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SOME CHIBI I MADE FOR MY HETALIA OC PROJECT!!!!!!! it's still incomplete tho😞

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avar khaganate: it will be a pleasure for me if you keep peaceful relations with my friend lombard ^^

kingdom of franks: sure thing : )

later

kingdom of franks: omg lombard how could u have such a long beard ew

kingdom of lombards: tf is your problem

kingdom of franks: ur beard, it looks so gross like when u eat food falls into it do u even comb that thing

kingdom of lombards: yes, I do, also I wash it, besides, ur lying, it's not dirty

kingdom of franks: yes it is

kingdom of lombards: oh wait I know what ur problem is, ur jealous of my beard cuz u can't grow yours past an inch that's why ur bullying me

kingdom of franks: ugly beard, gross beard, odin would be ashamed of u :DDDD

kingdom of lombards: *about to lunge at frank* U LITTLE PIECE OF-

avar khaganate: *walks into the scene* what's going on. *glares at frank* oh. bitch. what did I just tell u.

kingdom of franks: *realizes he can't beat both avar and lombard* um-

avar khaganate: *walks aggressively towards him* WHAT DID I JUST TELL U

kingdom of franks: *looks at lombard* nice beard, neat beard, awesome long beard <:D *runs away*

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“A cursed show in the middle of a treasure chest except all of the gold is getting corroded as hell” The UFC in Sao Paulo preview!

Joey

September 16th

Boy. Not gonna win a lot of fans with this one, I tell ya what. There's a certain air of "Whatever" with this card. The UFC committed to having a Brazilian fight night and you need a Brazilian to headline a Brazilian fight night except there's just one problem; a certain lack of Brazilians capable of main eventing a Brazilian fight night. They tried. They really tried to take this card and do SOMETHING with it but the reality is sometimes you can't make something from nothing. OH and this show starts at 10:30 PM. OH and it's just five main card fights. OH and there's like 20 things going on that weekend. OH and there's Conor/Khabib in two weeks. OH and there's injuries! OH and there's like EIGHT debuts on this thing. You see why this show might be a tough sell on a Saturday night? Chances are half the folks reading this will be asleep by the time the second fight rolls around. Despite all that, I got some stuff on this show so just bare with and God bless, ya got me here? If one wishes to be open minded (and honest about their MMA meth addiction), I can sell you on some of these fights which do represent some solid matchmaking in divisions where it’s hard to get it wrong.

Debuts: Marina Rodriguez, Andre Ewell, Agusto Sakai, Christos Giagos, Ryan Spann, Mayra Silva, Livia Souza, Luigi Vendramini

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 7 (Glover Teixeira OUT, Thiago Santos IN vs Jimi Manuwa/Jimi Manuwa OUT, Eryk Anders IN vs Thiago Santos/Neil Magny OUT, Carlo Pedersoli IN vs Alex Oliveira/Elias Theodorou vs Antonio Carlos Jr CANCELLED/Belal Muhammad OUT, Luigi Vendramini IN vs Elizeu Zaleski/Keitlein Vieira vs Tonya Evinger CANCELLED, Mark Godbeer OUT, Ryan Spann IN vs Luis Henrique)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 9 (Eryk Anders, Lil Nog, Sam Alvey, Alex Oliveira, Renan Barao, Charles Oliveira, Evan Dunham, Thales Leites, Hector Lombard)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC: 6 (Luis Henrique, Renan Barao, Chase Sherman, Thales Leites, Hector Lombard, Alex Chambers)

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: 3 (Sam Alvey, Gillian Robertson, Elizeu Zaleski)

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2016 (in the UFC):  27-16

If you add Sam Alvey and Thiago Santos' fights together; they've fought 19 times. The other 8 fighters on this main card combined? 23 times

Thiago Santos- 6-3 Eryk Anders- 3-1 Sam Alvey- 7-3 Lil Nog- 1-1 Alex Oliveira- 5-2 Carlo Pedersoli- 1-0 Renan Barao- 1-3 Andre Ewell- 0-0 Marina Rodriguez- 0-0 Randa Markos- 3-3

Divisional Breakdown:

Light Heavyweight- 3 Welterweight- 3 Women's Strawweight- 2 Middleweight- 2 Lightweight- 2 Women's flyweight- 1 Heavyweight- 1

Too Low- Elizeu Zaleski vs Luigi Vendramini

The UFC has decided to bury poor Elizeu Zaleski onto the prelims for some reason and I lack the emotional understanding as to why. Perhaps it just boils down to not necessarily knowing what to do with him or whatever. ALL I know is that Zaleski has been the FOTN for 3 of his 6 UFC fights and got jobbed out of a POTNB the last time out as well. Let the dude shine and put him on a higher profile than the god damn Fight Pass prelims, dude.

Too High Up- Randa Markos vs Marina Rodriguez

I know, I know. Sam Alvey vs Lil Nog is on the main card and there are some clunky LHW/HW fights to be aware of. The UFC has these new Brazilian Contender Series dudes they're excited about who they want to turn into at the VERY LEAST competent mid level rankings fighters. I get all of that. I can EVEN be sold on the desire to find and develop new 115 lbers.  Still this fight on paper has serious stank ass potential. Randa Markos is more of a snoozy grinder (she's had nine UFC fights and been a bonus winner just once) who is probably the WORST kind of fighter if you wanted to show off somebody. Chances are this is going to go all fifteen minutes and we're going to be kicking off a 10:30 PM main card with a fifteen minute snoozy decision. Bad set up here.

Stat Monitor for 2018:

Debuting Fighters (Current number: 22-30):  Marina Rodriguez, Andre Ewell, Augusto Sakai, Christos Giagos, Ryan Spann, Mayra Silva, Livia Souza, Luigi Vendramini

Short Notice Fighters (Current number: 25-17):  Thiago Santos, Carlo Pedersoli, Ryan Spann, Luigi Vendramini

Second Fight (Current number: 34-26): Carlo Pedersoli Jr.

