The UFC has reserved the principal occasion for the upcoming UFC 238 card as well as the primary event for an upcoming Fight Night occasion. Below are my thoughts on both these bouts that are newly-announced.
Marlon Moraes vs. Henry Cejudo The empty UFC bantamweight title will probably be up for grabs when Marlon Moraes takes on Henry Cejudo in the main event of UFC 238, which can be set for June 8 at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The bout official has been made by the promotion.
Moraes (22-5-1) is the prior WSOF bantamweight champion and he’s looked incredible since linking the UFC, going 4-1 overall in the Octagon including three successive first-round finishes over Raphael Assuncao, Jimmie Rivera and Aljamain Sterling in his last three fights. Most desired to see Moraes receive a title shot against former winner TJ Dillashaw, however if the champ examined positive and gave his belt up it supposed the UFC must obtain a new competitor for him.
Cejudo (14-2) is the UFC flyweight champion and he got the call to struggle to the bantamweight belt here against Moraes following the Dillashaw fight fell through. Cejudo is 8-2 overall in the UFC and is currently riding a four-fight win streak that includes back-to-back wins over Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson. He is obviously the best flyweight on the planet, and it will be interesting to see if he can move up to bantamweight and become a rare double champion in his new branch.
MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas has already released the starting line for this bout. Moraes opened as a -185 favorite, with Cejudo as a +145 underdog. Click the link to read more of Kalikas’ rationale for why he opened the line the way he did.
Tyron Woodley vs. Robbie Lawler 2 Former UFC welterweight champions Tyron Woodley and Robbie Lawler will rematch in the primary event of UFC on ESPN 4, which takes place June 29 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The news was broken by ESPN. That is a rematch of this pair’s previous meeting at UFC 201 at July 2016, when Woodley took the belt out of Lawler after brutally knocking him out in the initial round.
Woodley (19-4-1) is 9-3-1 overall at the UFC and is coming from a critical five-round decision reduction to Kamaru Usman that saw him drop his belt. Prior to this Usman struggle, Woodley was on a seven-fight unbeaten streak and he will look to get back on the horse with another win over Lawler. If he wants to have any chance of remaining at the title picture at 170lbs, he absolutely needs to win this battle.
Lawler (28-13, 1 NC) is 13-8 all-time in the UFC but has fallen on hard times as of late since he’s dropped three of his final four bouts, such as a controversial submission loss to Ben Askren in her last struggle. Most guessed the UFC would book a rematch between Lawler and Askren, but they chose to book a rematch with Woodley rather than Much like Woodley, if Lawler has any hopes of ever getting back his belt afterward he absolutely must win this fight.
The opening line for this bout hasn’t been released yet, but it’s safe to say that Woodley will be the favorite this time around believing he pumped Lawler out in the first round the last time these two met inside the Octagon.
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