Here are my picks for this card
Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal
I think Masvidal won the striking exchanges, but I dont think he had the gas tank nor the wrestling strength to get out of the bad positions that he was in. I got this wrong.
Alexander Volkanovski vs Max Holloway
I picked Volkanovski, but I think Holloway won this fight. Max got better. He has better Muay Thai, and he was working with range a little better. He looked a little better physically IMO. Its so weird, because you can’t do a rematch with Volk having 2 wins, but a rematch is warranted. Anyway I think Max will move up.
Petr Yan vs Jose Aldo
Muay Thai for most of the fight, until Yan broke Aldo down. They were at Muay Thai range, neither taking a backward step. One-twos, with no real combinations, limited footwork. It was Muay Thai, Muay Thai, Muay Thai. I got this wrong.
Rose Namajunas vs Jessica Andrade
Rose was able to do her thing and get the win. I dont understand the advice that Rose was given to stay in the pocket. She got a pretty big shiner for all that trouble.
Amanda Ribas vs Paige van Zant
Ribas got it done, and it looks like the odds were correct.
Jiri Prochazka vs Volkan Oezdemir
Its so strange that Prochazka welcomes people to test his chin. He got wobbled in the first round, but he was able to strike back and get the finish in the 2nd. Now I know a little bit more about Jiri. Johnny Walker next?
Muslim Salikhov vs Elizeu Zaleski
I thought Zaleski won this fight. The judges screwed him.
Makwan Amirkhani vs Danny Henry
Professional performance by Mr. Finland. Sweet looking anaconda too.
Leonardo Santos vs Roman Bogatov
One of the longest three round fights I’ve seen in a while. I dont really like how Bogatov looks, pretty sloppy
Marcin Tybura vs Maxim Grishin
Grishin looked so bad at heavyweight. I’m so embarrassed by this pick
Raulian Paiva vs Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Very close fight, I thought Zhumagulov won
Karol Rosa vs Vanessa Melo
Melo is just not fast enough
Davey Grant vs Martin Day
Good work by Grant. Day was way too stiff
Amirkhani’s performance was unbroken
6/13 is pretty bad…:(