Cage Corrosion (Current number: 18-27):  Luis Henrique, Lil Nog

Undefeated Fighters (Current number: 25-20): Luigi Vendramini, Mayra Silva, Marina Rodriguez

Keeping An Eye On But Not Really:

The UFC Win Check Test The records of fighters who have 4 or more UFC fights (or three full calendar years in the organization) but 0 wins against people still in the UFC:  

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- For all the knocks and warts on this card, this has a REAL chance to shake up some things in a market that's really hungry for a shake up. The UFC has essentially ridden a healthy crop of aging Brazilians to get into the Brazilian fight market and then just got stuck RIDING the same wave over and over. They tried to develop new Brazilian stars but they all choked  in the process. Here's a study of sorts; Here's EVERY UFC headliner for every show in Brazil from 2014 to 2018 with when the Brazilian fighter entered the UFC:

2014 Gegard Mousasi vs Lyoto Machida (2007) Dan Henderson vs Shogun Rua (2007) Stipe Miocic vs Fabio Maldonado (2010) Andrei Arlovski vs Big Foot Silva (2012) Chad Mendes vs Jose Aldo (2011, PPV) Ovince St. Preux vs Shogun Rua (2007) CB Dollaway vs Lyoto Machida (2007)

2015 Frank Mir vs Big Foot Silva (2012) Ryan LaFlare vs Demian Maia (2007) Carlos Condit vs Thiago Alves (2005) Ronda Rousey vs Betche Corriea (2014, PPV) Dan Henderson vs Vitor Belfort (1997)

2016

Stipe Miocic vs Fabricio Werdum (2012, PPV) Lina Lansberg vs Cyborg (2016) Ryan Bader vs Lil Nog (2009)

2017 Kelvin Gastelum vs Vitor Belfort (1997) Derek Brunson vs Lyoto Machida (2007) Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo (2011, PPV)

2018 Eryk Anders vs Lyoto Machida (2007) Rocky Pennington vs Amanda Nunes (2013, PPV) Eryk Anders vs Thiago Santos (2013)

21 shows Number of Brazilian shows headlined by fighters signed AFTER the year of their debut in Brazil (2012)? 4 Number of Shogun/Machida/Belfort headlined shows? 8 Number of total unique Brazilian headliners/non-suspended headliners remaining in the UFC? 13/7 Record of Brazilian headliners? 8-12

That 7 is likely going to get a lot lower when Maia retires in two fights, Aldo bails at the end of his deal and Thiago Alves probably gets released in the near future unfortunately. Oh AND Cyborg could be gone too. Of those 13 headliners, only 3 were under the age of 30 when they headlined as well.

When the UFC decided to break through into Brazil,they probably couldn't have envisioned a scenario where the talent they were relying on to pack venues would be guys they signed in 2007, 2009 and 1997. It's not like they didn't try either as the UFC continually has signed a bunch of top Brazilian prospects over the course of 2012 through 2014 figuring at some point the multitude of shows they were running in Brazil would catch up with them. They went out and ran three different TUF Brazil's which to this point would have to be considered three absolute duds. Of the sixteen fighters who competed in TUF Brazil Season One, three fighters remain in the org, zero main evented and only two were even elevated to co-main event status on a show. Of the sixteen fighters who competed in Season Two? Only two remain in the UFC although those two are definitive hits in Santiago Ponzinibbio and Thiago Santos. Same act for Season Three? Four fighters remain in Paulo Costa, Antonio Carlos Jr, Warlley Alves and Marcos Rogerio De Lima. Outside of Costa, are ANY of those guys headlining? Consider this Brazilian card and then consider that Tonya Evinger vs Ketlein Vieira was a co-main event OVER Brunson vs Carlos Junior. This is why this Contender Series is going to be a big deal going forward for Brazil; they signed a TON of talent off the show in the hopes of finding something major. The only way you can run Brazil three times a year is if you have Brazilians of note. Gotta start developing them now because the clock's ticking.

2-  TO their credit, the dire straits of the Brazilian scene for the UFC is also the home to some creativity to try and shake it through. I won't give them immediate credit for Thiago Santos moving up to fight Jimi Manuwa since Santos is a fill in for ole trusty Glover Teix BUT this has a chance to work wonders for them if Santos can become the first male fighter to win in a Brazilian main event not named Lyoto Machida or Vitor Belfort since Maia in 2015. Throw in Cowboy Oliveira geting his first Brazilian co-main event spot (beggars can't be choosers here) and some new faces on the prelims slate/main card and there's ample reason to be at least HOPEFUL.

3- One thing Brazil doesn't lack is a collection of solid female athletes in MMA. This card alone features three important debuts; two DWCS signees in Mayra Silva and Marina Rodriguez PLUS the debut of former Invicta SW champ Livia Souza. Of the three, Souza is the most proven while I'm pretty intrigued to see what Mayra Silva brings to the equation as well. The UFC's future in Brazil may rest on WMMA.

4- I feel like Carlo Pedersoli embodies the downside to being "the short notice guy." He made his debut on short notice vs Brad Scott and won that fight convincingly IMO. Now his second fight out, he's again back on short notice vs Alex "Cowboy" Oliveira in a fight where it's going to be difficult (though not impossible) to pull off a win. Two fights, both short notice and both in enemy territory against more experienced competition. This is why "The SHort Notice Guy" struggle is real; taking fights like these consistently will keep you employed because you keep doing them favors but chances are that the more you take of these, the more you're going to be on a treadmill of being the short notice guy. Those fights are hard to win and even harder to win when you're doing it on the road. In a division like 170 lbs where you can't Eryk Anders your way through fights (step up on short notice, kill a dude, wait for the next short notice call knowing full well the scarcity of your weight class allows you such luxuries).

5- I don't use this word to describe many things MMA related but looking at this shell shocked version of Renan Barao is truly hurtful on a metaphysical level. Dude aged 15 years between the end of 2013 and 2014.

6- I'm not overly familiar with Andre Ewell so I won't try to disparage the man's reputation but this is as close to an attempted lay up as it gets for a dude who was the UFC bantamweight champion just four years ago. Then again what's four years in MMA time? Ten?

