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- Apr 8, 2015
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My NYE celebrations will be starting a little early this year.
- Amanda Nunes v Rounda Rousey (C)
- Dominick Cruz v Cody Garbrandt (C)
- Fabricio Werdum v Cain Velasquez
- TJ Dillashaw v John Lineker
- Johny Hendricks v Neil Magny
- Dong Hyun Kim v Tarec Saffiedine
- Mike Pyle v Alex Garcia
- Louis Smolka v Ray Borg
- Tim Means v Alex Oliveira
- Antonio Carlos Junior v Marvin Vettori
- Brandon Thatch v Niko Price
Nunes and Rousey is a really intriguing fight. Nunes looked fantastic against Tate, and against Shevchenko before that. She's great on the feet and has insane power for a female fighter. She's physically strong, is a BJJ black belt, but there's been some questions over her cardio. Rousey is Rousey. Can she get it to the ground and submit Amanda? Highly unlikely she wins the stand up, so maybe she can try and turn it into a tough slog for a few rounds to gas her? I kinda didn't give Conor much of a chance against Nate the second time around and he definitely proved me wrong, so I'm certainly not writing off Ronda, but I still think Nunes wins this.
Cruz and Garbrandt should be good. I think the footwork of Cruz will really trouble Garbrandt, but with the power Cody has it only takes one to connect and Cruz could be in trouble.
Feels like we've been waiting forever for Werdum-Velasquez 2. Winner gets Miocic. I'm leaning towards Velasquez getting the W here.
Dillashaw v Lineker rounding out the main card looks like a really fun fight on paper.
Hendricks really needs a win. He's a different fighter to the one he used to be it seems, hope he can turn it around. Magny was on a good run before losing to Larkin. Good fight to headline the prelims.
Keen to see what Means can do against the other Cowboy after his brutal win at 202.
Few other fights I like the look of but I'll leave it at that.