Welcome to MMA Squared, with part 2 of our 2018 Awards. The most exciting part of 2018 was a crop of prospects who appear ready for a title shot in 2019. Most recently Alex Volanovski went to war and stopped Chad Mendes via strikes, retiring the former title challenger.
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Going 3-0 in 2018 against increasingly difficult competition, it’s hard to imagine anything (other than Frankie Edgar getting a title shot) could stop us from seeing the former rugby player squaring off against Max Holloway in the coming year.
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In the bantamweight division, Aspen Ladd put on an absolute unit of a beating on Tonya Evinger.