7- One of the concepts I'm beginning to try and find ways to articulate (and failing) is speed when it comes to weight classes. We see the "speed" difference in MW to LHW (a good MW can go five fights on the prelims, move up to LHW and immediately find himself main eventing) and I feel like the "speed" difference at 155 lbs/170 lbs is also of note. Cowboy Oliveira vs Francisco Trinaldo I feel like is a good example of that speed. Both are similar fighters but the key difference is that Cowboy Oliveira fights at 170 lbs and as such, has been able to fight guys like Cowboy Cerrone and Carlos Condit relatively fast (as well as almost securing Kamaru Usman on short notice) while Trinaldo had to win SEVEN fights in a row just to secure a "name" aka Kevin Lee on the prelims of a Brazilian card. Life's not fair at 155 lbs.

8- So this is the first card I can remember with two pre-fight retirements on it as Evan Dunham and Thales Leites are both claiming they're retiring. In truth a casual perusal of this card reveals about 3-4 other guys and gals who could or should probably retire.

9- Luis Henrique vs Ryan Spann is a really weird fight but one I'm oddly intrigued by. Spann is maybe not quite UFC quality but Henrique has come a long way down since racking up two straight over sub par competition. Losses to Arjan Bhullar and Marcin Tybura aren't career enders but maybe the move down to 205 lbs will freshen things up for him. Conversely Ryan Spann has finally made into the UFC after what feels like an endless process to get somebody there to notice him. He did so with a KO over Emmanuel Sordi on the Contenders Series. Spann is the sort of guy who traditionally does JUST enough to lose gracefully and so I imagine this will be another case of that. It's worth noting Luis Henrique is just 25 and that's practically newborn puppy in 205 lbs land.

10- Christos Giago is back in the UFC. Why.

11- All I'm saying is that I am 1000% here for Weegee vs Elizeu Zaleski and it should be the main event. I don't even know if Verdamini is any good nor do I really care.

12- So fighters who have taken a year off are on a three fight winning streak (And after going 4-11, they're rallying to a respectable enough 14-16 rate). Any chance Lil Nog and Luis Henrique can keep that up? That's also the only time that Lil Nog is getting any mention because I want that fight to go far away.

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11/16/19 EECS Balloon, Day - 4  "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"

Hi All — Link: https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=7&call=a%2FNU6XB-11&timerange=604800&tail=604800 Last night our balloon traveled through Kansas, and crossed the entire state of Missouri. The Balloon woke upto a new day sun at 5:41am PST  and immediately cross the great Mississippi River exactly at the corner of Kentucky Missouri and Tennessee. From there on, the Balloon travelled leisurely at 20-25MPh in south-east direction  keeping a steady altitude between 20,000-21,500 feet.  Last packet was transmitted at 1:57pm PST from about 60 miles south of Nashville. We expect the balloon to cross the Smokey mountains tonight and enter Georgia, or even perhaps South Carolina. For those who are interested in some background history, our Balloon callsign is NU6XB, (or the new 6XB) which is the callsign of the EECS amateur radio station in Cory Hall.  The call sign 6XB was issued in 1914 for the University of California for an Experimental Special Land Station - and Amateur Station. In 1913 the Shack and radio laboratory were stations in the Mechanics Building. These facilities were established by three senior students who taught the Berkeley professors about radio technology, not the other way around. This somewhat concluded activities these students had started in their teens. Beginning in 1905 they operated strong transmitters from their homes and formed in 1907 the Bay Counties Wireless Telegraph Association. Karl H. von Wiegand describes in his 1908 article "Stop it Kid!" how these activities triggered the first legislation about broadcasting. Our three founding members are: Frank Rieber (1891-1948), 6XR in Berkeley, UCB Physics degree 1914. His inquiring mind and rebel tendencies led to a number of quasi-scientific experiments as introducing skunkboms into the ventilator system of the auditorium during a disciplinary assembly called by the Dean. Became a geophysicist, inventer and entrepreneur, who developed seismic measurement equipment.   Lewis Mason Clement (1892-1979), 6XC in Oakland (later K3AA, K4UR, K4UV), UCB EE degree 1914. Wireless operator on the Alaska coastal steemer S. S. Spokane when it sank in 1911. First person to talk by voice from an airplane (JN 4 Curtis Jenny) to ground in 1917. Haraden W. Pratt (1891-1969), San Francisco - UCB EE degree 1914. He was an avid amateur operator using a 8KW spark transmitter from Lombard St, San Francisco (call letters S.K.H.). In 1912 he quitted after the law was introduced that limited amateurs to 200 meters and down and to less than 1KW transmit power. He became telecommunication advisor of presidents Truman and Eisenhauer. 1914: First documented activity of 6XB club members (article in the Oakland Tribune of Jan 1914, figure 1 below). Senior students LM Clement and HW Pratt flung up an antenna wire from the chimney of the Mechanics building to the bell tower construction site and succeeded in establishing wireless communication with the NAA station in Arlington. Source: https://www.qrz.com/db/W6BB

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smth for my unfinished hetalia oc blog

other version, more yellow-ish

[lactodebillus-bulgaricus]

hun empire: cmon go play with the other kids

little bulgar: ok but idk how to befriend them and start playing with them, idk what to say : (

hun empire: well u could always talk to them about something that makes u happy, maybe they like it too *hun is thinking about children's games while saying this*

little bulgar: oh ok

later

little bulgar comes across little lombard

little bulgar: *stares*

little lombard:

little bulgar: *keeps on staring*

little lombard: *gets uncomfortable*

little bulgar: *keeps on staring*

little lombard: um-

little bulgar: I like yogurt! (⊙⁠‿⊙)

little lombard: *confused* and I -uh- I like lamb *smiles uncomfortably*

little bulgar: I like yogurt! :D

little lombard: yeah, and I like lamb 😅

little bulgar: I LIKE YOGURT! >:D

little lombard: *gets a bit startled* yeah, and I like lamb ó‿ò

little bulgar: *shouts in his face with a maniac grin* I LIKE YOGURT! Ò⁠‿Ó⁠

little lombard: *cowers* and I like-

little bulgar: *keeps on shouting in his face after noticing he's afraid* I LIKE YOGURT! Ò⁠ヮÓ⁠

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Hollywood, August 1936

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“Short Notice PPVs are always wacky” The UFC 222 Preview

