UFC Denver outcomes: Matches to make for ‘Namajunas vs. Cortez’ foremost card winners

UFC Denver went down final night time (Sat., July 13, 2024) inside Ball Enviornment in Denver Colo., that includes a girls’s Flyweight foremost occasion that noticed Rose Namajunas defeat Tracy Cortez through unanimous determination (recap right here). Within the co-headlining act, Muslim Salikhov narrowly defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio through break up determination in a Welterweight affair (recap right here), whereas Drew Dober and Jean Silva went to conflict straight away traditional (video replay right here).

Winner: Rose Namajunas
Who She Ought to Face Subsequent: Maycee Barber

After Barber bowed out of her battle in opposition to “Thug Rose” due to an sickness, that is nonetheless the battle to make. Namajunas simply dealt with Cortez and the disparity in ability was crystal clear. Whereas it was a dominant win for Namajunas, it wasn’t a shocker. Barber has the instruments to offer “Thug Rose” a bit extra of a problem. Ought to Namajunas get the win — her third straight at Flyweight — then a title battle is so as.

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Winner: Muslim Salikhov
Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Niko Value

Salikhov ended his two-fight shedding streak with a razor-thin win over Ponzinibbio, giving him his first victory since Nov. 2022. I like a battle in opposition to Value for Salikhov subsequent. He, too, not too long ago snapped his two-fight shedding streak, defeating Alex Morono through unanimous determination. They’ve the identical 2-3 document of their final 5 fights, so all of it is smart for a possible showdown.

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Winner: Gabriel Bonfim
Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Chidi Njokuani

Bonfim obtained again within the win column after getting upended by Nicolas Dalby again in Nov. 2022, defeating Ange Loosa through unanimous determination. Now, Bonfim is out to begin one other streak just like the one he loved after racking up 15 straight. A battle in opposition to Njokuani sounds about proper. “Bang Bang” is simply 3-3 contained in the Octagon, and snapped his three-fight shedding streak with a win over Rhys McKee three months in the past.

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Winner: Jean Silva
Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Andre Fili

Silva competed at Light-weight and secured a powerful win over Dober simply two weeks after defeating Charles Jourdain at Featherweight simply two weeks prior. Whereas he’s adamant he can compete wherever, I need to see him again down at 145 kilos the place he belongs. Now that he’s 3-0 contained in the Octagon and has rapidly made a reputation for himself, the challenges are solely going to get more durable. However, if he retains on impressing, he might have an increase much like that of Diego Lopes. A matchup in opposition to somebody like Fili is an efficient check for Silva as a result of “Sensitive” has huge UFC expertise, having competed contained in the Octagon for 11 years now. Fili is coming off a break up determination win over Cub Swanson at UFC 303.

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Winner: Julian Erosa
Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Choi Doo-ho vs. Invoice Algeo winner

With simply 10 seconds remaining within the first spherical, Erosa secured a fight-ending guillotine choke on Christian Rodriguez, incomes his second straight such submission win. After beginning his UFC profession with three straight losses, “Juicy J” has gone onto go 8-3. I want to see Erosa face off in opposition to the winner of Doo-ho and Algeo, who’re scheduled to throw down on the principle card of subsequent weekend’s UFC Vegas 94 occasion in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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