The third annual UFC offer from Noche took place in San Antonio and saw Mexican hunters go 5-0. Even better, they went 8-0 if you count Diego Lopes, Kelvin Gastelum and Tatiana Suarez, who is known to represent Mexico. The card had something for everyone. The main event had some bad blood; We saw BreakOut appearances from young people such as David Martinez and Santiago Luna with some nice leftovers sandwiched. While we continue to Perth to close the month of September, let’s first see what is the next one for our main cake winners.
Diego Lopes
After he was surpassed by Alexander Volkanovski in April by Alexander Volkanovski, some fans thought that Diego Lopes might not have been as good as his previous run might have indicated. Well, he just learned the rising Jean Silva a lesson about the value of experience. A struggling domination in the opening round covered by a sick spinning elbow finish in the second. This was a very important victory for Lopes to keep his place at the elites at featherweight, but it does not give him a title chance.
It is pretty clear at the moment that the next title Challenger Lerone will be Murphy, which means that there are many names to play with. There is bad blood between Lopes and Yair Rodriguez, but I also love the idea of Yair who fights Arnold Allen. There is Aljamain Sterling there, but I love the idea that he is confronted with Patricio Pitbull. Could Youssef Zalal earn a shot on the Top5 with a striking version against Josh Emmett? He could, but if the Calvin Kattar match was an indication, this is not the likely outcome.
That means that Lopes is detained in the dark until he does not make himself denying whether Volkanovski loses the belt. Unfortunately for Movsar Evloev, he is also stuck until he either scores a finish or increases his activity levels. Does anyone think it is impossible for the UFC to perform a rematch? The first fight was very nice and it is the most problems we have seen Evloev in his UFC career, even though Lopes took the fight on a 5 -day notification. It would not shock me if they had Evloev the assignment to beat Lopes twice to earn his title shot.
Lopes’ next fight: Movsar Evloev
David Martinez
After a successful debut in March in Mexico, David Martinez got a huge opportunity as a late bump for the Co-Main Event Slot against a Top10 name in Rob Font. For most 27-year-olds with only 13 professional fights among their belts, this would be too long a task. But the young Mexican came on the occasion. It was not without adversity, but Martinez discovered the timing of Font and pulled away at the end of the fight, and even hit him in the dying seconds. Now that we have a new Bantamweight candidate in our hands, let’s see where he falls in the hierarchy of emerging 135 people with names such as Vinicius Oliveira and Montel Jackson. He succeeded in this test, but I think that one of the same caliber is in order before we push Martinez the food chain. The loser of the upcoming UFC Vancouver Bout between Marlon Vera and Aiemann Zahabi is very logical.
Martinez’s next fight: Vera/Zahabi Loser
Rafa Garcia
After having started his UFC career 0-2, Rafa Garcia has since gone 6-2 with his only two losses against Drakkar Klose and Grant Dawson. He was hit a lot, but his Vechtgeest finally allowed him to survive Jared Gordon and to score the finish in the third round. Garcia had already proven that he could beat a certain level of hunters, but there is no doubt that Gordon is the best victory of his career. Another hunter whose UFC career did not start on a high note, but has been reflected since Kaue Fernandes. The Brazilian comes from Harry Hardwick by Harry Hardwick last week. Let’s pins together and see who comes out.
Garcia’s next fight: Kaue Fernandes
Kelvin Gastelum
The newly induced Fight Wing Hall of Famer put another entertaining fight with a whole game Dustin Stoltzfus. His weight fog combined with his physical appearance, make it easy to be misled and forgetting how fast his hands are. He had to deal with the heavy strikes of Stoltzfus, but the speed of Gastelum eventually gave him the lead. Although this is still a weight, it is difficult to imagine the UFC that cuts Gastelum in the same way as they cut Bryan Battle. Assuming he stays in the promotion, he must be used at the moment to offer fun action residues. What is a better dance partner than Gregory “RoboCop” Rodrigues to deliver that exactly?
Gastelum’s next fight: Gregory Rodrigues
Alexander Hernandez
“The Great Ape” had juggled for a very mid -decade and losing since he lost not to be noticed in 2019 to Donald Cerrone. He always had some great attributes, but he never seemed to be able to put it all together. Now 32 years old, Hernandez might finally be a corner to go. He now has a profit freak with four fights, three of which came this calendar year, including two in a period of four weeks. The activity levels in combination with the results he receives can only be encouraging.
Hernandez called Michael Chandler, which is not at the moment not unrealistic, but I still doubt the UFC will award him that fight. However, I do not necessarily disagree with the idea of giving Hernandez a ranked opponent. I think a fight between Hernandez and Mauricio Ruffy is a great intersection. One of them is on the best course of his UFC career, while the shares of the other have taken a serious hit after a bad loss. It is an interesting matchup because there are legitimate questions for both parties involved.
Hernandez’s next fight: Mauricio Ruffy
Santiago Luna
A minute in his UFC career it seemed that 21-year-old Santiago Luna was in a road on his head. He was injured and staggered over the whole place before he finally put Quang Le and put him in the same round. Although we learned that Luna can overcome adversity, we also learned that we should take our time with him. No reason to throw him at the wolves. I think someone like Ricky Turcios is currently the right level of competition for Luna.
Luna’s next fight: Ricky Turcios
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