8 Most Anticipated Potential And Upcoming UFC Fights
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MMA has been absolutely crazy so far in 2019. Who could have predicted Henry Cejudo's 30 second knockout win over TJ Dillashaw, or Dillashaw's positive test for EPO stemming from that fight? How about Jorge Masvidal knocking out Ben Askren in record time (five seconds) via brutal flying knee?
If you'd predicted that Henry Cejudo would be a double champ in 2019 your opinion would hold about as much weight as a Dana White title shot promise to Colby Covington. But UFC is crazy, and anything can happen any given night. Which is why we as fans speculate so often on what would happen in our dream fights. Would Anderson Silva have been able to knockout GSP, or would GSP have out wrestled him for five rounds?
Unfortunately, we'll never know the answer to that question as the fight was never booked. Lucky for us though, there are many dream fights left to happen in the world of mixed martial arts. Looking ahead in 2019 there are many dream fights that garner the interest of casuals and enthusiasts alike. These are the top eight most anticipated potential and upcoming UFC fights.
8. Jon Jones Vs. Israel Adesanya
This is a bit of a reach because of all the fights listed in this article this one, as of right now, seems to be the least likely to actually happen. Even if it does it’s probably not happening until late 2020 or even 2021.
That being said, Jones and Adesanya have been teasing fans as they go back and forth on social media. Many UFC followers would’ve loved to have seen Jon Jones fight a prime Anderson Silva, but unfortunately that fight never came to fruition.
Of course, Stylebender still has a long way to go before he reaches Jon Jones’ level. He still has to beat Robert Whittaker and probably defend his belt two or three times after that should he indeed beat Whittaker. However, Adesanya is the closest we’ve ever seen in style (no pun intended) to that of Anderson Silva, and he just put up a fight of the year candidate in his win for the Interim Middleweight title against Kelvin Gastelum. With Jon Jones running out of opponents at Light Heavyweight, it stands to reason we could see this potential dream fight one day.
Here’s hoping that if we ever do it lives up to the hype.