UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

I hope Borralho decides to keep it standing and look for his 1st UFC TKO

Since this is most likely gonna be UFC 301, Pereira vs Ankalaev could be a likely possibility 

Fight Night? não seria o UFC 301, card numerado?

They tryna kill Paul Craig dude, I stg💀

Poatan vs Ankalaev as the main event. Put money on it

Pantoja vs Moreno 3 (if Moreno win in feb) on Cinco de mayo weekend.

Would really be Pantoja vs. Moreno 4 since they've fought on TUF also

dis gonna be something in middle of volkan/craig and craig/walker ;DD

I'm worried about this card if Paul Craig and borralho are on the main card 

@Mothswords 

Could be worse, they're both ranked.

Craig vs. Borralho
Caio Borralho, DEC
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Silva vs. Klose
Drakkar Klose, TKO, R2
MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE

I'm aware this is a pipe dream, but I would love to see the UFC sign Horiguchi and give him a title shot on this card. I love the flyweight division but I'm seriously so over all the rematches. It looks like Pantoja will headline this card and will probably fight the winner of Royval/Moreno, which mean's we're getting either a trilogy or quadrilogy. Don't get me wrong, I'll tune in. But this division desperately needs a shake-up. 

Kape would be a shoe in here but he massively ****** up by being so undisciplined. Not sure if Albazi would be healthy by the time this card rolls around or he'd be next in line I think. We're left with Nicolau and KKF, who would probably need to fight each other first to justify a title shot. Assuming Mokaev beats Perez, he would have just as good a claim as anyone to a title shot but would only have 9 weeks to prepare, so not enough time. 

Again, I know it's a pipedream, but I think Kyoji Horiguchi would be an awesome matchup for Pantoja. 

@foppa420 

love that idea but he is contracted with Pfl as of rn

https://www.mmamania.com/2024/1/11/24035106/comeback-rizin-champ-kyoji-horiguchi-wants-to-return-to-u-s-in-ufc-not-pfl-thats-all-thinking-about

Would be awesome if they could figure out a way to make it work. It's what Horiguchi wants. He was supposed to be fighting for the inaugural flyweight belt in Bellator but that idea was scrapped and he is instead the RIZIN flyweight champion. So if he's stuck on the Bellator brand, he's fighting at bantamweight. The PFL isn't even going to have bantamweight in 2024 let alone flyweight. Horiguchi sounds like he could just retire if he doesn't find a way to get out of purgatory with the PFL, which would suck for everybody. 

I think he's one of the best flyweights in the world and while he's been around forever, he's technically younger than Pantoja. 

Horiguchi doesn't stand a chance 

@foppa420 

and tbf horiguchi slaps pantoja in the 4th and 5th and pantoja likely wins 1st and 2nd leaving the third round the only questionable one

Silva vs. Klose
Drakkar Klose, DEC
will be tight, close fight for both of them. 

alex pereira vs jamahal hill perfect main event

Pereira vs. Hill Main Event 
Pantoja vs. Horiguchi Co-Main 🤞🏻

Alessandro Costa vs Kevin Borjas added