{"id":588125,"date":"2026-04-06T01:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588125\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:25:08","slug":"matches-to-make-after-ufc-vegas-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588125\/","title":{"rendered":"Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 115"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Who He Should Face Next: Brian Ortega<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The two were set to run it back earlier this year before Ortega withdrew with an injury. \u201cMoney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/434157\/i-want-his-head-renato-moicano-demands-brian-ortega-rematch-after-dominant-ufc-vegas-115-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">still has hard feelings<\/a> from those plans going up in smoke, as well as with \u201cT-City\u201d handing him his first loss nine years ago via submission. Ortega has lost two straight and is currently ranked No. 11, so a win for Moicano here not only gets him revenge, but a Top 15 spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Who She Should Face Next: Gillian Robertson<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jandiroba was able to get back into the win column following her loss against Mackenzie Dern with a solid win over Ricci. The former women\u2019s Strawweight title contender moves to 6-1 in her last seven fights, which is good enough to put her at No. 3 in the division, so she can get back into the title hunt with another win over someone like Robertson. And that really is the only fight that makes sense for her against someone who is ranked No. 5. Zhang (No. 1) is at Flyweight now, Tatiana Saurez (No. 2) is facing Loopy Godinez (No. 6) at UFC 327 and Jandiroba recently defeated Yan Xiaonan (No. 4). This fight make sense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Winner: Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Who He Should Face Next: Kennedy Nzechukwu<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Yakhaev secured his second win inside the Octagon by submitting Brendson Ribiero to improve his overall record to 9-0. Up next for the hard-hitting Turkish slugger could be a showdown against Nzechukwu. \u2018The American Savage\u201d was last seen fighting to a draw against Marcus Buchecha in late 2025, and was forced out of his fight against Vitor Petrino last month, so he could be eying a return in the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Who He Should Face Next: Daniel Marcos<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ewing is proving to be the real deal after taking out yet another previously-undefeated fighter by knocking out Rafael Estevam (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-paramount-plus-news-hub-fight-cards-schedule\/433655\/watch-ufc-vegas-115-video-highlights-results-paramount\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">see it here<\/a>). Prior to this win Ewing has defeated Malcom Wellmaker, making it two straight wins under the UFC banner to push his own overall record to 10-2, which includes winning ten straight. Up next a fight against Marcos could be a step up in competition, but not too drastic. Marcos is 5-1-1 inside the Octagon and is coming off a big win over Miles Johns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Who He Should Face Next: Charles Jourdain<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">McMillen had himself a nice UFC debut by stopping Manolo Zecchini in the very first round (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-paramount-plus-news-hub-fight-cards-schedule\/433652\/watch-ufc-vegas-115-video-highlights-results-paramount-mcmillen-knockout-zecchini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">see it here<\/a>). Now, he has<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/434214\/belt-bros-tommy-mcmillen-has-visions-of-dual-champ-run-with-training-partner-sean-omalley#comments\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> title aspirations in 2027<\/a>. While admirable, \u201cGun\u201d has to slow his roll a bit because he has a long road to trek before he sniffs a title fight, naturally. That said, he did show some heart and ability in his first-ever UFC fight, but fights are only going to get tougher. A fight against Jourdain would be a good test for him. Jourdain has an 8-7-1 record inside the Octagon, so he has plenty of experience on the big stage to really test McMillen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete UFC Vegas 115 results, coverage and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/e\/432551\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who He Should Face Next: Brian Ortega The two were set to run it back earlier this year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,179146,6656],"class_list":{"0":"post-588125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-on-paramount","15":"tag-ufc-results"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}