While his career was unraveling Johnson was compiling a solid four-fight winning streak against good opponents, though he lost out in a controversial split decision ruling to Beneil Dariush last time out. Dos Anjos has been recovering from a knee injury. Cerrone knocks him out, because I want him to fight McGregor, and it’s nearly my birthday.
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Even though Junior dos Santos has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship for more than seven years and reached the organization’s pinnacle when he captured the heavyweight title in 2011, he finds himself feeling like a rookie again.
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“He’s the best pressure fighter in UFC”.
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In the evening’s co-main event, heavyweights with a particular disdain for each other face off as ex-champion Junior dos Santos tangles with Dutch kickboxer Alistair Overeem.
Additionally, talk has been going around about the possibility of a matchup between Donald Cerrone and Conor McGregor, but Cerrone says he wants to concentrate on the upcoming Anjos vs. Cerrone fight where he will be pitted against Rafael dos Anjos for the title of lightweight champ.
The roles are reversed tonight with dos Anjos hovering around a minus-200 favorite, and the payback on Cerrone at plus-170.
Prediction: Dos Santos by KO.
Overeem was dropping down the rankings while dos Santos stayed near the pinnacle of the heavyweight division, and the UFC didn’t seem particularly interested in matching up one of its contenders with a fighter many considered a has-been.
“Going to work with Greg Jackson and the team in Albuquerque was instrumental for me”, Overeem said. RETURNING IMPACT: Former lightweight title challenger Diaz has been on ice. As much as people love The Brothers Diaz, they haven’t exactly been lighting the world on fire of late and last time Nate stepped into the Octagon – this time past year against RDA – he looked like a dude that just showed up to collect a pay check and roll out.
Michael Johnson to win by decision. “The lightweight division has changed a lot”. It might be Myles Jury’s match with Charles Oliveira. Since then both have been on impressive form, so nobody’s complaining about the opportunity to see them lock horns again, this time with an extra two rounds into the bargain.
“Me and Dana have a pretty good understanding”, Cerrone said, via FoxSports.com. If you go wide, he’ll throw the left high kick.
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“The Reem” ran from a test and then clocked in well over the allowable limit for testosterone, got turfed from the fight, told to sit out nine months and the division carried on without him.
