Predictions of ALL of the UFC’s upcoming cards, with my prediction record at the bottom.
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate MMAintel’s rankings at time of announcement, not UFC.com
UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dern
Main Card (ESPN+)
WSW: Xiaonan Yan (8) over Mackenzie Dern (9)
WW: Randy Brown (31) over Francisco Trinaldo (37)
BW: Raoni Barcelos (26) over Trevin Jones (44)
FW: Sodiq Yusuff (15) over Don Shainis (NR)
BW: John Castaneda (33) over Daniel Santos (68)
LW: Mike Davis (55) over Slava Borschev (68)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
MW: Brendan Allen (18) over Krzysztof Jotko (19)
LW: Joaquim Silva (46) over Jesse Ronson (44)
HW: Oleksiy Oliynyk (20) over Ilir Latifi (21)
LHW: Maxim Grishin (24) over Philipe Lins (33)
BW: Randy Costa (56) over Guido Cannetti (64)
WBW: Julija Stoliarenko (20) over Chelsea Chandler (NR)
UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo
Main Card (ESPN+)
WFLY: Alexa Grasso (11) over Viviane Araujo (5)
WW: Neil Magny (17) over Daniel Rodriguez (14)
BW: #18FW Cub Swanson over Jonathan Martinez (27)
BW: Raphael Assuncao (15) over Victor Henry (24)
FLY: Askar Askarov (4) over Brandon Royval (7)
LHW: Alonzo Menifield (27) over Misha Cirkunov (30MW)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
FW: Joanderson Brito (21) over Melsik Baghdasaryan (57)
MW: Jacob Malkoun (57) over Nick Maximov (43)
BW: Brandon Davis (60) over Mana Martinez (55)
WSW: Piera Rodriguez (30) over Sam Hughes (24)
MW: Jordan Wright (58) over Dusko Todorovic (65)
FLY: Tatsuro Taira (29) over CJ Vergara (28)
WW: Pete Rodriguez (73) over Mike Jackson (NR)
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
Main Card (PPV)
LW: Charles Oliveira (1) over Islam Makhachev (7)
BW: TJ Dillashaw (3) over Aljamain Sterling (1)
LW: Mateusz Gamrot (10) over Beneil Dariush (9)
BW: Petr Yan (2) over Sean O’Malley (18)
WW: Belal Muhamad (7) over Sean Brady (13)
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
LHW: Volkan Oezdemir (10) over Nikita Krylov (16)
WFLY: Katlyn Chookagian (3) over Manon Fiorot (6)
HW: Jailton Almeida (21) over Shamil Abdurakhimov (16)
MW: Caio Borralho (48) over Makhmud Muradov (25)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
WW: Abubakar Nurmagomedov (58) over Gadzhi Omargadzhiev (64MW)
FW: Zubaira Tukhugov (28) over Lucas Almeida (45)
FLY: Muhammad Mokaev (23) over Malcolm Gordon (20)
WBW: Karol Rosa (14) over Lina Lansberg (15)
MW: Armen Petrosyan (51) over AJ Dobson (66)
FW: Magomed Mustafaev (45) over Yamato Nishikawa (NR)
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen
Main Card (ESPN+)
FW: Calvin Kattar (6) over Arnold Allen (13)
HW: Andrei Arlovski (19) over Marcos Rogerio (22)
WW: Max Griffin (30) over Tim Means (27)
MW: Roman Dolidze (36) over Phil Hawes (47)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
FW: Chase Hooper (63) over Steve Garcia Jr. (73LW)
LHW: Dustin Jacoby (19) over Khalil Rountree (38)
MW: Jun Yong Park (28) over Joe Holmes (61)
HW: Waldo Cortes-Acosta (NR) over Jared Vanderaa (34)
FLY: Cody Durden (25) over Kleydson Rodrigues (32)
FW: Christian Rodriguez (69) over Garrett Armfield (68)
MW: Josh Fremd (65) over Tresean Gore (68)
UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev
Main Card (ESPN+)
FW: Movsar Evloev (8) over Bryce Mitchell (11)
WSW: Marina Rodriguez (5) over Amanda Lemos (10)
BW: Mario Bautista (36) over Benito Lopez (47)
FLY: Tagir Ulanbekov (13) over Nathan Maness (38BW)
WFLY: Miranda Maverick (21) over Shanna Young (32)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
WSW: Jinh Yu Frey (34) over Poly Viana (35)
FW: Darrick Minner (40) over Shayilan Nuerdanbieke (51)
BW: Liudvik Sholinian (66) over Johnny Munoz Jr. (58)
FLY: Jake Hadley (30) over Carlos Candelario (34)
WBW: Tamires Vidal (NR) over Ramona Pascual (28)
UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
Main Card (PPV)
MW: Alex Pereira (7) over Israel Adesanya (1)
WSW: Weili Zhang (3) over Carla Esparza (1)
LW: Dustin Poirier (2) over Michael Chandler (5)
LW: Dan Hooker (16) over Claudio Puelles (39)
LHW: Dominick Reyes (5) over Ryan Spann (18)
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
LW: Brad Riddell (17) over Renato Moicano (22)
WFLY: Erin Blanchfield (19) over Molly McCann (23)
BW: Montel Jackson (29) over Julio Arce (41)
LHW: Carlos Ulberg (31) over Nick Negumereanu (36)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
MW: Wellington Turman (26) over Andre Petroski (42)
FW: Mike Trizano (47) over Seung Woo Choi (62)
WSW: Karolina Kowalkiewicz (14) over Silvana Juarez (38)
LW: Ottman Azaitar (50) over Matt Frevola (59)
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak
Main Card (ESPN+)
HW: Derrick Lewis (6) over Sergey Spivak (15)
WW: Muslim Salikhov (22) over Andre Fialho (35)
MW: Rodolfo Vieira (38) over Cody Brundage (54)
