*POST* UFC Utica Matchmaking Thread
- Thread starter Nastycrow
- Start date
-Sijara Eubanks vs Valentina Shevchenko/Nicco Montano winner
-Lauren Murphy vs Paige VanZant
-David Teymur vs Daniel Hooker
-Nik Lentz vs Steven Ray
-Belal Muhammad vs Warlley Alves
-Chance Recountre vs Sultan Aliev
-Desmond Green vs Chris Gruetzemacher
-Gleison Tibau vs Erik Koch
Heavy weight
Walt Harris vs Stefan Struve
Daniel Spitz vs Mark Godbeer
Light Heavyweight
Sam Alvey vs Jimi Manuwa
Gian Villante vs
Devin Clark
Welterweight
Belal Muhammad vs Yancy Medeiras/Mike Perry winner
Ben Saunders vs Diego Sanchez
Chance Rencountre vs Craig White
Jake Ellenberger vs Paul Daley (Bellator)
Lightweight
Gregor Gillespie
vs
Anthony Pettis
David Teymur
vs
Charles Oliveira
/Clay Guida winner
Vic Pinchel vs
Charles Oliveira
/Clay Guida loser
Nik Lentz vs Evan Dunham II
Desmond Green
vs
Davi Ramos
Gleison Tibau vs Jim Miller II
Featherweight
Julio Arce vs
Shane Burgos
Daniel Teymur
vs
Mike Santiago
/Dan Ige winner
Bantamweight
Marlon Moraes vs TJ Dillashaw or Cody Garbrandt
Jimmie Rivera
vs Dominick Cruz
Nathaniel Wood vs
Sean O'Malley
Johnny Eduardo
vs
Tom Duquesnoy
Flyweight
Joe Torres vs
Tim Elliott
Jared Brooks vs
Ashkan Mokhtarian
Women's
Sijura Eubanks vs
Liz Carmouche
Lauren Murphy vs
Roxanne Modafferi
Post UFC Fight Night: Utica Matchmaking Predictions
-Marlon Moraes vs TJ Dillashaw/Cody Garbrandt winner
-Jimmie Rivera vs John Dodson
-Gregor Gillespie vs James Vick
-Vinc Pichel vs Drakkar Klose
-Walt Harris vs Adam Wieczorek
-Daniel Spitz vs Arjan Bhullar
-Ben Saunders vs Vicente Luque
-Julio Arce vs Enrique Barzola
-Daniel Teymur vs Gavin Tucker
-Sam Alvey vs Corey Anderson
-Gian Villante vs Misha Cirkunov
-Sijara Eubanks vs Valentina Shevchenko/Nicco Montano winner
-Lauren Murphy vs Paige VanZant
-David Teymur vs Daniel Hooker
-Nik Lentz vs Steven Ray
-Belal Muhammad vs Warlley Alves
-Chance Recountre vs Sultan Aliev
-Desmond Green vs Chris Gruetzemacher
-Gleison Tibau vs Erik Koch
-Nathaniel Wood vs Jose Quinones
-Johnny Eduardo vs Russell Doane
-Jose Torres vs Ryan Benoit
-Jarred Brooks vs Joby Sanchez
Vick is scheduled to fight Felder.
It's tough to crack the top 15 at LW. Both Gillespie and Teymur deserve a shot at someone ranked.
Ferguson, Lee, Iaquinta, Gaethje are all without fights. Of course, Nate Diaz, who should be dropped from the rankings seeing as how he has not fought a LW fight since 2015.
Ferguson is likely not coming back in the very near future. Lee likely wants a top opponent (winner of Poirier x Alvarez, maybe). There were talks of Iaquinta fighting Gaethje. After Al took the Khabib fight, I doubt they are going to offer him a prospect.
Moraes should be fighting for the title. Just a shame the UFC chose to completely un-necessarily rush the rematch with Cody. (I still think its a decision 100% based on favoritism. TJ was
not
supposed to win that fight, in the eyes of the suits)
Marlon could be ready for TJ, tomorrow. I will be absolutely disgusted if Cody wins and they
dont
give TJ a rematch. And considering the possibility of Cody vs Marlon for the title, Abdelaziz will probably push that bout
hard
. I think he has a lot more influence over UFC executives than we think