Just one week after putting on a free bantamweight title fight at UFC Fight Night 81 that saw Dominick Cruz successfully reclaim the title he was stripped of years earlier, the UFC is back with UFC on Fox 18, featuring a light heavyweight title eliminator between former challenger Anthony Johnson, and the underrated Ryan Bader. While there is no title fight on the UFC on Fox 18 card, there are plenty of big match-ups to be found: the network TV debut of surging young star Sage Northcutt, who at 19 is the UFC's youngest active fighter, a heavyweight clash of titans with title fight implications, and the aforementioned light heavyweight title eliminator, the winner of which will face the victor of Jones vs. Cormier 2. In short, there's a lot of action, once again, on a free card. The biggest questions will concern the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, of course. Can Bader get past the beast that is Johnson and get the title shot many feel he already deserved? Can Josh Barnett, a former UFC champion stripped of his title over a decade ago, put himself back in position for another run? Or will the constantly overlooked Big Ben Rothwell be the one to stake his claim? Lets take a look at five predictions for UFC ON Fox 18!
Primarily covering the sport of MMA from Ontario, Canada, Jay Anderson has been writing for various publications covering sports, technology, and pop culture since 2001. Jay holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Guelph, and a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Humber College.
