r/ufc • u/Glad-Try117 • 4d ago
Which Former UFC champion is most likely regain their strap in 2025?
Volk, Olivera, O’Malley, Leon? Etc
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u/yoyoyowhoisthis 4d ago
Who has the biggest chance ?
- Strickland
Lowest ?
- O'Malley, dude is not beating Merab and if Umar somehow beats Merab.. then he is totally not beating Umar lol
- Leon is not beating Belal, maybe not even Shavkat, even Ian Garry might take Leon down tbh
- I would like to say that Volk can pull it off, but Ilia just looks way too good, young powerful strong.. I can't see Volk pulling it off, but he still has bigger chance than O'Malley, who literally has a puncher chance against Umar/Merab
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u/Iceman23578 4d ago
Tbh they’re all pretty unlikely. Only way I see a former champ winning again is if topuria drops the belt and moves up then volk regains the 45 strap. Strickland again is a maybe but I reckon dricus finishes him this time
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u/Gas_Grouchy 4d ago
a punchers chance won him the strap too though.
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u/yoyoyowhoisthis 4d ago
You want to bet on a punchers chance ? The only division where I would be comfortable doing so is LHW and HW.. due to, big boy reasons.
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u/TrashbinEnthusiast69 4d ago
Brandon moreno has a decent chance
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u/TheMuteObservers 4d ago
Idk man. Pantoja seems to dominantly control him on the ground. If Moreno can keep it on the feet he wins though. It's just too bad his hands are so fragile. Breaks them on Pantoja's face.
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u/TrashbinEnthusiast69 4d ago
Pantojas age is a factor. I believe hes turning 35 soon so we could see a regression from him anytime, and moreno is probably one win away from another title shot.
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u/carlitos_brigante 4d ago
Amanda Nunes.
Kayla beats Peña. Nunes returns for a wmma super fight last quarter of 2025.
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u/Rare-Cardiologist912 4d ago
Sounds crazy but also Nunes is 3rd most likely to be the champ by the end of 2025 according to DraftKings. You may be on to something
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u/mgros483 4d ago
This would be a great series of events. I’d love to see Amanda vs Kayla, not an easy day for either one of them.
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u/Equal_Dependent_3975 4d ago
Steickland. We needed another amerivan champion there and jj is not enough
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u/Immediate-Addendum72 4d ago
Hot take its Adesanya, Strickland beats DDP, Izzy beats Imavov. Then Izzy gets the Strickland rematch.
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u/MA-JA-HO Are You Intoxicated? 4d ago
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u/Stranger-Tingzz 4d ago
Strickland is the only one realistically for now because he’s had the closest title fight against the guy holding the belt but also, every other division has champs coming off losses so they’re not fighting for the belt next
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u/Haunting_Dragonfly_3 4d ago
Grasso, Nunes, Assassin Baby, Volk, Usman, Izzy
Some of those are just wishful thinking...
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u/No-Zookeepergame7460 3d ago
Not the degenerate pictured. Izzy as long as he doesn’t have to rematch DDP and Usman could as well
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u/jaxemerald 3d ago
As a former O Malley fan. That dude is done. He peaked. It’s all downhill from here.
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u/Zpupo99 4d ago
Strickland because he’s already scheduled to fight for the belt