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He is class above many fighters but Volkanovski is a different beast and he lost only one fight in his MMA carrier back in 2013 when he was starting.
One way for him to win against Makhachev is to came fast and furious in first round and KO him quickly.
Volkanovski is better in stand up but if it goes to ground and more rounds I think Makhachev wins.

Covington should win in this matchup in my opinion as well. I just don’t see Leon Edwards winning against Colby Covington. At least not right now. Covington has a good all-round skills, and he also has the technical edge over Edwards. And Covington winning and setting up a rematch against Osman is going to be absolutely great for the UFC as well. They will be able to get a good amount of pay per view as well. 

But the loser fighting against Khamzat is going to be hilarious . For that reason, I believe fighters are going to want to win.


Duke Khan

It is not that no one wants to fight Khamzat, it is that no one from high position in top wants to fight him. There is one guy that I think can give him a good competition in fight - Shavkat Rakhmonov. He is 16-0. He is on top10 of welterweight. Shavkat had his last fight in June 2022, soon he will face Geoff Neal, if he wins it is about time he should have a fight against Khamzat. Also Khamzat is more than welcomed in middleweight. Pereira, Adesanya, Whittaker - these guys would love to beat Khamzats ass.

Khamzat's situation is that no one wants to fight him. Although I think Covington can defeat him, he might not risk fighting Khamzat. Usman would be good but he's also injured and the hype for a rematch against Edwards is already a running train that's more than likely to happen soon.

But it's true that Connor did a lot worse to make noise than Khamzat. Dana perhaps has more plans for him, if Khamzat is going to add more weight he'll be fighting a lot more than bulldozing those in the Welterweight.

Well! in today's MMA tournament you need to know how to sell your fight or you might even need to push your limits to promote it just like what happened to Mcgregor when he throws that chair and injured some people inside it but no one really cares because of how popular he is back then. And today, you have Khamzat who really wants to have a big fight to create a legacy in the UFC and I think he really needs to be fighting a really competent opponent in his next fight that could give him a real pain to beat because it's started to get boring nowadays when you only wins against your opponent via submission. I missed the old days when they really knockout their opponents due to some right-angle punches.

In UFC's men it's Henry Cejudo where he get flyweight belt on 2018 and bantamweight belt in 2019, but he's already retired. While the in the UFC's women it's Amanda Nunes who get featherweight belt on 2018 and bantamweight belt on 2022, it's only 17 fighters who get two belts in history [1]

If Dana White still continue this kind behavior, it would ruin UFC reputation since many fans was very disappointed when Khamzat Chimaev vs Nate Diaz wasn't happen. Actually Chimaev was at welterweight division, not at middleweight division in UFC.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_champions_in_MMA

The tricky situation with Khamzat is that he might throw something unexpected. And he will think that is normal to do that. I think that Khamzat is on a wrong hype train. He thinks that he is such a huge star, that Dana will let him free what ever he wants to do. How about missing weight and due that mixing whole card, just ti save an event? Be my guest. I did not hear that Khamzat faced any punishment for that.

Well even though he is a legend and kind of saves the entertainment for the MMA, well some of it because he is not really alone and I think Forrest Griffin is always there when they clash in a beautiful fight that night, but sadly to say it is not the company responsible anymore to answer those medical bills it is not their responsibility anymore if you are not competing or you are not within the company anymore, but they can surely give donations to Stephan Bonnar for his medical bills but Stephan Bonnar is a hall of fame fighter for the UFC and I think that is enough,


Now if Kamaru Usman can not have a rematch against Leon Edwards I think Khamzat Chimaev is ready to fight Edwards, as they have an unsettled fight because, on January 20, 2021, they have a canceled fight so surely this fight needs to happen, and if this fight could materialize I will surely root for Khamzat Chimaev winning it,

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Right now I am really frustrated because we got no event this holiday end, but surely next year will be a great year for us because at the start of the year we will be having the UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Gastelum event, and from that event, for me, I am anticipating the Geoff Neal VS Shavkat Rakhmonov fight to be a real banger, and next event was UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill surely the main event will be juicy, and this is their trilogy fight and it will surely settle the score if who really deserves the title belt, The UFC 284 | Makhachev vs. Volkanovski event that will have so much juicy and well-known fight plus the UFC Fight Night | Vera vs. Sandhagen for me is surely a wait to behold,

It could be as the event is gonna be in London.  The crowd over there are louder, rowdier and overall just more fun.  But what's interesting with this match up is the way it was set up.  I got Covington as the more likely winner here and if he does win, it sets up another rematch against Usman...  And this time it's gonna be Covington holding the belt.

