Sunday 8 October 2017

UFC 216 Preview



DISCLAIMER: This article is covering three fights from the main card ONLY.

(C) indicates current champion.


UFC 216 is coming from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on the 7th of October and is set to be a night of explosive action.

Not only will Demetrious Johnson have the chance to make history and break the record for UFC title defenses, currently tied with Anderson Silva on 10, but the card also features a battle between two of the lightweight's hardest hitters, Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee, for the chance to become the interim lightweight champion and a potential fight with lightweight champion Conor McGregor in the future.
Demetrious Johnson (C) vs Roy Borg (For the Flyweight Championship)

Demetrious Johnson (26-2-1 MMA, 14-1-1 UFC) is on the verge of history.

The flyweight champion will be looking to be beat Anderson Silva's 10 title defences (Middleweight) when he meets Ray Borg (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in the co-main event of UFC 216.

Originally booked for UFC 215, and cancelled after Borg missed weight, these two finally square in a fight that will define both men's careers.

Borg seems to be the underdog going into the contest, due to the quality of opponents he's faced and the fact he's not got a finish since February 2015, but he'll give Johnson a tough fight, especially on the ground, but I'm confident that Johnson will win and go on to have the most title defences in UFC history.
PREDICTION: Johnson wins via third round knockout.











Tony Ferguson vs Kevin Lee (For the Interim Lightweight Championship)

In the main event of UFC 216, top Lightweights Tony Ferguson ( MMA, UFC) and Kevin Lee ( MMA, UFC) will fight for the interim Lightweight title.

This fight has come around as the UFC Lightweight champion, Conor McGregor. took time off to prepare for his first professional Boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr and thus Dana and co needed to book an interim title fight.

One was booked at UFC 209 between Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov but was cancelled when Khabib was rushed to hospital in the morning of the weigh-in.

Khabib wasn't ready to come back so the UFC booked up-and-coming Kevin Lee to face Ferguson.

Lee has had problems leading up to this fight, with controversy surrounding his rear-naked choke win over Michael Chiesa, but also with his weigh cut in which he attempted to cut 19 pounds in just 21 hours.
He then weighed in an hour later weighing 154.5 pounds.


Whether Lee deserves to be in the interim title fight is up for discussion but for me this is Ferguson's time to win the title his current nine fight win streak seems to demand and potentially put himself in contention to face Conor McGregor.


PREDICTION: Ferguson wins via second-round submission.






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