There’s no more waiting, no more trash talking and no more hype. UFC 189 is here and ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor has to step into the octagon against his toughest opponent to date, Chad Mendes. Will McGregor become the mainstream champ the UFC is in need of or will Mendes spoil the dream?
Here’s our official UFC 189 predictions:
Fight Pass Prelims
Neil Seery vs. Louis Smolka – Smolka via 2nd Rd TKO
Yosdenis Cedeno vs. Cody Pfister – Pfister via Split Decision
FS1 Prelims
Matt Brown vs. Tim Means – Matt Brown via 2nd Rd TKO
Alex Garcia vs. Mike Swick – Swick via 1st Rd Submission
John Howard vs. Cathal Pendred – Pendred via 3rd Rd TKO
Henry Briones vs. Cody Garbrandt – Garbrandt via Unanimous Decision
UFC 189 PPV
Dennis Bermudez vs. Jeremy Stephens – Bermudez via Split Decision
Gunnar Nelson vs. Brandon Thatch – Bradon Thatch via Split Decision
Thomas Almeida vs. Brad Pickett – Almeida via Unanimous Decision
UFC Welterweight Title
Robbie Lawler vs Rory MacDonald – MacDonald via Unanimous Decision
UFC Interim-Featherweight Title
Conor McGregor vs Chad Mendes – McGregor via 3rd Rd Submission