Either could win but I don't think Edwards could handle Covington's pressure.  The loser of the match gets to fight Chimaev.  Lmao.


I think Makhachev is levels above everybody in the UFC.  We'll be seeing him hold the 155 belt for a long time imho.

This is going to be fight to watch and not miss, but changing category and moving up can often be hard for fighters.
First thing I think is how Adesanya looked weaker when he moved to test himself in light heavyweight category.
Volkanovski has slight reach advantage but Makhachev is much taller and he has Khabib in his corner, and Khabib's father said that Makhacev is his best student.
My early predictions and bet would be on Islam Makhachev to win, but many things can change until then.

Isn’t it going to be bad for the UFC if Khamzat Chimaev does not get opponents to fight against?
Because he was bringing in a good amount of money for that UFC and he was also showing good skills as well.
But one thing is he was not that crowd favourite at all. He was always doing his own things by his own rules.
If UFC can find a way to make him a crowd favourite, I think it will be very beneficial for the UFC.

And I also think that Covington versus Edwards is going to be a good pay per view on generator for the UFC. But the question is, is that going to happen?


Regards

Duke

The one who is defending belt is the one who might lose a belt, but the one who is not in his division (like Volkanovski vs Makhachev or Adesanja vs Blachowicz) won lose a belt in case he looses, because he is not defending anything.

On one hand it is honest, because you risk to go to other persons territory (weight class) and compete there. You should not lose a belt in case of a loss. On the other hand, this is not honest towards your division - instead of fighting someone that deserve a title shot, you fight someone else.

I think you got confused.  You're talking about Islam Makhachev.  And yes, Volk is moving up to 155 and is going for Makhachev's belt.  And if Volk wins, he gets to be double champ.  One title at 145 and another one at 155.  If Makhachev wins then he defended his belt at 155 and Volk doesn't lose his belt at 145.  That's how it works.

And yup, Volk really has fought almost everybody at the top in his weight class that he needs to move up and fight at 155.  It's good timing too imho.  When was the last time we had a couple of champs in the cage?

Covington might have to fight someone else first before taking his risk against Chimaev. Volk vs Islam is really one of the best matchup they can do after all both of these fighters have gained thier way up with a number of winning streaks.

Dana will soon provide good matches for everyone to enjoy in UFC before the Ali Act extension to MMA takes place as they introduced a new regulatory body World Fighting Federation (WFF) and then DANA might be forced to pay an astonishing amount of money to his fighters.

In UFC 284 Chimaev will fight with Volkanovski in lightweight division, so Chimaev is risk his title right? which mean if Volkanovski win, he will get lightweight title, if he lose he wouldn't lose anything? also does Volkanovski lost his belt since he's lower his division? I'm not quite understand about this matter.

It looks like, there's will be a lower champion will fight with higher champion due to lack of tough fighter.

Then it looks that Covington will be facing Edwards, because it will be simply unprofitable to left numeral UFC London event be without a huge fight. We have Tom Aspinall, he has already headed 2 events in London. Doubt that his fight will be main event again. UFC could try to use Paddy the Baddy, but he is unranked to be let head whole event. Despite, I think UFC has already announced that Edwards will fight in UFC London next spring.

This should happen.
Khamzat Chimaev is getting frustrated about the lack of opponents to fight him. If they are real champions, they should try this dude. That is, if Edwards will be the one choosing.
I didn't realize that was already 4 months ago since Edwards won.

Chimaev seems to be ready for anyone and even said he would fight Pereira for a title, take it, and then go down to welterweight for Covington if Dana White will pursue that kind of path.
The date was said to be in March, and Covington had not fought for 9 months, it will be a year of rest in March 2023. So I think he will be the one Chimaev will face.

There are rumors (that likely to be true) that we wont see Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman fight, as Usman has some serious issues with his knees (probably gonna have a surgery). That is why UFC have in plans to organize Edwards vs Chimaev fight. That is what Dana White said recently, added that he does not see any other perfect fight match for Edwards. If rumors are true, it will be up to Edwards to select his real opponent. What do you think about this guys?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WcLMUSsXhg

Here is the video of Jorge Masvidal being arrested. First he was asked few general question, but later the guard put cuffs on him, accompanied to a police car, where later Jorge is moved in a police car probably to a pre-trial detention center. What do you think guys? Is this it for Jorge? Was Or he was taken only for a interrogation? Does not look like it was just a talk with a police officer story.

Stephan Bonnar is someone who was not looked after since he retired. A lot of people are saying that he is someone who saved that fighting game. In a sense, he actually did. As I am hearing, he did not get proper treatment from the hospitals. That really should have never happened. He was the savior when it was really rough times for the UFC. He died relatively young. RIP legend.