Joey

February whateverdaythisis

UFC 221 and UFC 222 sort of drink from the same bath water if we're being honest. The difference is that UFC 221 was an example of the worst of the worst case scenario short of cancelling a show. UFC 222 is the rarest example of doing the absolute best case scenario with the worst case scenario as the loss of a big time title fight somehow gave us a deeper card overall. UFC 222 has a very poor main event---but it's got a "star" and having a star is winning half the battle. The co-main event is a fantastic fight between two of the top 5 featherweights in the world with a title fight in the balance with a FRESH title challenger emerging for Max Holloway. You have big dudes Andrei Arlovski and Stefan Struve who add some size for those of us folks who like to see big dudes do big thangs. The rest of this card has a very distinct prospect feel as you have a heaping of good fights BUT a very clear direction where the fights that matter outside of those three are prospect building fights. For instance Sean O'Malley is the THIRD fight on the card, challenging a capable veteran test in Andre Soukhamthath in what should be a damn good fight. The top FS1 fight on the card is a fight designed entirely to get Mackenzie Dern over, drawing Ashley Yoder in a prospect tester fight. The one elite prospect at 135 lbs, Ketlen Vieira gets a massive step up in former title challenger Cat Zingano as well. Even Fight Pass has that kind of fight on it as prospect Jordan Johnson draws a HW dropping down to 205 in Adam Milstead. This isn't a great card but it is a card worthy of being on PPV, even if the main event isn't.

Fights: 12

Debuts: 3 (Yanit Kunitskaya, Mackenzie Dern, Alexander Hernandez)

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 2 (Bobby Green OUT, Alexander Hernandez IN vs Beneil Dariush/Max Holloway OUT, Brian Ortega IN vs Frankie Edgar)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 8 (Frankie Edgar, Brian Ortega, Stefan Struve, Andrei Arlovski, John Dodson, Cyborg Santos, Bryan Caraway, Beneil Dariush)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC:  4 (Cat Zingano, Hector Lombard, Mike Pyle, Ashley Yoder)

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC:  7 (Cyborg, Frankie Edgar, Brian Ortega, Bryan Caraway, Ketlen Vieira, Jordan Johnson, Cody Stamman)

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2016 (in the UFC): 18-11 Cyborg- 4-0 Yana Kunitskaya- 0-0 Frankie Edgar- 2-1 Brian Ortega- 4-0 Andre Soukhamtath- 1-2 Sean O'Malley- 1-0 Andrei Arlovski- 1-5 Stefan Struve- 2-1 Cat Zingano- 0-2 Ketlen Vieira- 3-0

Too High Up-  CB Dollaway vs Hector Lombard

A lot of people would point to Struve vs Arlovski and I can hear you out there. The problem with that argument though is that Struve/Arlovski on a card with two featherweight fights (one male, one female) and two bantamweight fights (one male, one female); you kind of need two big guys to entice people who only like big dudes. As stated before, there ARE fans who object to the lighter weight classes almost on principle and that in turn you probably could use a big boi fight for some much needed card variety. Instead I'll turn to Lombard vs Dollaway where both guys are in rough shape in their respective careers. Lombard is the ultimate example of the busted signing and since the start of 2015, he's 0-4-1 with 3 stoppage losses in the last 4 fights. On the other end of the coin, you have C.B Dollaway who is 2-3 in his last five fights and the last time he won at middleweight was in 2014 vs Francis Carmont. The last time Dollaway beat a dude coming off a win? The same year in March of 2014. Long story short, this fight being on the FS1 prelims just doesn't seem right.

Too Low- Bryan Caraway vs Cody Stamman

I know it's sort of done in by the fact that 7 of the 9 fights on the FS1 slate are at 155 lbs or lower BUT Stamman vs Caraway is a really intriguing fight. Since getting into the  UFC, Stamman showcased his wrestling en route to a big decision win over Terrion Ware and then followed that up by upsetting Tom Duquesnoy in a fight where dude pretty much did everything he wanted to do vs the more athletic Duquesnoy. Cody Stamman's overall game is about physicality and toughness complemented by some orthodox striking and top heavy wrestling and at this point, he's due a step up relative to divisional relevance. As such, this Caraway fight is a PERFECT clash between a good prospect and a good veteran----but it's basically buried as NOT EVEN THE FIGHT PASS HEADLINER. I disapprove.

Stat Monitor for 2018: Debuting Fighters (Current number: 4-8):  Yana Kunitskaya, Mackenzie Dern and Alex Hernandez

Short Notice Fighters (Current number: 4-2): Brian Ortega, Alex Hernandez

Second Fight (Current number: 7-9): Sean O'Malley

Cage Corrosion (Current number: 5-5):  Adam Milstead, Bryan Caraway, Mike Pyle, Cat Zingano

Undefeated Fighters (Current number: 6-8): Kelten Vieira, Sean O'Malley, Jordan Johnson, Brian Ortega, Mackenzie Dern

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- So why should we care about this main event? What necessarily is the appeal or the allure of this fight? I know there's a sizable segment of the audience that's gonna want to see this title fight but I gotta admit that this is the first title fight in a long time where there's really nothing I care about. I'm not one of those folks who thinks dudes are right to walk out before a main event they don't give a shit about and I find it pretty unfortunate that I'm on the fence about even watching this main event. It's just hard to see anything about this fight that I feel any sort of general emotion about.

2- Is it fair to say that Yana Kunitskaya is the worst UFC title challenger since Chris Cariaso back in 2014?

3- I know a lot of people think that Cyborg stepped up to save this show but it seems obvious to me she's just trying to fight her way through her contract as quickly as possible. Works out best for both parties!

4- Frankie Edgar vs Brian Ortega is going to test how many MMA fans actually follow prospects vs the ones who pretend to follow prospects. I've seen a few knuckledraggers do the whole "The Answer is gonna derail the hype train!" bit and I've seen enough "Ortega will get exposed!" talk to the point I'm left wondering when MMA fans stop considering a dude to be a prospect. Brian Ortega is not a prospect. He is 27 years old with wins over Clay Guida, Renato Moicano, Thiago Tavares and Cub Swanson without spending more than five seconds thinking about his resume. He has showcased every skill necessary to ensure that there isn't one significant area in his game that is such a glaring unproven untested area as to put a cap on his ceiling as a pro fighter. We've seen him tested and we've seen him face adversity. Ortega isn't a prospect! What he is is a young PROVEN in his prime 145er facing another proven 145 lber. The idea that Ortega is some prospect who will eventually get exposed is flawed because if that's the case, it would've happened by now. You're no longer a prospect if you're seven years into your MMA career, have had six fights in the UFC and have main evented an event. As much as people want Brian Ortega to NOT be a thing, he is a thing and will continue to be a thing no matter what happens between Edgar and Ortega.

