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Gillespie vs Medeiros
Gillespie, TKO R2.

Gillespie is legit. Yancy is kind of a middle-of-the-road guy who has peaked, and Gregor is coming in to his own. He's kind of like a big ass version of Frankie Edgar. I see him getting the fight to the floor, slipping into mount and pounding on Yancy until the ref waves it.


Texiera vs Cutelaba
Cutelaba, KO/TKO R2.


I don't like picking against Glover. One of the good guys of MMA and he always turns up to fight. But He looked his age in his last showing, and Cutelaba is a goddamn animal  with lead in his fists and an iron jaw. Youth will triumph over experience in this one, and I won't enjoy it.A prime Glover would smoke Cutelaba but that ship has sailed.

Lineker vs sandhagen
Lineker, decision (30-27).

Sandhagen is a great prospect but this is frankly a god-awful matchup for him and it's terrible booking on behalf of the UFC. He prefers to bang but will also look fo establish top position if he can get it. I don't think either will work against hands of stone, who could also go by the moniker head of stone. John is just a straight up tough son of a *****, and Corey does not have what is needed to put him away, and he doesn't have the wrestling chops needed to overcome his TDD. lineker likely just walks him down and punches the living bejeesus out of him for three rounds, basically ignoring what comes back at him. Corey has never been finishes but he's never faced a terminator like Lineker either. I think he survives but gets pretty beaten up along the way.

Cerrone vs Hernandez
Cerrone, Dec.

I just can't pick against Cowboy here. Hernandez is a great young fighter but I don't think he's got enough to put Cerrone away at this stage of his career. He needs to work on his striking. I don't think Cerrone finishes him because hernandez won't give him the space he needs to land a head kick but a knee up the middle for a brutal skull-crushing finish wouldn't shock me either.

* Edited at 01.01.2019, 3:36 AM ET *