WFLY: Jennifer Maia (8) over Maryna Moroz (22)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
BW: Ricky Turcios (57) over Kevin Natividad (70)
WSW: Vanessa Demopoulos (33) over Maria Oliveira (40)
FLY: Charles Johnson (32) over Zhalgas Zhumagulov (19)
BW: Fernie Garcia (66) over Brady Hiestand (65)
BW: Jose Johnson (NR) over Vince Morales (47)
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Hermansson
Main Card (ESPN+)
MW: Derek Brunson (6) over Jack Hermansson (10)
WW: Rafael dos Anjos (8LW) over Bryan Barberena (21)
WFLY: Amanda Ribas (12) over Tracy Cortez (15)
FLY: Matheus Nicolau (8) over Matt Schnell (11)
FW: Darren Elkins (39) over Jonathan Pearce (31)
LW: Scott Holtzman (32) over Clay Guida (40)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
MW: Eryk Anders (29) over Kyle Daukaus (49)
WSW: Emily Ducote (12) over Angela Hill (18)
LW: Michael Johnson (43) over Marc Diakiese (49)
FW: Francis Marshall (NR) over Marcelo Rojo (65)
LW: Natan Levy (69) over Genaro Valdez (79)
UFC 282: Prochazka vs. Teixeira II
LHW: Jiri Prochazka (2) over Glover Teixeira (3)
LW: Justin Gaethje (3) over Rafael Fizaev (7)
HW: Jairzinho Rozenstruik (11) over Chris Daukaus (9)
MW: Darren Till (9) over Dricus du Plessis (15)
WW: Santiago Ponzinibbio (19) over Robbie Lawler (21)
MW: Chris Curtis (14) over Joaquin Buckley (33)
FW: Billy Quarantillo (29) over Alexander Hernandez (19LW)
MW: Edmen Shahbazyan (20) over Dalcha Lungiambula (55)
MW: Bo Nickal (NR) over Jamie Pickett (61)
FW: TJ Brown (52) over Erik Silva (NR)
FLY: Vinicius Salvador (NR) over Daniel Lacerda (34)
UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Cannonier
MW: Sean Strickland (8) over Jared Cannonier (5)
LW: Arman Tsarukyan (15) over Damir Ismagulov (28)
FLY: Alex Perez (6) over Amir Albazi (15)
MW: Rinat Fakhretdinov (59) over Michael Morales (60)
MW: Julian Marquez (40) over Deron Winn (52)
MW: Michal Oleksiejczuk (27) over Albert Duraev (50)
BW: Sergey Morozov (19) over Journey Newson (55)
LHW: Jamal Pogues (NR) over Tafon Nchukwi (32)
UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov
MW: Nassourdine Imavov (19) over Kelvin Gastelum (11)
FLY: Jeff Molina (17) over Jimmy Flick (24)
UFC 283
FLY: Deiveson Figueiredo (1) over Brandon Moreno (2)
MW: Gregory Rodrigues (34) over Brad Tavares (16)
WW: Gabriel Bonfim (NR) over Mounir Lazzez (42)
WBW: Josiane Nunes (20) over Zarah Fairn (28)
2022 Record: 278-110 (72%)
UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze: 9-1 (90%)
UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane: 10-1 (91%)
UFC Fight Night 200: Strickland vs. Hermansson: 9-4 (69%)
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker II: 9-5 (64%)
UFC Fight Night 201: Hill vs. Walker: 11-1 (92%)
UFC Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green: 9-2 (82%)
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal: 11-2 (85%)
UFC Fight Night 203: Santos vs. Ankalaev: 11-3 (79%)
UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall: 10-2 (83%)
UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus: 7-5 (58%)
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie: 10-2 (83%)
UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad II: 7-7 (50%)
UFC Fight Night 205: Lemos vs. Andrade: 8-3 (73%)
UFC on ESPN 35: Font vs. Vera: 9-2 (82%)
UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje: 9-5 (64%)
UFC on ESPN 36: Blachowicz vs. Rakic: 8-3 (73%)
UFC Fight Night 206: Holm vs. Vieira: 7-4 (64%)
UFC Fight Night 207: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik: 12-2 (86%)
UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka: 8-3 (73%)
UFC on ESPN 37: Kattar vs. Emmett: 7-6 (54%)
UFC on ESPN 38: Gamrot vs. Tsarukyan: 9-3 (75%)
UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier: 5-6 (45%)
UFC on ESPN 39: dos Anjos vs. Fizaev: 7-4 (64%)
UFC on ABC 3: Ortega vs. Rodriguez: 9-3 (75%)
UFC Fight Night 208: Aspinall vs. Blaydes: 8-6 (57%)
UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes II: 9-4 (69%)
UFC on ESPN 40: Santos vs. Hill: 7-3 (70%)
UFC on ESPN 41: Vera vs. Cruz: 7-5 (58%)
UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards: 10-1 (91%)
UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa: 9-3 (75%)
UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz: 8-5 (62%)
UFC Fight Night 210: Sandhagen vs. Song: 9-4 (69%)
UFC Fight Night 211: Yan vs. Dern:
2021 Record: 336-163 (69%)
Best Events of 2021: UFC on ESPN 26: Makhachev vs. Moises (9-1); UFC Fight Night 186: Rozenstruik vs. Gane (7-1); UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira (12-2)
Worst Events of 2021: UFC on ESPN 24: Waterson vs Rodriguez (3-6); UFC 262: Chandler vs. Oliveira (4-8); UFC on ESPN 31: Aldo vs. Font (5-8)
2020 Record: 315-124 (72%)
2019 Record: 321-187 (63%)
2018 Record: 318-154 (67%)
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