5- NOW if you wanna talk a hype train in some danger; Andre Soukhamtath vs Sean O'Malley. Let's briefly point out why this is the right idea; O'Malley is fighting in a division where everybody is pretty good. This isn't a 155 or a 170 where there's a sizable underbelly of fluff that exists to sort of allow certain fighters a chance to eat up on the mediocres. A lot of those dudes have either retired or been cut, leaving a really thick division with a lot of fighters who can all beat one another. Soukhamthath is probably at the very bottom of that totem pole; a guy who looks good in spurts but can be outworked and hurt. Stylistically he's a bit what O'Malley wants; a guy who will come forward at him in a straight line, not exactly give you a ton of craft and ultimately can be taken down or hit at will. NOW for why it might be a bad idea; Andre Soukhamtath has three UFC fights but in those three fights he's lost two split decisions (Albert Morales and Alejandro Perez) and iced Luke Saunders in a fight he was losing up until that point. He has dropped all three opponents he's faced so you know he hits hard. O'Malley CAN be hit, giving us an imminent sense of danger right off the jump. Soukhamtath also works at such a slow pace that he's probably not going to tire out compared to O'Malley who was sucking wind in a frenetic second round before finding a big energy jump in the third. This is, in many ways, a sneaky tough fight for a flawed prospect.

6- Andrei Arlovski staved off retirement by upsetting Junior Albini in a showcase fight for the diaper wearing Brazilian in November and his reward is a more appeasing stylistic matchup with Stefan Struve. The weird thing about Arlovski's fights these days is that he's not entirely faded to the point where you'd say he's done (he gave Overeem some tense moments against the fence, had spurts of success vs Josh Barnett and almost finished Marcin Tybura) but those glimpses are becoming less and less frequent. The same could be said for Stefan Struve who battled back from a broken jaw and some serious heart related issues to resume his MMA career to modest success. Struve had success vs Alexander Volkov but couldn't keep it up and in what has become a Struve habit; faded when the pressure got too hot and he couldn't get the fight to the ground. I guess my question is whether this is less a test about who has more to offer the heavyweight division but rather which guy has the most left?

7- So what's going to be our fight that gets cancelled the week of? Bonus points if you with "the day of" and get it right!

8-Fun debate to be had; is the UFC rooting for Ketlen Vieira to win so they have a new 135 super contender OR are they hoping for Cat Zingano to win knowing that Cat coming off a win probably makes for the most appealing 145 lb title fight Cyborg can have outside of a Nunes/Cybrog clash?

9- John Dodson has never lost two fights in a row BUT it feels like his career is heading in a pretty precarious place now. He's 3-3 in his last 6 with just one finish in those six fights. His calling card was "the smiling guy who moves really fast and hits really hard" but that loses its luster when you stop putting people out with frequent regularity. Now he's just the smiling guy who moves really fast and loses split decisions. Dodson vs Pedro Munhoz is the perfect fight for both guys as Munhoz needs a really legitimate win and Dodson could really use a dynamic performance to get his career sorted out. Both guys have something to offer the other which creates for, on paper at least, a really compelling clash with high stakes involved.

10- Does a finish get Jordan Johnson any sort of attention at 205 lbs?

11- Beneil Dariush has one of MMA's low key elite resumes at 155 lbs with Edson Barboza, Michael Johnson, Evan Dunham, James Vick, Tony Martin and Rashid Magomedov all on the resume. He just lacks the chin (and the requisite consistent pop in his hands) to really be considered among the tops in his division.  I also think he probably earned the win over Dunham in hindsight.

12- Wonder if  Mackenzie Dern gets the strawweight division out of this prolonged funk it's been in.

Must Wins

1- Frankie Edgar

At 36 years old, Edgar really really needs this one. A loss to Brian Ortega and you almost have to close the book on Frankie Edgar ever getting the 145 lb crown. Edgar is a hall of famer but at some point he's going to wake up and fight like a 36 year old who is heavily reliant on timing, explosion and quickness. Ortega is a really big dude for 145 lbs in build and bulk. He's more reminiscent of former Edgar rival Benson Henderson than any opponent that Edgar has faced recently at 145 lbs. He's massive, deceptively slick, a frequent powerful kicker and blessed with a wide array and assortment of submission tricks that Edgar will need to be mindful of. This is a toss up fight for me but for Edgar, if he doesn't win, you're left realizing that the bar has been set at 145 lbs and he's no longer in the necessary class to compete with the elite.

2- Sean O'Malley

The first name out of Dana White's mouth when he talks about star building is Sean O'Malley. I'm not as on board. O'Malley is a really fun fighter who has good fights and does have a bit of that star power vibe in the package.  The problem is that conversely, I feel like O'Malley flaws are a lot tougher to get away with at 135 than it would be at 185 and up. Soukhamthath is basically bottom of the barrel and he's still pretty damn good. This is an unforgiving division to be learning on the fly but O'Malley's gotta do it.

3- Mackenzie Dern

The UFC Is trying to jolt some life into their WMMA rankings and so Dern who is in that "good enough to beat 99% of the regional chicks but still too raw to make serious noise soon" is being tasked with...well...making serious noise soon. Dern's striking looked better but is a ways away---but her ground game is absolutely the key to her success going forward. Dern's job is going to be to beat up the sort of women who make up the "nameless faceless opponent" rankings at 115 and 125 lbs. Let's just hope the UFC learns to take it slow.

