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UFC 200 – the Best Ever. Here is What We Predict!

<p>UFC 200 is coming up this Saturday with perhaps the best lineup ever&period; Here is the line up and who we believe will win the featured matches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cormier vs&period; Jones &&num;8211&semi; I&&num;8217&semi;m a huge fan of Cormier&comma; the man perhaps doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have the physique of some other fighters in his weight class but he seems to whip up on every fighter he meets&period; &nbsp&semi;On the other hand&comma; Jones who has been said to be the best pound for pound fighter in MMA history&comma; could be fighting off some ring rust after many personal issues and a suspension from the UFC&period; His first fight back in April was a convincing win over Ovince Saint Preux&comma; but OSP is no Daniel Cormier&period; Our prediction&quest; &nbsp&semi;We are rooting for Cormier but predict Jones will win in a decision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt &&num;8211&semi; This should be a fantastic show&comma; Lesnar with rippling muscles versus a stoic Mark Hunt&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve been a Mark Hunt fan for a while&comma; and his hands of stone are amazing&period; If this goes to the ground Lesnar has a huge advantage as a former NCAA champion&comma; stand up should be all Hunt&period; &nbsp&semi;Will age be a factor&quest; Hunt is 42&comma; perhaps a bit past his prime&comma; Lesnar is 38&period; &nbsp&semi;Our prediction&quest; Lesnar has proven to be a choke artist&period; Mark Hunt will be the victor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Miesha Tate vs Amanda Nunes &&num;8211&semi; Current Women&&num;8217&semi;s 135lb Champ Meisha Tate lost to Ronda Rousey&comma; who lost to Holly Holm&period; Meisha promptly took the belt back from Holly&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m sure Amanda Nunes is a tough cookie&comma; but to us it seems Meisha Tate can beat anyone except Ronda Rousey&period; We predict a Meisha Tate victory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jose Aldo vs Frankie Edgar &&num;8211&semi; Two giant competitors in the featherweight division &lpar;no pun intended&rpar; these guys are both legends&period; Jose Aldo had not lost a fight since 2005&comma; and then was beaten seemingly easily by Coner MacGregor&period; Frankie Edgar seems to think this will have taken all of the fight out of Aldo&period; We doubt it&period; &nbsp&semi;Edgar&comma; the former lightweight champion&comma; lost to Aldo in 2013 in a decision&comma; but since thne Edgar has taken on some of the best in the UFC and beaten them&period; Our prediction&quest; This will be an exciting fight&comma; Edgar will come out on top&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cain Velasquez vs Travis Brown &&num;8211&semi; These are huge guys who are always exciting to watch&period; Velasquez&comma; the former heavyweight champ&comma; is coming off of a loss to current champ Fabricio Verdum&period; Brown is coming off a win over Matt Mitrione and desparately needs to win this fight to establish himself in the UFC and perhaps set up a championship fight&period; &nbsp&semi;Our prediction&quest; &nbsp&semi;Brown is a great fighter but he hasn&&num;8217&semi;t had the caliber of competition that Velasquez has had&period; His determination won&&num;8217&semi;t be enough&comma; Velasquez will be the victor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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