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4 hours ago, JaguarCrazy2832 said:

Whittaker is left without a fighter remotely close enough to fight that he hasnt already gotten rid of or that isn’t coming off a loss

Give him Du Plessis. Either he wins and becomes the clear cut #1 contender after the rematch or a new 185 star is born.

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Let's look at all the other divisions...

Bantamweight
Aljamain Sterling vs Sergio Pettis
Sean O'Malley vs Raufen Stotts
Petr Yan vs Patchy Mix
Merab Dvalishvili vs Juan Archuleta
Marlon Vera vs Magomed Magomedov
Cory Sandhagen vs Danny Sabatello
Rob Font vs Kyoji Horiguchi
Dominick Cruz vs Leandro Higo
Song Yadong vs James Gallagher
Pedro Munhoz vs Enrique Barzola
Ricky Simon vs Brett Johns

BK's Verdict: UFC wins 8-3, pretty easily, but could easily be 11-0. 

Featherweight
Alexander Volkanovski vs Patricio Pitbull
Max Holloway vs Adam Borics
Yair Rodriguez vs AJ McKee
Brian Ortego vs Pedro Carvalho
Arnold Allen vs Aaron Pico
Josh Emmett vs Jeremy Kennedy
Korean Zombie vs Mads Burnell
Calvin Kattar vs Justin Gonzales
Giga Chikadze vs Timur Khizriev
Ilia Topuria vs Dan Weichel
Movsar Evloev vs Lucas Brennan

BK's Verdict: 11-0 UFC, maybe 10-1 if Pitbull catches a prayer or if McKee grapples Yair. Just unfair to Bellator here.

Lightweight
Islam Makhachev vs Usman Nurmagomedov
Charles Oliveira vs Patricky Pitbull
Dustin Poirier vs Tofiq Musayev
Justin Gaethje vs Benson Henderson
Beneil Dariush vs Alexander Shabliy
Michael Chandler vs Sidney Outlaw
Rafael Fiziev vs Brent Primus
Mateusz Gamrot vs Islam Mamedov
Rafael Dos Anjos vs AJ McKee
Arman Tsarukyan vs Peter Queally
Jalin Turner vs Gadzhi Rabadanov

BK's Verdict: UFC washes Bellator, again, with their only hope being AJ McKee vs Rafael Dos Anjos or Benson grinding out a decision vs Gaethje.

Welterweight
Leon Edwards vs Yaroslav Amosov
Kamaru Usman vs Logan Storley
Colby Covington vs Michael "Venom" Page (lmao this would be glorious to watch)
Khamzat Chimaev vs Jason Jackson
Belal Muhammad vs Douglas Lima
Gilbert Burns vs Goiti Yamauchi
Stephen Thompson vs Andrey Koreshkov
Geoff Neal vs Neiman Gracie
Sean Brady vs Sabah Homasi
Vicente Luque vs Kyle Crutchmer
Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Jaleel Willis

BK's Verdict: Edwards-Amosov and Belal-Lima are the only ones that may be toss-ups. Koreshkov isn't outpointing Wonderboy so that one kinda sucks. Neal-Gracie could be interesting. Think UFC wins 10-1 or 11-0.

Light Heavyweight
Jiri Prochazka vs Vadim Nemkov
Glover Teixeira vs Corey Anderson
Magomed Ankalaev vs Phil Davis
Jan Blachowicz vs Ryan Bader
Aleksandar Rakic vs Yoel Romero
Anthony Smith vs Julius Anglickas
Jamahal Hill vs Grant Neal
Nikita Krylov vs Alex Polizzi
Paul Craig vs Karl Moore
Volkan Oezdemir vs Sullivan Casey
Ryan Spann vs Karl Albrektsson

BK's Verdict: This one gets fun. I could see Bellator getting close to taking this. Last 3 are toss-ups, Nemkov could potentially give Jiri problems but I'd pick Jiri, Romero is capable of beating Rakic and Bader could wrestle Jan (but he wouldn't because he has no fight IQ), so I'm gonna be nice to Bellator and say 6-5 UFC but it's probably really anywhere from 7-4 to 11-0.

