In fact, it turns out Joe Rogan wasn’t the only one in the UFC that wanted at least one Diaz on UFC 209. And after Nate Diaz beat Conor McGregor at UFC 196, he put the screws to the UFC and forced a massive amount of money out of them (plus a slap upside Dana White’s head) to do a rematch. The UFC went ahead and pulled Nick Diaz from a massive fight with Georges St-Pierre back in 2011 for pulling a McGregor and skipping a press conference. The only problem with this plan is that the Diaz brothers, in addition to being huge draws, are also notoriously difficult to deal with. I guarantee to you, that s**t would have gotten 2 million pay per view buys.” They should have planned episode 209 to be in Stockton with Nick and Nate Diaz. “Like, I planned episode 911 to be Alex Jones. “They had one opportunity ever in the history of the UFC to do it,” Rogan said in a recent podcast. According to UFC commentator Joe Rogan, it’s bigger than that … it’s a missed opportunity for a massive money event. Not having either of them on 209 is a shame. Nick and Nate come from Stockton, California and have been repping the region since they started fighting, making 209 their unofficial catchphrase. It features a rematch between Tyron Woodley and Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson for the welterweight strap, and a fight between #1 and #2 contenders Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson for an interim lightweight title.īut one thing curiously lacking from UFC 209 is the Diaz brothers. UFC 209 on March 4th definitely falls into the stacked category for those who know. While there are stacked cards like UFC 205 and 207, there are also undeniably thin cards like UFC 206 and 208. The UFC has been having a bit of a hard time lately with the consistency of their pay per view events. Ĭooper Riehl: Charles Jourdain via decision. Ĭole Shelton: Charles Jourdain via decision. Joel Griffith: Nathaniel Wood via decision. Kylan Knowler: Charles Jourdain via decision. Joe McDonagh: Charles Jourdain via decision. Picks – William Gomis: 7, Jarno Errens: 2 Charles Jourdain vs. Joe McDonagh: William Gomis via decision.
Jason Hagholm: William Gomis via decision. Picks – Alessio Di Chirico: 4, Roman Kopylov: 5 William Gomis vs. James Clarke: Alessio Di Chirico via decision. ĭylan Bowker: Roman Kopylov via decision. Ĭody Rempel: Alessio Di Chirico via decision. Ĭooper Riehl: Roman Kopylov via decision. Ĭole Shelton: Alessio Di Chirico via decision.
Joel Griffith: Roman Kopylov via decision. Kylan Knowler: Alessio Di Chirico via decision. Joe McDonagh: Roman Kopylov via decision. Jason Hagholm: Roman Kopylov via submission. Picks – Robert Whittaker: 9, Marvin Vettori: 0 Alessio Di Chirico vs. ĭylan Bowker: Robert Whittaker via decision. Ĭody Rempel: Robert Whittaker via decision. Ĭooper Riehl: Robert Whittaker via decision. Ĭole Shelton: Robert Whittaker via decision. Joel Griffith: Robert Whittaker via decision. Kylan Knowler: Robert Whittaker via decision. Joe McDonagh: Robert Whittaker via decision. Jason Hagholm: Robert Whittaker via decision. Picks – Ciryl Gane: 8, Tai Tuivasa: 1 Robert Whittaker vs. Although nothing is scheduled yet, look for Clarke to be back in action later this year to continue his push to the big show. Fresh off a decision win over Aaron La Farge at CFFC 112, Clarke now boasts one of the longest active winning streaks in Canadian MMA at six wins. Our guest picker for this event is Canadian flyweight prospect James Clarke (7-3). Will Ciryl Gane get back to his winning ways? Can Marvin Vettori take out another top middleweight? The predictions from the MMA Empire team, along with our guest picker, can be found below for the six-fight main card.
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