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Brett Okamoto
The UFC 314 had one of the cards stacked so far and for us luck, she delivered it in a big way. Alexander Volkanovski After a five -round battle he appeared as a king of feathers Diego Lopesand Paddy pimblett Again proved his doubts to disassemble Michael Chandler. Now owns the second longest active win (seven fighting) in a light division.
The pieces of the folder on the feathers fallen into the place on the card. Yair Rodriguez Destroyed Patricio PitbullDebut UFC and Jean Silva and And IgE Place your fighting premature ends. Will Lopes take another of these three winners?
Here is what should be another-and several wild card designs-for the best fighters from UFC 314.
Alexander Volkanovski, Feather Champion
Who should be another: MOVSAR EVLOEV
The fight against EVLOEV refers to Volkanovski because he likes the idea of taking Evloev’s undefeated record. How much does it attract all others? It is a thing that should not matter, but it is. Dana White was not a fan of his style, and although he never lost EVLOEV, there would be not many outrage fans if UFC handed it over for the title shot. This means that EVLOEV should be clearly more. Volkanovski has already defeated four of the top five applicants (all except EVLOEV). No one is approaching Evloe in terms of the fact that they deserve it right now.
Wildcard: Aaron pico
Real wild card. I do not think it is likely that UFC would immediately upgrade Pico to this occasion, but at the same time I see it. Pico, who signed with UFC last weekIt is brand new for the division and that is always intrigue. Has from his time in Bellator MMA quite a reel, not to mention Quite a story behind his career. It is dangerous and probably more tradable than EVLOEV. I don’t expect it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if UFC went in this way.
Diego Lopes and Yair Rodriguez, Feather Weight
What should be on: Rodriguez vs. Lopes at UFC 320 13. September in Guadalajara, Mexico
UFC should not play it. I assume that I have seen the world in which Volkanovski defends his title in July and immediately tries to face Rodriguez in Mexico – just because it is a kind of ridiculously difficult challenge that Volkanovski loves. Even hovering the idea at the UFC 314 press conference. But it is definitely not likely.
I think UFC will give Volkanovski a new match – Volkanovski defeated Rodriguez in 2023 – and Rodriguez took another opponent on Mexican Independence Day. And the opponent should be a lopes. There’s hostility. Rodriguez, a native of Mexico, does not like that Lopes, who was born in Brazil, says he represents Mexico, where Lopes trains and coaches. It is one of the best matches in the entire division of £ 145. This is infallible.
Dan Ige and Jean Silva, feathers weight
What should be on: IgE vs. Silva
In these columns I usually do not combine fighters, but the UFC 314 was created as a showcase of feathers, so it is not very surprising that we get fresh matches. Silva looked incredible in her victory against Bryc Mitchell. Probably the loudest victory on the card, frankly. Sport is an all-in in search of the Silva ceiling, but there is no rush. He was not included in the top 15, but defeated Mitchell, who was classified for 13 years. IgE is there in No. 15 and its popularity has been fought with Lopes last June in the UFC 303 in Las Vegas. I would make it a five -wheel main event. IgE and Silva shares rose to UFC 314. UFC should immediately earn it by announcing the main event.
Paddy pimblett, lightweight
Who should be another: Justin Slave
This is difficult because Gaethje is an obvious answer to me. It is available and rankings make sense. But what more can UFC ask Gaethje to do him before rewarding his title shot? Set out Dustin Poirier Earn a shot two years ago at UFC 291. MAX HOLLOWAY for the BMF title at UFC 300. Then he accepted an opponent with a lower rating in Dan Hookerand when Hooker injured, he took over the challenge to beat Rafael Fiziev The second time at UFC 313. After the survival of Fizev, UFC really asks him to fight another young, rising candidate? It’s terribly unfair. But depending on what happens to the title shot, I don’t see Gaethje sit and wait too long. If Gaethje’s next fight is not for her belt, it’s probably against Pimblett.
Wildcard: Charles Oliveira
Like Gaethje, Oliveira is now deserving the title shot, but when Ilia Topria was moving up and Gaethje’s UFC 313 in March, Pimblett can’t ban on Oliveira. Pimblett’s description of Oliveira in his interview after Fight was very interesting. When Oliveira was a champion, the challenge would not literally follow him to the ground, if he was knocked down, from respect to his wrestling. Pimblett says he wants test his match against Oliveir. In many ways, this is actually a more attractive stylistic match than Gaethje, but I think it’s a little less likely. Either way, both are fire matches.
Michael Chandler, Lighty
Who should be another: Dan Hooker
Dan Hooker? It’s a question rather than an answer, because I honestly don’t know. No one is doing. Chandler has more or less exhausted his big matches, and this skid with the three losses on which he is currently putting him in a difficult place where he either sits and waits or fights with someone on the ranking. This means I don’t know who another up-and-comer would be that UFC would really want to focus on Chandler in the fight against Chandler. So maybe UFC gives Hooker the opportunity to get this loss to Knockout Chandler at the UFC 257 in 2021. It’s an imperfect answer to a question that has no good solution. The health of Hooker since he had pulled out of the fight Gaethje last month, he has been in the air. Looks like Chandler is in the waiting period.
Waiting and period, if it even fights again, it is. I feel like yes. Yes, the record is ugly-chandler is 2-5 in UFC-but many of these fighting was competitive and everyone was against the best in the world. UFC loves to have someone like chandler on your list. I will be surprised if he leaves, but my colleague Chael Sonnen predicted to the UFC 314 show, which Chandler Will, so we are at the intersection.