Five Can't Miss Fights

1- Brian Ortega vs Frankie Edgar

2- Andre Soukhamtath vs Sean O'Malley

3- Pedro Munhoz vs John Dodson

4- Andrei Arlovski vs  Stefan Struve (even if it's bad, it'll still be fun enough to laugh at)

5- Cat Zingano vs Ketlen Vieira

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“Hey Pittsburgh, we uh...we got a thing for ya” Fight Night: Rockhold vs Branch preview

So for the majority of you/us, Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez is THE fight of the year in boxing and maybe even in MMA if we never get McGregor vs the winner of Ferg/Lee. For the slimmest of you, aka me and other hardcore UFC fans who have compulsion problems, we will be watching the UFC's Fight Night LIVE from Pittsburgh. I almost thought about heading out to this show but the ride would've been too much for a main event involving David Branch. I'll just wait for an inevitable return to Philly I suppose. Sometime before 2025 please? Anyways this show is...it's weird. There's been far worse free TV offerings from the UFC but it's also not great. What's more, it's not great on a night where great programming abounds everywhere (Louisville/Clemson, LSU/Mississippi State, Texas/USC on free TV, GGG vs Canelo) and the entire MMA and boxing community are recovering from the Mayweather/McGregor show. In the end, we're left with a fine show pitting some fine fighters against one another in some fine contests. The headliner is what a boxing trainer I knew would refer to as "mandatory non-destination programming." In other words, it's an important fight that's hard to care for. Beyond that the show has a nice mix of fighters who COULD be major players in the division vs established veteran challengers and intriguing on paper fights which would be hard pressed to not at least be amusing. All in all, this is just a card on a Saturday designed to fill out a predetermined schedule. Proceed accordingly.

Fights: 11

Debuts:  2 (Azunna Anwanyu and Alex Reyes)

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 2 (Thiago Alves OUT, Alex Reyes IN vs Mike Perry/ Dimitriy Sosnovski OUT, Azunna Anwanyu IN vs Justin Ledet)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 4 (Luke Rockhold, Hector Lombard, Sergio Moraes and Anthony Hamilton)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC:  2 (Hector Lombard, Felipe Arantes)

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: 8 (Sergio Moraes, Kamaru Usman, Gregor Gillespie, Anthony Smith, Justin Ledet, Tony Martin, Olivier Aubin-Mercier and Uriah Hall)

Stat Monitor for 2017:

Debuting Fighters (Current number: 25-23)- Zu Anwanyu, Alex Reyes

Short Notice Fighters (Current number: 17-25)- Zu Anwanyu, Alex Reyes

Second Fight (Current number: 22-27)-  Daniel Spitz

Cage Corrosion (14-7)- Luke Rockhold

Twelve Precarious Ponderings:

1- I wonder if I didn't give this main card enough credit on paper for being decent enough to get by. It's not going to wow anybody BUT that's neither her nor there; it's just not an awful showcase. The main event is a dull fight on paper BUT Rockhold vs Branch has some serious divisional relevance and you can absolutely appreciate on paper what the point is behind said fight. Mike Perry vs Thiago Alves on paper was a great test for both guys but Alves fell out. It would be easy to just call this a scrub fight BUT Mike Perry himself was like a week notice replacement for somebody once. The same could be said for Justin Ledet vs competent regional HW Zu Anwanyu on short notice. I have little interest in Anthony Smith vs Hector Lombard on paper but Smith is on a finishing roll in the UFC and Hector Lombard COULD be fighting for his job. Gregor Gillespie is coming off a really impressive mowing down of Andrew Holbrook and could be a player at 155 lbs. Lastly you have an intriguing fight between Kamaru Usman and Sergio Moraes primarily because Moraes is the first guy who stylistically people would say has a shot at stifling Usman (a bigger stronger grappler type). It's not as bad as I imagined.

2- Is Luke Rockhold the most hated UFC fighter ever? This Bisping-GSP fiasco is entirely on his shoulders because if he beats Bisping, we're not dealing with any of this mess.

3- It's believed that Branch is getting this fight because a) Anderson Silva said no, b) Romero would take it but only if it was three rounds and c) Jacare doesn't want to fight any time soon. So David Branch draws Luke Rockhold in the main event and lest we forgot, Branch is absolutely Mr. Ratings. Now what can David Branch necessarily do to Luke Rockhold? I mean....I 'unno. Branch has been training for five round fights since he essentially wound up at WSOF. Now counter to that, so has Luke Rockhold. Branch has been successful at LHW but I have little doubt Rockhold's future is at 205 lbs by the end of 2018 at the earliest. Branch is pretty strong in the clinch but Rockhold made Weidman look small in the clinch. Rockhold's grappling is world's better than Branch. The one key caveat is that Rockhold has, at times, looked chinny during his UFC run. Getting finished by Vitor is not the end of the world given Vitor's.....physique but there's simply no way to justify getting flattened by Bisping. No way no how.

4- Without looking it up, guess who is younger between Rockhold and Branch and also by how much.

5- How many finishes would Mike Perry have to get in a row before his detractors acknowledged that he brings excitement to events?

6- Of all the fighters on this main card, no one guy has the ability to challenge for the title and soon the way Kamaru Usman has. Usman's wrestling is above and beyond the call of duty and his striking seems to be improving as well. The downside is that beyond the best wrestler in the UFC is like a big glowing tag that reads BORING on it, even though Usman tends to be a hyperactive ground and pounder who just seems to lack the ability to get that ONE fight finishing shot. If he can finish Kamaru Usman, he might take that BIG step up the rankings that people seem to be waiting for him to take. Sergio Moraes has been successful across a collection of weight classes (185 on TUF, 170 in the actual UFC) and he's a crazy good grappler who AT LEAST has pop in his hands. It's a good test for Usman as the UFC tries to figure out if he's a nuisance or a star on the rise.

7- Is Anthony Hamilton vs Daniel Spitz potentially the worst sanctioned fight  (MMA, boxing, kickboxing, shoot wrestling, pillow) in the history of the universe?

8- There are a lot of wrasslers on this card and grappler types matched up; one such fight is Olivier Aubin Mercier taking on Tony Martin. OAM is a grappler first and foremost with a knack for submissions (although getting there is a chore). Tony Martin is a grinder who has suddenly discovered that he can strike over his last few fights. Mercier is hard to hit but doesn't react well when he IS hit while Martin seems to struggle with his cardio and his angles. It's a well matched clash on paper.

9- Felipe Arantes vs Luke Sanders is a really intriguing fight and one of those sleeper bouts you get one of those  FS1 cards during a block of FS1 cards where you go "Oh shit that's a freakin' great fight." Sanders is 1-1 in the UFC but he could be 2-0 had he not made a tactical error vs Iuri Alcantara. Felipe Arantes is one of those guys who dropped down in weight and seemed to find himself. After going 3-3-1 at 145 lbs, Arantes moved down in weight to 135 lbs and he's gone 2-1 and could be undefeated in the weight class  depending on how you view his split decision loss to a one legged Erik Perez. Both guys are action oriented fighters although Sanders tends to keep things upright and batter dudes while Arantes has become more sub savvy at 135 lbs.

