MMA update.
Bellator 189 and The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale are on friday, december 1st.
Bellator 189
Julia Budd (c) vs. Arlene Blencowe
Rafael Lovato Jr. vs. Chris Honeycutt
Hisaki Kato vs. Chidi Njokuani
David Rickels vs. Adam Piccolotti
Sam Sicilia vs. Marcos Galvao
Alexis Dufresne vs. Amber Leibrock
Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale
TBD vs. Nicco Montaño
Andrew Sanchez vs. Ryan Janes
Joe Soto vs. Brett Johns
Terrion Ware vs. Sean O'Malley
Eric Spicely vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Priscila Cachoeira vs. Lauren Murphy
DeAnna Bennett vs. Melinda Fabian
Ariel Beck vs. Shana Dobson
Rachael Ostovich-Berdon vs. Karine Gevorgyan
**Who Nicco Montano fights in the finale will be determined tonight (wednesday) on the ultimate fighter as Roxanne Modafferi fights Sijara Eubanks.
UFC 218 Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo is on saturday, december 2nd.
UFC 218 Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo
Max Holloway (c) vs. José Aldo
Alistair Overeem vs. Francis Ngannou
Flyweight Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje
Women's Strawweight Tecia Torres vs. Michelle Waterson
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight Charles Oliveira vs. Paul Felder
Welterweight Alex Oliveira vs. Yancy Medeiros
Lightweight David Teymur vs. Drakkar Klose
Women's Strawweight Felice Herrig vs. Cortney Casey
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi
Light Heavyweight Jeremy Kimball vs. Dominick Reyes
Heavyweight Justin Willis vs. Allen Crowder
Women's Strawweight Amanda Cooper vs. Angela Magaña
That's 3 MMA cards in 2 days.
December 2017 will host 5 UFC events and 3 Bellator events.
It should be a good time for gamblers. Although, looking at match ups on the first three big MMA cards of the month, I don't see many easy picks. Matchmakers are progressing at pairing match ups which are deceptive. They're getting better at using their insider information to stage big upsets. There are a lot of fighters who haven't been active in 1-2 years who come back and look completely different than they did before which makes it tough to cap a lot of picks. UFC 218 might be good, other than that the other two cards could be tough to call.