I think we got ourselves a pretty decent triplet of fights with recognizable names at the top of the main card.
Stipe is a beast; but, Francis has had more time to really assemble the entirety of his MMA style instead of relying on power counters. I still think Stipe's eye for boxing defense and mixing in the wrestling with the defensive boxing movements will prove to be a very key factor in the fight if he's able to use it well.

Tyron Woodley says that he's going to come back stronger this time; but, it's just hard to ask a man to do the opposite of what's he done his entire career, imo. His whole career has been built off of fighting tougher opponents off the back foot and finding angles with his back to the cage. Vicente Luque is no easy task and can definitely step inside the pocket to bang in some punches on Tyron, I think.

Thomas Almeida was a legit 135er once upon a time ago and was known for being a really good finisher. Primarily working off of that inside slip and counter to the jab; but, finds trouble against switch hitters and rangey fighters. I think it really should be one in the bag for Sean O'Malley but we'll see if glass ankles attack again.

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