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 on ESPN 28: Hall vs. Strickland
Main Card (ESPN)
MW: Uriah Hall (9) over Sean Strickland (15)
HW: Shamil Abdurakhimov (12) over Chris Daukaus (9)
WSW: Gloria de Paula (42) over Cheyanne Buys (40)
BW: Kyung Ho Kang (34) over Rani Yahya (33)
MW: Roman Kopylov (59) over Sam Alvey (43)
WW: Bryan Barberena (51) over Jason Witt (67)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
WW: Mounir Lazzez (44) over Niklas Stolze (71)
WBW: Nicco Montano (23) over Yanan Wu (26)
LW: Rafa Garcia (73) over Chris Gruetzemacher (51)
FW: Danny Chavez (73) over Kai Kamaka III (77)
WSW: Jinh Yu Frey (31) over Ashley Yoder (29)
BW: Ronnie Lawrence (59) over Trevin Jones (46)
FW: Melsik Baghdasaryan (NR) over Collin Anglin (NR)
WW: Orion Cosce (NR) over Phil Rowe (73)
FLY: Ryan Benoit (17) over Zarrukh Adashev (33)
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
Main Card (PPV)
HW: Derrick Lewis (3) over Cyril Gane (5)
WBW: Amanda Nunes (1) over Julianna Pena (9)
BW: Jose Aldo (7) over Pedro Munhoz (9)
WW: Michael Chiesa (8) over Vicente Luque (13)
LW: Rafael Fizaev (21) over Bobby Green (26)
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
WSW: Tecia Torres (12) over Angela Hill (18)
BW: Casey Kenney (25) over Yadong Song (23)
WSW: Karolina Kowalkiewicz (15) over Jessica Penne (20)
BW: Miles Johns (49) over Anderson dos Santos (59)
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
LHW: Alonzo Menifield (28) over Ed Herman (22)
FLY: Manel Kape (24) over Ode Osbourne (21)
WFLY: Victoria Leonardo (38) over Melissa Gatto (NR)
BW: Drako Rodriguez (69) over Vince Morales (55)
BW: Johnny Munoz Jr. (71) over Jamey Simmons (82FW)
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
Main Card (ESPN+)
MW: Jared Cannonier (5) over Kelvin Gastelum (9)
FLY: Alexandre Pantoja (6) over Brandon Royval (7)
LW: Mark O Madsen (52) over Clay Guida (34)
BW: Brian Kelleher (28) over Domingo Pilarte (68)
HW: Chase Sherman (30) over Parker Porter (38)
LW: Vinc Pichel (32) over Austin Hubbard (64)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
LHW: William Knight (32) over Fabio Cherant (41)
LW: Roosevelt Roberts (45) over Ignacio Bahamondes (75)
WFLY: Cortney Casey (28) over Liana Jojua (34)
FW: Austin Lingo (74) over Luis Saldana (72)
WW: Sasha Palatnikov (66) over Ramiz Brahimaj (70)
WBW: Bea Malecki (23) over Josiane Nunes (NR)
BW: Mana Martinez (NR) over Jesse Strader (72)
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze
Main Card (ESPN+)
FW: Edson Barboza (10) over Giga Chikadze (17)
WW: Sean Brady (31) over Kevin Lee (14LW)
FLY: Alex Perez (4) over Matt Schnell (12)
MW: Makhmud Muradov (23) over Gerald Meerschaert (24)
WFLY: Tracy Cortez (22) over JJ Aldrich (28)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
WBW: Sara McMann (12) over Ketlen Vieira (8)
MW: Aliaskhab Khizriev (NR) over Alessio di Chirico (29)
FW: Pat Sabatini (63) over Jamall Emmers (60)
LHW: Dustin Jacoby (23) over Darren Stewart (46MW)
FW: Kevin Croom (57) over Marcelo Rojo (77)
BW: Mario Bautista (46) over Guido Cannetti (63)
WBW: Joselyne Edwards (24) over Zarah Fairn (32)
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till
Main Card (ESPN+)
MW: Derek Brunson (10) over Darren Till (6)
LHW: Alexander Gustafsson (12HW) over Paul Craig (11)
FW: Lerone Murphy (30) over Charles Jourdain (64)
LHW: Magomed Ankalaev (15) over Volkan Oezdemir (8)
BW: Nathaniel Wood (27) over Jonathan Martinez (32)
BW: Said Nurmagomedov (20) over Jack Shore (30)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
LHW: Khalil Rountree (38) over Modestas Bukauskas (30)
LW: Rafael Alves (74) over Marc Diakiese (41)
WFLY: Ji Yeon Kim (19) over Molly McCann (27)
LW: Paddy Pimblett (NR) over Luigi Vendramini (70)
MW: Marc Andre Barriault (45) over Dalcha Lungiambula (48)
WFLY: Taila Santos (15) over Mandy Bohm (NR)
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann
Main Card (ESPN+)
LHW: Anthony Smith (9) over Ryan Spann (16)
LHW: Devin Clark (27) over Ion Cutelaba (24)
LW: Jim Miller (32) over Nikolas Motta (NR)
WBW: Raquel Pennington (4) over Pannie Kianzad (13)
BW: Montel Jackson (27) over Batgerel Danaa (60)
WW: Joaquin Buckley (31) over Antonio Arroyo (67)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
WW: Impa Kasanganay (52) over Carlston Harris (62)
LHW: Tafon Nchukwi (50MW) over Mike Rodriguez (36)
