With no UFC event this weekend, we get to look into our crystal ball and take a look at some futures chances, specifically the two title fights scheduled for UFC 220 (Jan. 20th, Boston). I’m literally wearing my wizard hat right now [editor’s note: he actually is] and that I should be, because we’re on a magical roster people! Last week, a few the gold underdogs from my Best Bets for UFC 219 cashed in. Thanks, Neil Magny and Carla Esparza!
If you’re not enthusiastic about UFC 220, then you have no pulse. You’re literally dead and should be packed with ice. How can you not be stoked to see one of their most anticipated heavyweight championship fights in UFC history? The result, history is going to be made.
Stipe Miocic will be defending his heavyweight crown from rising celebrity Francis Ngannou and I’m pretty sure someone is going to be looking straight up in the lights when it is all said and done.
On the card, Daniel Cormier will soon be defending his light-heavyweight title against hard-hitting Volkan Oezdemir. Could we see an upset and the crowning of a fresh light-heavyweight king? Or will Cormier once again show us why he is among the greatest to ever step foot into an Octagon?
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