UFC Denver went down final evening (Sat., July 13, 2024) inside Ball Enviornment in Denver Colo., that includes a ladies’s Flyweight fundamental occasion that noticed Rose Namajunas defeat Tracy Cortez by way of unanimous choice (recap right here). Within the co-headlining act, Muslim Salikhov narrowly defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio by way of cut up choice in a Welterweight affair (recap right here), whereas Drew Dober and Jean Silva went to battle immediately traditional (video replay right here).
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Winner: Rose NamajunasWho She Ought to Face Subsequent: Maycee Barber
After Barber bowed out of her battle towards “Thug Rose” due to an sickness, that is nonetheless the battle to make. Namajunas simply dealt with Cortez and the disparity in talent was crystal clear. Whereas it was a dominant win for Namajunas, it wasn’t a shocker. Barber has the instruments to offer “Thug Rose” a bit extra of a problem. Ought to Namajunas get the win — her third straight at Flyweight — then a title battle is so as.
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Winner: Muslim SalikhovWho He Ought to Face Subsequent: Niko Value
Salikhov ended his two-fight shedding streak with a razor-thin win over Ponzinibbio, giving him his first victory since Nov. 2022. I like a battle towards Value for Salikhov subsequent. He, too, lately snapped his two-fight shedding streak, defeating Alex Morono by way of unanimous choice. They’ve the identical 2-3 file of their final 5 fights, so all of it is smart for a possible showdown.
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Winner: Gabriel BonfimWho He Ought to Face Subsequent: Chidi Njokuani
Bonfim bought again within the win column after getting upended by Nicolas Dalby again in Nov. 2022, defeating Ange Loosa by way of unanimous choice. Now, Bonfim is out to begin one other streak just like the one he loved after racking up 15 straight. A battle towards Njokuani sounds about proper. “Bang Bang” is simply 3-3 contained in the Octagon, and snapped his three-fight shedding streak with a win over Rhys McKee three months in the past.
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Winner: Jean SilvaWho He Ought to Face Subsequent: Andre Fili
Silva competed at Light-weight and secured a powerful win over Dober simply two weeks after defeating Charles Jourdain at Featherweight simply two weeks prior. Whereas he’s adamant he can compete anyplace, I need to see him again down at 145 kilos the place he belongs. Now that he’s 3-0 contained in the Octagon and has shortly made a reputation for himself, the challenges are solely going to get more durable. However, if he retains on impressing, he may have an increase much like that of Diego Lopes. A matchup towards somebody like Fili is an efficient take a look at for Silva as a result of “Sensitive” has huge UFC expertise, having competed contained in the Octagon for 11 years now. Fili is coming off a cut up choice win over Cub Swanson at UFC 303.
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Winner: Julian ErosaWho He Ought to Face Subsequent: Choi Doo-ho vs. Invoice Algeo winner
With simply 10 seconds remaining within the first spherical, Erosa secured a fight-ending guillotine choke on Christian Rodriguez, incomes his second straight such submission win. After beginning his UFC profession with three straight losses, “Juicy J” has gone onto go 8-3. I wish to see Erosa face off towards the winner of Doo-ho and Algeo, who’re scheduled to throw down on the principle card of subsequent weekend’s UFC Vegas 94 occasion in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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