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UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley – Fights to make
- Updated: August 1, 2016
We’ve got a few big obvious fights to book this week, what with a belt changing hands and a presumptive no. 1 contender being crowned. For everyone else, things are a little more difficult, but I’ll do my best to navigate the murky waters of the UFC roster to get the best possible available fights for each person on the roster.
As always, I’ll be doing things on the Silva/Shelby model. Winners vs. winners, losers vs. losers, and similarly tenured fighters fighting one another. That should lead to the most UFC-possible fantasy bookings for each fighter. That said, let’s get to the fights!
TYRON WOODLEY: For the big winners on this list, the future feels pretty obvious. Stephen Thompson and Kelvin Gastelum are literally the only top ranked welterweights coming off wins, and Woodley already beat Gastelum. Condit vs. Maia could through another name into the ring (but of course Woodley beat Condit too), but if the UFC can get Woodley to make a quick turnaround and defend his title this fall, that Wonderboy fight is absolutely the one to make. Tryon Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson for the welterweight title, hopefully at UFC 205.
ROBBIE LAWLER: Of course, with several top welterweights coming off losses, Robbie Lawler has options. He could fight Hendricks again (but that just doesn’t seem right), and of course there’s Matt Brown again, but we’ve seen that, just like we’ve seen Rory MacDonald twice now. I think the best option for Lawler right now is to wait for the loser of Maia vs. Condit. Condit/Lawler I was amazing and controversial, and if Condit somehow beats Maia, then Maia vs. Lawler is a fresh fight we haven’t seen yet between two longtime vets. Robbie Lawler vs. the Condit/Maia loser.
KAROLINA KOWALKIEWICZ: I said this was gonna be easy for the big winners and this one couldn’t be simpler. Kowalkiewicz vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the women’s strawweight title. KK has been calling out JJ since she first set foot in the Octagon. They even have an old history, with JJ choking out KK back in an amateur bout in 2012. It’d be an all-Polish battle perfect for a return to the nation, or (if the UFC can’t make it back there …
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