Matches to make after UFC 143

Dustin Poirier (12-1) vs. Jose Aldo if not Jung
Ed Herman (20-8) vs. Michael Bisping or Damien Maia
Pagado (28-1) vs. Cruz or Faber, wait too long should fight Bowles
Koshcheck (17-5) vs. Sanchez, Ellenberger loser or Hendricks
Werdum (15-5-1) vs. Mir, or Kongo or Hunter winner
Condit (28-5) vs. Wait for GSP or Sanchez, Ellenberger winner

 

 

Herman would get killed by Maia and Bisping.

I heard Kos is leaving AKA, if so I wanna see Fitch vs Kos AFSAP.

@Saveus Nope, never do an instant rematch unless A): Very controversial decision or B): Draw.

Diaz-Condit shouldn't be controversial, if you watch the fight without being biased, you'll know Diaz lost.

Diaz v Pierce

Barao v Winner of Torres v Mcdonald

Poirer v Koch

Brown v Riddle

Natal v Herman

Herman has already fought and lost to Maia via triangle choke back in 2008. Herman's a good fighter, but he is not Maia or Bisping quality.

@Saveus Diaz won octagon control for sure, but a round isn't given to the guy with more octagon control. The fact of the matter is despite Carlos Condit ran away from Diaz for much of the fight, he landed almost 1.5x the amount of strikes that Diaz landed and it was clear that Condit was firing more than Diaz for the fight. If you didn't see that, you were probably clouded by your love of Diaz.



Speaking of which, yes it's split between the Online MMA Community, but for completely wrong reasons. Considering that 50% of the online MMA community is a Diaz lover, they would normally be complaining. But it's not your fault: it's human nature; you're bound to view that fight pro-Diaz.

And of course there's people you could put Condit against, if Ellenberger gets past Sanchez I'd love to see Condit-Hamburger II. Hendricks is also in a spot to get a title shot, as long as he's given another fight and wins.

Condit-Diaz II makes absolutely no sense right now, and the UFC brass should wait at least a year before putting that fight together again.

While I don't think there should be a rematch, I can't say it makes no sense. There's at least a little bit of a feeling of unfinished business but not sure I could see Diaz adjusting and he would have to in order to win. Every style has a weakness and Condit exposed Nick's: lack of movement/variety of striking range. Diaz is only effective at striking from boxing range and his style depends on his opponent standing in front of him.

@Joker Diaz Vs Pierce who just lost and is outside of the top15, probably top20? How the hell did you come up with that.


I think Dana should give Roy a tuneup fight and then give him Carwin.

@michoncoker I don't think Poirier needs to be fighting Jose any time soon. He needs AT LEAST two more fights. He was getting beat on the standup pretty handily until he took it down, and I think Jose has proven that nobody at 145 is going to be getting him to the ground.

Diaz vs Hendricks? 
Condit vs Koscheck OR winner of Ellenberger/Sanchez
Werdum vs Mir
Nelson vs Nog?
Pierce vs Fitch II maybe?

The one I wanna see:

Barao vs winner of Macdonald/Torres?