UFC 219 is set to occur in Las Vegas on December 30th. Typically, the UFC’s December occasion is allowed as the big end-of-year show with a card that’s piled from top to bottom. However, the present menu for UFC 219 lacks a little sizzle.
The main event has Cris Cyborg protecting her featherweight title against another ferocious puncher at Holly Holm. On paper, it may look one-sided, but remember the last time we doubted Holm in perceived mismatch title fight?
It’s a great matchup, to be certain. Yet, there are concerns that it won’t sell pay-per-views. Thus now, rumors are swirling about last-minute developments to the card, including Nate Diaz in some capacity. A trilogy fight with Conor McGregor was the fantasy, but that will not be happening as McGregor is dealing with some fallout from his Bellator fiasco and punching a drug cartel associate. Oops.
Those transgressions will keep the Irishman out of the UFC octagon for an extended period of time, if not permanently.
In terms of Diaz, he apparently was provided everything but the moon. But the Stockton native is demanding a celestial figure, where I mean totes and bags of money, before he steps within an Octagon again.
While one or two more bouts could be inserted to give the card some extra pugilistic goodness, it appears that the main event is set, and I am ok with that. What fans actually need at this point are quality fights, not only big names. And as well as Cyborg/Holm, we’re also going to see Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Edson Barboza, a huge fight that could give another lightweight competition. The weigh-in might be just as dramatic as the battle given Nurmagomedov struggles to create 155.
While we wait patiently for more spice to be added, let us stir the existing pot and divide the primary and co-main events of the day for your betting needs.
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