January is going to bring a lot more than a new year! This month is packed full with action across the MMA world. The UFC will have events up and down the east coast stretching from from Boston to Charolette. There will be at least 4 title fights this month including Francis Ngannou attempting to take home the heavyweight title.
Fight Night 124
Date: Sunday, January 14th, 2018
Time of Main Card: 10:00 P.M. ET
Location: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
TV Channel: FS1
This fight will really start 2018 off with a bang! Fight Night 124 will feature some of the grizzlyist veterans the UFC has to offer, were eing treated to fighters such as Jeremy Stevens and Victor Belfort. What would a good fight be without some up and coming studs to make it interesting, they will be taking on Doo Ho Choi and Uriah Hall.
UFC 220: Cormier vs. Oezdemir
Date: Saturday, January 20th, 2018
Time of Main Card: 10:00 P.M. ET
Location: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
TV Channel: PPV
Holy freakin Title! this card features not 1 but 2 title fights! This card has the potential to be the best card of the year and its only the second one! The title fight between Daniel Cormier and Volkan Oezdemir will be epic. Daniel “DC” Cormier puts his Light Heavyweight Title on the line Saturday night, DC has a 19-1 career record meanwhile Volkan is 15-1. Watching those two titans duke it is going to be arguably one of the best fights all year, unless the other title fight in this card has anything to say about it. Francis “The Predator” Ngannou will face current Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic. Francis come sin with an 11-1 record and has finished in all 11 of his victories including a stunning knock out against Alistar Overeem. This card will be an absolute star studded event.
UFC Fight Night 125: ‘Jacare vs Brunson 2’
Date: Saturday, January 27th, 2018
Time of Main Card: 10:00 P.M. ET
Location: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
TV Channel: FS1
This card will be just as exciting as the other 2 we are being treated to this month. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will be taking on Derek Brunson for the second time. The first fight was over 5 years ago when these2 met in StrikeForce, Jacare knocked out Brunson in the 1st round. Brunson has grown a lot since that fight capturing victories against Lyoto Machida and Uriah Hall. Jacare comes in has the 5th ranked Middleweight and with a 24-5 record and will be looking to dominate Brunson once again.
