At 39 you have to imagine Cannonier can’t stay up there in the top five too much longer but he has had some big upset wins and he is coming off of yet another big win.
Whittaker vs Du Plesis is of course the big fight booked right now.
Pereira is up at LHW likely forever.
Chimaev is not active.
Gastelum is trying to go back to WW.
Costa vs Aliskerov is a big fight.
Nickal needs time.
Strickland is Strickland and coming off a great performance.
Dolidze, Allen, Muniz, Curtis, Imavov, Borralho etc… have all been having a lot of success.
Muniz vs Craig might be a darkhorse for one of the best fights of July if you like grappling.
I’m still rooting for Rodolfo Vieira and Phil Hawes to do well but I’m not expecting either to crack the top 5.
I don’t think UFC pressures Joe to get certain fighters on but I won’t pretend to know who at UFC and what managers Joe will do that kinda favor for. Well Sean is 2-2 in his last four and 3-2 vs the current top 15 so that don’t scream title shot.
Sean is ranked #7, I think he is one or two wins away from a title shot still.
God you’re such a casual. Izzy definitely win but to say he had nothing for him is wild. A lot of people believe Rob won the second fight including Rob himself
Everyone has been so used to Whittaker in that Holloway/Benavidez spot where he just beats everyone besides the champ that nobody was talking about Du Plessis and here we are.
I really hope Chimaev gets active because Adesanya, Pereira Costa, Chimaev, Du Plessis, Strickland, Curtis and now Nickal along with others like Allen and Dolidze have just done a lot to breath some new life into this division.
Should be a blast in the top 20 at MW over the next year in the UFC.