BW: Gustavo Lopez (58) over Heili Alateng (63)
WBW: Erin Blanchfield (NR) over Sarah Alpar (30)
WW: Dakota Bush (77) over Zhu Rong (80LW)
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
Main Card (PPV)
FW: Brian Ortega (3) over Alex Volkanovski (1)
WFLY: Valentina Shevchenko (1) over Lauren Murphy (6)
WW: Robbie Lawler (12) over Nick Diaz (NR)
HW: Curtis Blaydes (4) over Jairzinho Rozenstruik (6)
BW: Merab Dvalishvili (13) over Marlon Moraes (6)
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
WFLY: Jessica Andrade (2) over Cynthia Calvillo (4)
WFLY: Tatiana Suarez (5SW) over Roxanne Modafferi (12)
LW: Uros Medic (63) over Jalin Turner (59)
WFLY: Mayra Bueno Silva (23) over Manon Fiorot (25)
UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker
Main Card (ESPN+)
LHW: Thiago Santos (7) over Johnny Walker (13)
LW: Diego Ferreira (14) over Grant Dawson (32FW)
MW: Kevin Holland (11) over Kyle Daukaus (49)
LHW: Jamahal Hill (12) over Jim Crute (19)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
LW: Joe Solecki (29) over Jared Gordon (46FW)
WBW: Karol Rosa (18) over Bethe Correia (16)
LW: Devonte Smith (45) over Jamie Mullarkey (62)
BW: Douglas Silva (49FW) over Gaetano Pirrillo (70)
FW: Fernando Padilla (NR) over Sean Soriano (72LW)
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez
Main Card (ESPN+)
WSW: Marina Rodriguez (6) over Mackenzie Dern (9)
MW: Phil Hawes (39) over Deron Winn (46)
HW: Alexander Romanov (18) over Jared Vanderaa (36)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
MW: Laureano Staropoli (40) over Jamie Pickett (65)
WFLY: Sabina Mazo (20) over Mariya Agapova (35)
BW: Chris Gutierrez (36) over Felipe Colares (54)
WSW: Lupita Godinez (38) over Sam Hughes (41)
UFC Fight Night
HW: Andrei Arlovski (16) over Carlos Felipe (30)
FW: Ludovit Klein (56) over Nate Landwehr (39)
WFLY: Maryna Moroz (19) over Luana Carolina (30)
WSW: Ariane Carnelossi (33) over Istela Nunes (NR)
UFC Fight Night
WSW: Livia Renata Souza (21) over Randa Markos (25)
UFC 267: Blahowicz vs. Teixeira
Main Card (PPV)
LHW: Jan Blachowicz (2) over Glover Teixeira (3)
BW: Petr Yan (1) over Aljamain Sterling (3)
WW: Khamzat Chimaev (26) over Jianliang Li (9)
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
WSW: Virna Jandiroba (14) over Amanda Ribas (13)
LHW: Shamil Gamzatov (26) over Michal Oleksiejczuk (21)
2021 Record: 195-92 (68%)
UFC on ABC 1: Holloway vs. Kattar: 7-3 (70%)
UFC on ESPN 20: Chiesa vs. Magny: 11-3 (79%)
UFC 257: McGregor vs. Poirier: 5-6 (45%)
UFC Fight Night 184: Overeem vs. Volkov: 8-4 (75%)
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns: 7-3 (70%)
UFC Fight Night 185: Blaydes vs. Lewis: 6-6 (50%)
UFC Fight Night 186: Rozenstruik vs. Gane: 7-1 (88%)
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya: 11-4 (73%)
UFC Fight Night 187: Edwards vs. Muhammad: 9-2 (82%)
UFC on ESPN 21: Brunson vs. Holland: 7-3 (70%)
UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou II: 8-2 (80%)
UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs. Holland: 9-4 (69%)
UFC on ESPN 22: Whittaker vs. Gastelum: 8-2 (80%)
UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal II: 10-3 (77%)
UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka: 8-2 (80%)
UFC on ESPN 24: Waterson vs. Rodriguez: 3-6 (33%)
UFC 262: Chandler vs. Oliveira: 4-8 (33%)
UFC Fight Night 188: Garbrandt vs. Font: 10-2 (83%)
UFC Fight Night 189: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai: 7-5 (58%)
UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori II: 8-6 (57%)
UFC on ESPN 25: Korean Zombie vs. Ige: 8-4 (67%)
UFC Fight Night 190: Gane vs. Volkov: 9-3 (75%)
UFC 264: McGregor vs. Poirier III: 8-4 (67%)
UFC on ESPN 26: Makhachev vs. Moises: 9-1 (90%)
UFC on ESPN 27: Dillashaw vs. Sandhagen: 6-5 (55%)
UFC on ESPN 28: Hall vs. Strickland:
2020 Record: 315-124 (72%)
Best Events of 2020: UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal (12-1); UFC Fight Night 174: Lewis vs. Oliynyk: (11-1); Four Events of 10-1 (UFC on ESPN 13: Kattar vs. Ige, UFC on ESPN 16: Holm vs. Aldana, UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje, UFC Fight Night 181: Silva vs. Hall)
Worst Events of 2020: UFC on ESPN 11: Blaydes vs. Volkov (5-7); UFC on ESPN 15: Edgar vs. Munhoz (4-5); UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes (6-6)
2019 Record: 321-187 (63%)
2018 Record: 318-154 (67%)