10- Okay so is Hector Lombard the biggest UFC bust ever? Also let's not forget that at 28, Anthony Smith would be among the younger top 15 guys.

11- Justin Ledet came into the UFC and boxed up Chase Sherman at high altitude for three rounds; a win that in hindsight looks a lot better. Then he went into Belfast and submitted Mark Godbeer in relatively easy fashion. Zu Anwanyu is a good veteran HW who hits hard, hits infrequently and is one of those guys who just does stuff just to do it.

12- We still in on this Uriah Hall buzz or nah?

Must Win

1- Luke Rockhold

There's simply no way to describe this; Luke Rockhold cannot lose to Michael Bisping and Davis Branch back to back. You cannot be a top 10 MW and do that. You just can't.

2- Hector Lombard

The argument could be made that Lombard is the biggest flop in UFC history. A win over Anthony Smith doesn't prevent that from being the case BUT a loss might as well solidify it.  Aging Hendo to bloated Hendricks to Anthony Smith? Irreplacable.

3- Kamaru Usman

Usman may be the best prospect between 170 and 205 lbs----but he's lacking a really signature win or finish to cement that. As of right now, he's just a really talented wrestler with powerful g-n-p who fight fans do not care to see. A win over Sergio Moraes would absolutely challenge that thought process ESPECIALLY if he gets a finish.

Five Must See Fights

1- Gregor Gillispie vs Jason Gonzales

Simply put, Gregor Gillispie is a very unique talent in a division filled with them. Jason Gonzalez has the ability to challenge Gregor in a few areas but this should be a fun exciting showcase for a good fighter.

2- Mike Perry vs Alex Reyes

I know nothing of Alex Reyes but Mike Perry has finished 3 of his 4 UFC fights, all in relatively violent fashion. He's an all offense, no defense sort of fighter who relies on his chin. He's got some scary Leben-esque tendencies to his game.

3- Kamaru Usman vs Sergio Moraes

This is a total stylistic clash but one where the stylistic advantages of both fighters suggest whomever has improved the most outside of their strengths will dictate who wins. That makes it fun and compelling.

4- Luke Rockhold vs David Branch

The question re: Rockhold's chin make this a compelling fight on paper. Chances are once the bell rings, it'll be a whole lot less compelling.

5- Daniel Spitz vs Anthony Hamilton

This has "must be seen to be believed" written all over it.

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The Preview: UFC on Fox from Colorado

Joey 

Jan 23rd, 2017

The  UFC's first foray (HA!) on Fox for 2017 is a pretty solid affair all things considered. We're beginning to creep our way out of the winter bad show doldrums (although the Canada card ain't too pretty) with the next two cards being pretty damn solid all things considered and UFC 208 quickly falling into the "So hated it's now underrated" department. Slowly but surely we're emerging from the drek. Just gotta get by that Canadian card, fellas. Compared to the last two Fox cards in January (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_Fox:_Johnson_vs._Bader) and (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_Fox:_Gustafsson_vs._Johnson), I'd say this one really holds up pretty well. There's a lot of meaningful stuff on the main card and there's JUST enough meaningful stuff on the prelim slate to not feel like you're wasting your time there either. The headliner is a battle at bantamweight between Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko with the winner almost certainly getting a title shot in the spring or summer time. The co-main event is a pretty damn awesome fight between two guys who are riding hot streaks at 170 lbs with Donald Cerrone fighting Jorge Masvidal. There's a super big heavyweight fight featuring the top prospect and an aging HW hero and the opener is a fucking war and a half with Alex Caceres taking on Jason Knight. Let's get to it then!

Fights: 12

Debuts: 5 (Jordan Johnson, Eric Shelton, Alejandre Pantoja, Bobby Nash and Jeremy Kimball)

Fight Changes/injury cancellations: 3 (Hector Lombard vs Brad Tavares cancelled due to injuries, John Phillips out/Jeremy Kimball in, Yancy Medeiros out/Bobby Nash in)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 6 (BJ Penn, Yair Rodriguez, Joe Lauzon, Marcin Held, Court McGee and John Moraga)

Fighters On Losing Streaks: 2 (Andrei Arlovski, Jason Gonzalez)

Fighters On Winning Streaks: 6 (Jorge Masvidal, Andrei Arlovski, Donald Cerrone, Valentina Shevchenko, Nate Marquardt and Alex Caceres)

Stat Monitor for 2017:

Debuting Fighters (Current number: 0-0)- Jordan Johnson, Eric Shelton, Alejandre Pantoja, Bobby Nash and Jeremy Kimball

Short Notice Fighters (Current number: 2-2)- Bobby Nash, Jordan Johnson and Jeremy Kimball

Second Fight (Current number: 1-1)- JC Cottrell

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

-So right away, we have to acknowledge this main event. Shevchenko vs Pena, barring something unforeseen, will be a #1 contender fight given the fact that off the top of my head, these two are the only ones streaking currently in the division. Both represent interesting stylistic challenges for Amanda Nunes and there's stories built in about of that layer. For Shevchenko, she fought Nunes before and lost a very open ended 29-28 decision. Open ended meaning that there's doubt as to whether or not Nunes would've won had the fight been a five round affair. Julianna Pena seems to have a better grasp on fight promotion, even if she annoys plenty of people, and so you'd imagine if this turns into a trash talking feud, Pena would be the better fit. It doesn't make sense to take Nunes from headlining two big PPVs (even if it was as the B-side twice) and then ask her to be on Fox or co-main event a PPV. From a business standpoint, it's a matter of "who should the UFC want to win?" and I'm not quite sure there's a clear answer here just yet.

-This fight is a big challenge for Shevchenko primarily. Julianna Pena for the most part has a style that negates the strengths of her opponents, often turning fights into bully clinch fighting and squirrely exchanges on the mat. Pena has a skill set that probably works regardless of opponent because it's not predicated on anything but her own strengths. Shevchenko's two biggest UFC performances have seen her start slow but build up momentum as she figures out her own path to victory. Against Holly Holm, the five round format allowed her to make adjustments long term that paid off in the end en route to a big decision win. Vs Nunes, she never got in gear until the third round and that was primarily due to how physical Nunes is.

