Ever since Zuffa, the UFC's parent company, purchased Strikeforce last month, many MMA blogs, news sites and even fighters themselves have been discussing possible match-ups that could come about once the merger is complete. I've seen several ideas from several different sources, so I figured I'd throw my ideas out there, and while I agree with a lot of what others have come up with, a lot of it is champ vs champ and while that is certainly a way to go, I've got some other ideas ... and here they are.
LIGHTWEIGHT:
Shinya Aoki vs. George Sotiropolous
Lyle Beerbohm vs. Evan Dunham
KJ Noons vs. Melvin Guillard
WELTERWEIGHT:
Tyron Woodley vs. Rick Story
Marius Zaromskis vs. Amir Sadollah
Paul Daley vs. Anthony Johnson
Jorge Masvidal vs. Dan Hardy
Evangelista Santos vs. Nate Diaz
Nick Diaz vs. Jon Fitch: I just think Diaz needs to prove he can hang with the best of the UFC's welterweight division before getting an immediate shot at GSP.
MIDDLEWEIGHT:
Luke Rockhold vs. Aaron Simpson
Melvin Manhoef vs. Alan Belcher
Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Demian Maia
Robbie Lawler vs. Chris Leben
Jason Mayhem Miller vs. Chael Sonnen
Tim Kennedy vs. Michael Bisping
Cung Le vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT:
Ovince St. Preux vs. Phil Davis
Mike Kyle vs. Luis Cane
Dan Henderson vs. Randy Couture
Renato Babalu Sobral vs. Rich Franklin
Roger Gracie vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
King Mo Lawal vs. Rashad Evans
Rafael Cavalcante vs. Thiago Silva
Gergard Mousasi vs. Forrest Griffin
HEAVYWEIGHT:
Josh Barnett vs. Frank Mir
Daniel Cormier vs. Brendan Schaub
Brett Rogers vs. Shane Carwin
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Minotauro Nogueira
Alistair Overeem vs. Cain Velazquez
Antonio Silva vs. Junior Dos Santos
Fabricio Werdum vs. Roy Nelson
Shane Del Rosario vs. Cheick Kongo
Well there it is folks, so feel free to leave comments and let me know what you think. Check me out on Twitter @JustinCohee.
