen, but Stipe by CTE is pretty damn likely. JDS makes me sad.

This is going to be a really fun card to watch, can't wait.

Anyone else thinking Andrade is going to pull off the upset?

cowboyronnie wrote:What a card!

Short of the headliner. Ugh. It's HW, anything can happen, but Stipe by CTE is pretty damn likely. JDS makes me sad.

Its lose-lose for me. Stipe's annunciation skills make Diego's look eloquent.

Im going...

Stipe
Joanna
Maaia
Edgar
Cejudo

Fight week!

Don't think I've seen JDS's new wife/gf before. Man what a massive upgrade

Wait hold up, I just realized JDS is 3-3 in his last six fights. Is the heavyweight division that bare, that we can't get a better matchup for Stipe??

Now that I look, I guess so. With Cain injured and Stipe already beating Werdum, JDS(2014) and Reem.

I had not realized that the heavyweight division is so bare outside of the top 6 guys.

Not only losses, but hellacious beatings. Rothwell is a legit win but also had a PED history. Anything can happen at HW and maybe there is a psychological holdover from the first win that can get him through this. Still should not be fighting.

JDS hasn't won back to back fights since his first title defense 2012(!) but he's looked pretty good except for his loss two to Cain. Even in the Overeem loss, I thought he looked good before walking into that hook. All I'm saying is, there could certainly be worse candidates for title challengers.

lilfishi22 wrote:JDS hasn't won back to back fights since his first title defense 2012(!) but he's looked pretty good except for his loss two to Cain. Even in the Overeem loss, I thought he looked good before walking into that hook. All I'm saying is, there could certainly be worse candidates for title challengers.

It's certainly not bad for heavyweight. There's only Werdum and theoretically Cain. Lewis and Ngannou a fight or 2 away. Actually HW is looking better than it has.

Am I the only one not buying into the Black Beast hype?

lilfishi22 wrote:Am I the only one not buying into the Black Beast hype?

I don't know if he'll ever be champion, but he's really good, at least by HW standards.

He just doesn't seem particularly skilled, suspect conditioning but big power. I kinda described all HW's outside of the top 5...

Jasen777 wrote:

lilfishi22 wrote:Am I the only one not buying into the Black Beast hype?

I don't know if he'll ever be champion, but he's really good, at least by HW standards.

It's between him and that blonde woman, Cindy Dandois, for worst fighters in the UFC over the past 5 years.

U srs? How would you describe the ~10 opponents that Lewis has beaten in that timeframe then?

REDDzone wrote:U srs? How would you describe the ~10 opponents that Lewis has beaten in that timeframe then?

Cluster luck?

j/k, his opponents were all HWs, so they all suck too

Per mmafighting, Cejudo/Pettis is cancelled. A hand injury for Cejudo apparently.

Jasen777 wrote:Per mmafighting, Cejudo/Pettis is cancelled. A hand injury for Cejudo apparently.

Damn