Light Heavyweight Division - Alex Pereira is the Champion, for sure he will need a title defense, and if he said that he will have a back-to-back title defense this year that will be Jamahal Jill and Magomed Ankalaev I don't know how the UFC can do it but for me, I think that Magomed Ankalaev could win this year and be champion in my opinion,
Btw, Alex Pereira is a double champ, he was middleweight and now is a light heavyweight champion. He is one out of eight fighters who got 2 belts. McGregor, JSP, Bones, Cormier, Cejudo, Penn, Couture. However, for me he is an artificial champ. He did not have any good wrestler in his entire MMA career. Starting from middleweight, matchmakers made his path avoiding all bjj and wrestler till Adesanya. Now in LH, injured Jiri gave him good fight. Old and beaten Blachowicz. Now who, Hill gonna test him? If he will face Hill, he will win, if it is Ankalaev, then we will get a new champ. Pereira wont last long in UFC. 36 already, lots of injuries from kickboxing. I dont believe he will dominate for long.
I'm guessing all those rumours stemmed from McGregor's tweet:
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1751103834401730884
"McGregor on 300 seals the deal."
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1751103834401730884
"McGregor on 300 seals the deal."
Imagine if the card really would be like that
I really laughed when I saw Belal Muhammad. I just wish he would never become a champion. Even though he is ranked 2 welterweight, he is one of the most boring fighters. 17/23 wins are decisions. Even in small and local promotions he managed to UD fights, when fights there usually over either in fighter round KO, or by submission.