{"id":463056,"date":"2026-02-09T04:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/463056\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T04:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:15:08","slug":"matches-to-make-after-ufc-vegas-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/463056\/","title":{"rendered":"Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 113"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC Vegas 113<\/a> went down last night (Sat., Feb. 7, 2026) inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, which saw Mario Bautista dominate and submit Vinicius Oliveira in the second round (see it again here<\/a>). In the co-headlining act, Kyoji Horiguchi defeated Amir Albazi via unanimous decision<\/a>, while Dustin Jacoby knocked out Julius Walker in the second round of their Light Heavyweight fight (see it again here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Cory Sandhagen rematch<\/p>\n

After Bautista submitted Oliveira he hopped on the mic <\/a>and called for a rematch against Sandhagen, and it makes sense. Sandhagen defeated Bautista via submission way back in in Jan. 2019, spoiling his UFC debut, in the process. Years later both men are flourishing, with Sandhagen sitting in the No. 4 spot<\/a>, while Bautista could climb up a few spots after his big win over Oliveira. Sandhagen hasn\u2019t seen action since losing to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 320 last October.<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Manel Kape or Alexandre Pantoja<\/p>\n

Horiguchi called for a title fight after defeating Amir Albazi, but I just don\u2019t see that happening next. That fight will either go to Pantoja \u2014 who is seeking the immediate rematch \u2014 or Kape who is ranked No. 2<\/a> in the division. That said, whoever is left out in the cold should face Horiguchi for the next title shot.<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Spivac vs. Delija winner<\/p>\n

Kuniev was able to get his first win inside the Octagon by defeating Jailton Almeida via unanimous decision. He did call for a rematch against Curtis Blaydes, but that is way too soon. I wouldn\u2019t mind, however, seeing him face off against the winner of the upcoming Heavyweight showdown between Serghei Spivac and Ante Delija, who are set to throw down on Feb. 21 in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

Winner: Michal Oleksiejczuk<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Jeremiah Wells<\/p>\n

After dropping three straight fights in 2024, Oleksiejczuk has now won three in a row in 2025 and into early 2026, which includes his unanimous decision win over Marc-Andr\u00e9 Barriault. It may take a couple more wins to crack the Top 15<\/a>. Up next, a fight against Wells seems appropriate. Wells is coming off a big win over Themba Gorimbo in Nov. 2025, snapping his two-fight losing streak.<\/p>\n

Who He Should Face Next: Nikita Krylov<\/p>\n

Jacoby won his third straight by defeating Julius Walker via second-round TKO. Its his first three-fight win streak in four years, and he is looking to build off that momentum to win his fourth straight, which I think should come against Krylov, who is currently ranked No. 13<\/a>. Krylov is coming off a knockout win over Modestas Bukauskas earlier this year and would be a great test for Jacoby, who is eyeing a spot in the Top 15.<\/p>\n

For complete UFC Vegas 113 results, coverage, and highlights click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC Vegas 113 went down last night (Sat., Feb. 7, 2026) inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,139445,7788],"class_list":["post-463056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}