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10.28.2014 | 3:37 AM ET

HW: Cain Velasquez
LHW: Alexander Gustafsson
MW: Chris Weidman
WW:......Uh? 
LW: Khabib Nurmagomedov
FW: Conor McGregor
BW: Dominick Cruz
FLW: Mighty Mouse

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10.28.2014 | 4:25 AM ET

I'm confident that Ronda will still be wearing the belt.

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10.28.2014 | 5:36 AM ET

Prediction:

HW: Cain Velasquez
LHW: Jon Jones
MW: Chris Weidman
WW:.Robbie Lawler
LW: Anthony Pettis or Jose Aldo
FW: Conor McGregor
BW: Dominick Cruz
FLW: Mighty Mouse
WBW: Ronda Rousey
WSTRW: Cláudia Gadelha or Joanna Jędrzejczyk

Perfect world wishlist (within bounds of reality - even freak circumstance):

HW: Alistair Overeem
LHW: Alexander Gustafsson
MW: Yoel Romero or Gegard Mousasi
WW: Robbie Lawler
LW: Khabib Nurmagomedov or Jose Aldo
FW: Conor McGregor
BW: Dominick Cruz
FLW: 堀口 恭司
WBW: Holly Holm
WSTRW: Jojo Calderwood or Thug Namajunas

Perfect world wishlist (beyond bounds of reality):

HW: Conor McGregor
LHW: Conor McGregor
MW: Conor McGregor
WW: Conor McGregor
LW: Conor McGregor
FW: Conor McGregor
BW: Dominick Cruz
FLW: Conor McGregor
WBW: Conor McGregor
WSTRW: Jojo Calderwood or Conor McGregor


:)

* Edited at 10.28.2014, 11:22 AM ET *

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10.28.2014 | 6:06 AM ET


Realistic:
HW: Cain Velasquez
LHW: Jon Jones
MW: Chris Weidman(and probably for a long time after that)
WW: I'm close to 50-50 on Hendricks-Lawler and a possible Lawler-MacDonald fight so hell if I know
LW: Khabib Nurmagomedov if he gets a shot or Anthony Pettis if Pettis spends another whole goddamn year injured
FW: Jose Aldo maybe
BW: Dominick Cruz
FLW: Mighty Mouse
WBW: Ronda Rousey
WSTRW: Joanne Calderwood or Claudia Gadelha

If everybody keeps getting ******* injured:

HW: Mark Hunt
LHW: Fabio Maldonado 
MW: Yoel Romero is the interim interim champion after Weidman gets hurt again and Vitor tests positive for bull semen after winning the interim belt against Jacare
WW: Ben Askren is champion in exile
LW: Nick Newell 
FW: Dennis Siver
BW: my ass
FLW: the body mass Vitor lost after getting off TRT
WBW: Urijah Faber in drag
WSTRW: Arianny Celeste

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10.28.2014 | 6:06 AM ET

HW: Cane Velasquez. It is not possible to lose your belt without fighting. 

LHW: Aleksander Gustafsson. 

MW: Michael 'The GOAT' Bisping. 

WW: Robby Lawler. 

LW: Anthony Pettis. Again, it is not possible to lose your belt without fighting.

FW: Jose Aldo. 

BW: Dominick Cruise. 

FlyW: Kris Kariaso. 

WBW: Honda. 

WSW: JoJoJoJoJoJoJoJo Calderwood. 

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10.28.2014 | 6:28 AM ET

"It is not possible to lose your belt without fighting."








:)))))))))

* Edited at 10.28.2014, 6:31 AM ET *

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10.28.2014 | 8:01 AM ET

HW: Werdum
LHW: Jon Jones
MW: Weidman
WW: Hendricks
LW: José Aldo
FW: Conor McGregor
BW: Dillashaw
FW: Johnson
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10.28.2014 | 8:10 AM ET

HW - Werdum
LHW - Cormier
MW - Belfort
WW - Lawler
LW - Pettis
FW - McGregor
BW - Cruz
FLW - Mighty Mouse
WBW - Rousey
WSW - Tecia Torres
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10.28.2014 | 8:18 AM ET

HW - Werdum
LHW - Cormier
MW - Weidman (Belfort takes title then loses the rematch)
WW - Lawler
LW - Pettis (Gil has a good shot IMO)
FW - McGregor
BW - Cruz
FLW - Horiguchi
WBW - Rousey (If Cat doesn't beat her she will shatter records)
WSW - Tecia Torres


Tough choice in the WSW division. 
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10.28.2014 | 8:39 AM ET

HW - Velasquez.  It doesn't sound like the injury will keep him out too much of 2015, and he will probably beat whoever is the interim champ before 2015 ends.
LHW - Cormier
MW - Weidman
WW - GSP (pure speculation that he'll come back and that he'd go for the title shot and not a tune-up fight first)
LW - Nurmagomedov
FW - Aldo
BW - Cruz
FLW - Mighty Mouse
Women's BW - Ronda
Women's SW - Esparza

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10.28.2014 | 9:36 AM ET

HW | Cain Velasquez 

LHW | Daniel Cormier 

MW | Chris Weidman 

WW | Rory MacDonald

LW | Nate Diaz

FW | Frankie Edgar

BW | Dominick Cruz

FLW | Ian McCall

WBW | Holly Holm

WSW | Tecia Torres

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slamdistraction
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10.28.2014 | 10:07 AM ET

Love this thread.

