UFC 184 may be limping and exhausted, but at least the finish line is in sight.
At this point, Ronda Rousey’s women’s bantamweight title defense against Cat Zingano will do nicely as Saturday night’s main event. The much-ballyhooed debut of Holly Holm in the co-main won’t be anything to sneeze at, either.
It’ll all be fine, it’ll all be fun, even if it’s not exactly what we expected.
This event was once slated to be a middleweight showcase—featuring the long-awaited title clash between Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort as well as a potential No. 1 contender bout between Ronaldo Souza and Yoel Romero—before injury and unforeseen circumstance had their way.
Frank Mir vs. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva was supposed to be on this card. Neil Magny was briefly rumored to appear. Replacement opponents had to be found for both Mark Munoz and Tony Ferguson.
Now, with Rousey and Holm each going off as prohibitive favorites, we’re not sure what our expectations should even be.
Luckily, Bleacher Report lead writers Chad Dundas and Jonathan Snowden are here to lead the way. Here, they drop some bold predictions for UFC 184, and hash out exactly how this reviesed fight card is going to play out.