Heavyweight
Francis Ngannou vs Ryan Bader
Ciryl Gane vs Valentin Moldavsky
Stipe Miocic vs Linton Vassell
Sergei Pavlovich vs Fedor Emelianenko
Curtis Blaydes vs Cheick Kongo
Tai Tuivasa vs Steve Mowry
Tom Aspinall vs Tim Johnson
Derrick Lewis vs Marcelo Golm
Alexander Volkov vs Daniel James
Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Tyrell Fortune
Marcin Tybura vs Gokhan Saricam

BK's Verdict: Well, they're heavyweights so prayers can and do happen. That being said, this is likely an absolute bloodbath for Bellator. Ngannou may go to jail for murdering Bader, Pavlovich vs Fedor's chin? Yeah okay. Blaydes would ride Kongo like a porn star. They may be able to steal Fortune vs Jairzinho but odds are Fortune gets sent to the shadow realm. Mowry would probably be the best chance for Bellator vs Tai. Just not an overall good look. 10-1 or 11-0 UFC depending on if Mowry can survive Tai's bombs and grapple him.

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11 hours ago, beekay414 said:

I do think AJ McKee beats Yair Rodriguez

Welterweight
Leon Edwards vs Yaroslav Amosov
Kamaru Usman vs Logan Storley
Colby Covington vs Michael "Venom" Page (lmao this would be glorious to watch)
Belal Muhammad vs Douglas Lima

These 4 would be fun

 

11 hours ago, beekay414 said:

Light Heavyweight
Jiri Prochazka vs Vadim Nemkov
Glover Teixeira vs Corey Anderson
Magomed Ankalaev vs Phil Davis
Jan Blachowicz vs Ryan Bader
Aleksandar Rakic vs Yoel Romero
Anthony Smith vs Julius Anglickas
Jamahal Hill vs Grant Neal
Nikita Krylov vs Alex Polizzi
Paul Craig vs Karl Moore
Volkan Oezdemir vs Sullivan Casey
Ryan Spann vs Karl Albrektsson

Without a doubt the most fun division to compare 

Heavyweight
Francis Ngannou vs Ryan Bader
Sergei Pavlovich vs Fedor Emelianenko
 

BK's Verdict: Well, they're heavyweights so prayers can and do happen. That being said, this is likely an absolute bloodbath for Bellator. Ngannou may go to jail for murdering Bader

I died laughing at the bold above. 

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1 hour ago, JaguarCrazy2832 said:

Chito v Sandhagen announced

I don't know how that affects the division, but the fight itself is absolutely wonderful. Both incredibly high IQ fighters, and I LOVE Chito's front kicks, leg kicks and pressure in this fight. Cory can work really well side to side, so that favors him, but I just don't see Chito being matador'd all night long as good as he is. I think I would favor Chito -150ish if I was making odds, but I could completely change my mind tomorrow lol.

I do wonder about the division. If Aljo fights Cejudo, who does the UFC have O'Malley face with Chito fight Sandman? CERTAINLY not Merab, right?

Would they bench him until Late Summer / Fall '23 when the winner of Aljo/Cejudo is ready to fight again? 

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2 hours ago, Soggust said:

I don't know how that affects the division, but the fight itself is absolutely wonderful. Both incredibly high IQ fighters, and I LOVE Chito's front kicks, leg kicks and pressure in this fight. Cory can work really well side to side, so that favors him, but I just don't see Chito being matador'd all night long as good as he is. I think I would favor Chito -150ish if I was making odds, but I could completely change my mind tomorrow lol.

I do wonder about the division. If Aljo fights Cejudo, who does the UFC have O'Malley face with Chito fight Sandman? CERTAINLY not Merab, right?

Would they bench him until Late Summer / Fall '23 when the winner of Aljo/Cejudo is ready to fight again? 

I wonder when the Aljo/CCC fight is expected because I know Suga likes to be active if possible 

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