by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen Sportz Nation - 3/23/2026 Movsar Evloev vs Alexander Volkanovski Matt Hylen - Regardless of what people think of Movsar Evloev, there is simply no other fight that makes sense other than a title shot against Alexander Volkanovski. Evloev's resume is elite, despite the lack of finishes. He showed on Saturday that he can be a balanced fighter when he wants to, making him the undisputed next fighter in line for a title shot. Both Evloev and Volk wan

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen Sportz Nation - 3/20/26 Graphic by UFC via UFC London Official Poster In our Fight Night Vallejos v Emmett Predictions where you can find here , Zak went 5-1 in picks with 2 correct methods for a total of 7 points. Matt also went 5-1 in picks with 2 correct methods for a total of 7 points. Points to Date: Zak: 48 (32-12) Matt: 44 (29-15) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *All odds are courtesy of Caesar's Sportsbook as of 3/19 Leron

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen Sportz Nation - 3/16/26 Photo by Chris Unger/ Getty images Kevin Vallejos vs Yair Rodriguez Zak Drapeau - Vallejos has shown me enough that he should be taken seriously and given a top fight, and Yair Rodriguez seemingly has nothing else going on. A step up to #3 may be a bit soon for the 23-year-old, but after dispatching Chikadze and Emmett in the fashion he did, I'm ready to get a better look at what this phenom can do against a higher-qualit

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen Sportz Nation - 3/13/2026 In our UFC 326 Predictions from last week which you can find here, Zak went 3-3 with 2 methods for 5 points. Matt went 2-4 with 2 methods for 4 points. Points to Date: Zak: 41 (27-11) Matt: 37 (24-14) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *All odds are courtesy of Ceasar's Sportsbook as of 3/13 Graphic by UFC via Official Poster of Fight Night Emmett v Vallejos 11 Josh Emmett vs 14 Kevin Vallejos (Vallejos - 600) Zak Dra

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen Sportz Nation - 3/6/2026 In our predictions from last week which you can find here for Moreno v Kavanaugh, Zak went 5-1 with 3 methods right for 8 points. Matt went 5-1 with 3 methods right for 8 points. Points to Date: Zak: 36 (24-8) Matt: 33 (22-10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *All odds courtesy of Caesar's Sportsbook as of 3/6/2026 Graphic by UFC via UFC.com 3 Charles Oliveira vs 4 Max Holloway (Holloway -225) Zak Drapeau The B

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen Sportz Nation - 3/2/2026 Photo by Jeff Bottari/ Zuffa LLC Lone'er Kavanaugh vs Brandon Royval The performance Lone'er Kavanaugh just put on in enemy territory is inspiring. To beat up a former champion and tough guy like Brandon Moreno was awesome to see and should earn him a Top-8 ranking among the Flyweights. For his next fight, I can see him fighting either Brandon Royval or Amir Albazi. With both men on two-fight skids, I'd normally side with

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 10/15/2025 Sportz Nation Current Rankings C Alexandre Pantoja 1 Joshua Van 2 Brandon Moreno 3 Brandon Royval 4 Amir Albazi 5 Tatsuro Taira 6 Kai Kara-France 7 Manel Kape 8 Alex Perez 9 Asu Almabayev 10 Tim Elliot 11 Steve Erceg 12 Tagir Ulanbekov 13 Charles Johnson 14 Bruno Silva 15 Rafael Estevam _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key Booked Fight Rumored Fight Zak and Matt's Hypothetical Fight ___________________________________ Ph

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 10/8/2025 Sportz Nation Credit to Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via bleacherreport.com Current Rankings C Alex...