-What will the legacy of Jorge Masvidal be if he wins vs Donald Cerrone? Masvidal theoretically could be riding into this fight on a ridiculous nine fight winning streak across two weight classes. Masvidal's been a victim of some rough judging but also a victim of his own malaise in fights, taking his foot off the gas and coasting to the judges en route to a "WTF happened?" split decision loss. He won't be afforded that luxury here vs Cerrone.

-Assuming Cerrone wins, what would be next? Give in to the assumption that Maia has a guaranteed title shot waiting for him so Woodley/Thompson winner and Maia are both out. What else can Cerrone do? Does Robbie Lawler make sense?

-THREE major challenges for Francis Ngannou on this card. The first is the obvious acknowledgment of the competition jump here. Arlovski is so far and away the best opponent Ngannou  has ever faced that it's almost laughable to try and compare him to anybody on his resume. That said Arlovski's not the same guy he was in his prime so you can sort of kind of negate that. The second  is the altitude in Denver which makes cowards of many a men. Ngannou's not a guy who fights like he's paid by the round either but he's also not somebody who rushes. For a young fighter he's very patient so while the altitude is seriously something to watch, I'm not TOO too concerned I suppose. Lastly, Greg Jackson. Both Anthony Hamilton and Francis Ngannou train with Greg Jackson which is going to represent an interesting quandry I suppose.  Jackson's going to have trained twice for Francis Ngannou with Hamilton basically acting as a test run for Arlovski. Did he learn anything new during Ngannou vs Hamilton?

-Let's say Ngannou breezes through Arlovski. Just runs right through him. When do we start the title talk?

-There's been some scuttlebutt about Aljamain Sterling vs Rafael Assuncao being neither the prelim main event nor the opening fight on the main card. I'd like to offer, I suppose, a few explanations:

1- This fight has been rebooked twice now. Your best ability sometimes is availability and it could be argued or reasoned that the UFC has zero reason to trust either Rafa or Aljamain to make it to a main card fight or a prelim headliner capacity. Injury prone guys get hurt a lot so it's harder to feel like you can commit to them in higher profile engagements.  You can kind of count on Sam Alvey and Nate Marquardt to make it to their commitments.

2- Knight vs Caceres is going to be wild and wacky fun while Sterling vs Assuncao  is for the purists, as one might say.

3- Jason Knight is a guy the UFC thinks has star potential so they're giving him the big push.

-Nate Marquardt's recent wins have me kind of sort of excited. Allow me to explain before y'all bury me under my own words.  Marquardt's chin is a seriously broken one from years of fighting elite competition. Having said that, his hand speed, technique and ground game all looked pretty damn solid vs Tamdan McCrory and he removed CB Dollaway from consciousness before that in a really impressive come from behind win. Sam Alvey is going to really test what Nate has left----but I feel like it's worth pointing out that in the UFC, Alvey recently has only lost to dudes like Elias Theodorou and Derek Brunson. I'm not saying I'm all in on Nate's comeback yet BUT I'm willing to be convinced if he can get by Alvey who is all kinds of wrong for him at this point in his career.

-Of the fights on this prelim slate that I'm most into, Alessio Di Chirico vs Eric Spicely is the one I'm really excited to see. Italy's got a few good middleweight prospects and Di Chirico is one of them; a whirling dervish of offense on the feet with decent-ish grappling chops. Spicely has the ability to shut those guys down as he did vs Thiago Marreta. Big challenge here for Di Chirico.

-We've talked a bit about how the TUF flyweight season is already a bit of a hit given how Tim Elliott vs Mighty Mouse was a great fight and Brandon Moreno has rejuvenated 125 lbs. Alexandre Pantoja vs Eric Shelton is buried way down onto the card but it's a really great fight with two guys who could have long term futures at flyweight in the UFC.

-Li Jingliang fight week! The Leech is getting ready to claim another foe.

-Welcome to the UFC, Jordan Johnson! Your opponent is Henrique da Silva who we all kind of expect to be in the top 15 eventually and you're taking the fight on super short notice. Good luck, dude!

Must Wins:

Julianna Pena

Pena's fighting style and her attitude are not everybody's cup of tea but she has something unique at bantamweight. She can sell a fight, sell herself and she's got the ability to quite possibly be champion. Cringe if you like but seriously, she CAN beat Amanda Nunes. It's not like Nunes hasn't lost time and time again to hyperactive grapple first ground and pound artists before. Shevchenko vs Nunes II would be a darned good fight but Pena vs Nunes might be a bigger fight.

Donald Cerrone

The narrative on Cerrone continues to be and will continue to be a story where every "big fight" he loses, we'll have to hear about how he chokes. Jorge Masvidal is a fighter he should beat in a co-main event slot on big Fox.  Big fight opportunity for Cerrone to shut some people up.

Jason Knight

I was torn between Ngannou and Jason Knight here. I went with Knight because even IF Ngannou loses to Arlovski, it's heavyweight and heavyweights are always one win away from relevancy. Jason Knight fights in a much tougher weight class where you need to string together like four good performances in a row to get an eyebrow raise.

Five Underlying Themes:

1- Whether the winner of the main event can put on a performance worthy of getting people excited about a potential PPV headliner vs Nunes.

2- Whether or not the altitude turns what should be a very good card into a very sloppy card.

3- The on-again/off-again love affair between the UFC and Donald Cerrone as Jorge Masvidal comes to ruin the show.

4- How hard they push Francis Ngannou.

5- If we see more complaining than usual about the commentary with Jon Anik leading the charge on big Fox.

Predicting (Bonus) Winners!

Current record: 8-4

Julianna Pena Donald Cerrone Andrei Arlovski Jason Knight Nate Marquardt Aljamain Sterling Li Jingliang Luiz Henrique da Silva Alessio Di Chirico Jason Gonzalez Marcos Rogerio De Lima Eric Shelton

FOTN: Donald Cerrone vs Jorge Masvidal POTN: Aljamain Sterling and Andrei Arlovski