UFC on Fox 10: Henderson v Thomson, January 25

[ex carrabba fan]

In Chicago

Lightweight: Ben Henderson v Josh Thomson
Lightweight: Donald Cerrone v Adriano Martins
Featherweight: Darren Elkins v Jeremy Stephens
Heavyweight: Gabriel Gonzaga v Stipe Miocic
Bantamweight: Chico Camus v Yaotzin Meza

[ex carrabba fan]

Road to the Octagon will be this Saturday on Fox at 2 P.M. Pacific time

Also, Sergio Pettis will make his second appearance in the UFC. I'm hoping he shows some things, his first fight left me sort of unimpressed although his opponent was no slouch.

[redsrule]

Complete card:

MAIN CARD
FOX, 8 p.m. ET
Benson Henderson vs. Josh Thomson
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Stipe Miocic
Darren Elkins vs. Jeremy Stephens
Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins

PRELIMINARY CARD
FOX Sports 1, 5 p.m. ET
Alex Caceres vs. Sergio Pettis
Yves Jabouin vs. Eddie Wineland
Chico Camus vs. Yaotzin Meza
Ramiro Hernandez vs. Hugo Viana
Daron Cruickshank vs. Mike Rio
Mike Rhodes vs. George Sullivan

PRELIMINARY CARD
UFC Fight Pass, 4:30 p.m. ET
Walt Harris vs. Nikita Krylov

A few thoughts: I'm interested in the debut of Mike Rhodes. He trains with Pettis and company at Roufussport and his only loss was a short notice fight to Brandon Thatch who is one of the best prospects atm in MMA imo.
Adriano Martins has a big step up here, but he looked like dynamite in his last fight against Cruickshank.
Harris/Krylov is probably a loser leaves town match, and I hope Harris can win and stick around. He has more potential than Krylov and Nikita looked awful in his UFC debut.

[ex carrabba fan]

If Bendo takes the victory, where would that put him? Beating a top 10 guy would be a statement. Another fight away from a title shot? If Thomson wins I'm assuming he'd be right there for a title shot.

But then you have TJ Grant still lurking, I'm assuming he doesn't get a shot now without a top 10 win. You have Gilbert Melendez lurking. You have Khabib lurking. You have Diaz and RDA still as relevant as ever.

Dana and company are going to have some interesting decisions to make at 155.

[redsrule]

Bendo isn't getting another shot for a while if Pettis is still champ. Needs a dominant winning streak to deserve another fight against him.

[ex carrabba fan]

If Bendo defeats Thomson, then say another top 10 guy I think he'd deserve a shot. Considering that if you're in the top 10 in this division, you're really really good. So that would be a victory over Thomson and say any of Khabib, Gilbert (again), RDA or Grant.

With that said, I guess targeting Gilbert, Khabib or Grant would be the preferred next contender if Thomson were to lose against Bendo?

I'm still trying to figure out why Gilbert and Khabib aren't fighting. That would be a perfect title eliminator. I'm also assuming that Grant is a long way from returning? I don't think RDA has that wow factor to put him in over the other contenders. Diaz is at least two wins away as well...

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by ex carrabba fan

If Bendo defeats Thomson, then say another top 10 guy I think he'd deserve a shot. Considering that if you're in the top 10 in this division, you're really really good. So that would be a victory over Thomson and say any of Khabib, Gilbert (again), RDA or Grant. With that said, I guess targeting Gilbert, Khabib or Grant would be the preferred next contender if Thomson were to lose against Bendo? I'm still trying to figure out why Gilbert and Khabib aren't fighting. That would be a perfect title eliminator. I'm also assuming that Grant is a long way from returning? I don't think RDA has that wow factor to put him in over the other contenders. Diaz is at least two wins away as well...

Gilbert still wants to fight him but he didnt want to fight him Feb 22. He wants to fight him in April and its rumored to be on the Jones card in Baltimore.

[ex carrabba fan]

That fight needs to happen. I'm not sold on khabib to be honest, the hype on him is quite much. He was initially favored against Gilbert. It'll be nice to see him go up against Gilbert. Dana is saying nobody wants to fight him... I want to see him step up even higher than a pat Healy


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