HW- JDS (Cain gets injured again and he ko's Werdum for the title)
LHW- Cormier
MW- Machida (I actually like him in a rematch with Weidman)
WW- Lawler
LW- Nurmagomedov
FW- Mendes (McGregor beats Aldo then Mendes beats McGregor)
BW- Cruz
FLW- DJ

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10.28.2014 | 11:16 AM ET

This is always fun to speculate

HW: Cain Velasquez- Good chin, great cardio. Don't think Werdum/Hunt/JDS/Miocic can beat him
LHW: Alexander Gustafsson- Think he can beat Cormier and/or Jones
MW: Chris Weidman
WW: Johny Hendricks (can also see Lawler)
LW: Gilbert Melendez
FW: Aldo- Too far ahead of the curve
BW: Cruz regains the title
FlyW: No one's beating DJ anytime soon
WBW: Ronda
WSW: Penne- picking the dark horse here
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10.28.2014 | 11:39 AM ET

Heavyweight - Velasquez (or Mark Hunto, maybe?)

Light Heavyweight - DC (I can see him go all the way with this, he throws bombs and can wrestle**** anyone)

Middleweight - The Dragon (As much as I want belfort I can't really go for it after him missing the entire 2014 year)

Welterweight - Ruthless Robbie Lawler (him being so active during 2014 makes me think he takes it and keeps it)

Lightweight - Gilbert Melendez (all though, I really want to see Cerrone vs Aldo fight for the contenders spot)

Featherweight - Conor McGregor (nothing stops this train, nothing)

Bantamweight  - Dom Cruz (He has the fire again, I want to see him back it up against the "Alpha Fails")

Flyweight - Mighty Mouse (MM keeps on MM)

WBW - Rousey unless she keeps her plan on retiring on her 4th year, then she retires with the belt

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10.28.2014 | 12:38 PM ET

HW:Ruan Potts
LHW-Nikita Krylov
MW-Bruno Santos
WW- Takenori Sato
LW-Yosdenis Cedeno
FW-Ning Gangyou
BW-Royston Wee
FLY-Phil Harris
WBW-Jessamyn Duke
WSW-Juliana Lima

How bold is that?

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10.28.2014 | 12:38 PM ET


Great topic.
HW - Cain or JDS (I think they are head and shoulders above the rest of the division, yes even Werdum)

LHW - Bones (Maybe DC can take him out, but I don't think anyone else in the division will)

MW - Weidman (Machida was his biggest threat, and Chris handled him.)

WW - Lombard (He's 36 now, if he's going to make a run it's got to be soon)

LW - Nurmagomedov (If he can stay healthy, he could be atop this division for quite a while.)

FW - Aldo (Unless he decides to move up to 155, I don't see Conor beating him)

BW - Cruz (goddamn I forgot how beastly he is)

FLW - MM (Maybe if Horiguchi keeps improving, but Johnson is sooooo good.)

WBW - Honda Housey (Unless she decides to "retire" and pursue acting)

SW - Esparza (As much as I'd love JoJo or my girl Justine Kish to be the champ, I think Esparza's wrestling will put her atop the division)

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10.28.2014 | 1:14 PM ET

Bryan Caraway will unite the BW & WBW titles.  

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10.28.2014 | 2:50 PM ET


I was going to input my data - and then i read about VITOR testing positive for BULL SEMEN.....

******* Priceless!

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10.28.2014 | 9:14 PM ET


WBW: Ronda or Cyborg
WSW: Namajunas
HW: JDS or Cain
LHW: Cormier
MW: Weidman or Anderson
WW: Lawler or Lombard
LW: Khabib
FW: Aldo
BW: Cruz
FLW: Dodson

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10.28.2014 | 10:14 PM ET

HW: Cain
LHW: Jones
MW: Weidman
WW: Lawler
LW: Nurmagomedov
FW: Aldo
BW: Cruz
FLW: Johnson
WBW: Rousey
WSW: Calderwood

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10.28.2014 | 10:30 PM ET

265 - Hunt
205 - Jones
185 - Weidman
170 - Lawler
155 - Khabib
145 - McGregor
135 - Cruz
W135 - Ronda
125 - Johnson
W115 - Esparza

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