UFC 223: 5 Crazy Predictions

#5 Khabib & Tony Fight to a Draw

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson face off as Dana White watches haplessly in the background

It seems too good to be true. In a world that forced these two amazing fighters apart multiple times before we got to this point, is it really going to all end so quickly in a matter of days? We say no. A high profile, high impact title fight like this, with opponents that are so equally, yet oddly matched, it seems like it has to go one way or the other. Either with Khabib wrestling Tony to the ground and mauling him, and eating him for supper like he has done with every other opponent, or with Tony utilizing his skilful and unorthodox striking and Jiu-Jitsu to take Khabib apart piece by piece.

Or... maybe, just maybe this fight is not the end. Maybe this fight that seems so unpredictable, is just that. Unpredictable. These two are so evenly matched that it is not at all out of the question that neither man gets it done. Is it so crazy that these Lightweight titans would go to war and come out completely at a stalemate? We don't think it is. And whether it is crazy or not, we believe that it isn't all bad. We don't usually hope for MMA fights to end in a draw, but considering how good this bout could turn out to be, we kind of hope it does.