Every year the sport of MMA gets crazier and crazier. And every year, we try and predict some potential outcomes. In this piece, we revisit January’s predictions, assess them and see how well or how badly we did. You can check out the original article here.
1 – Conor McGregor becomes the lightweight champion in January, only to lose it in his next fight
Not quite. The belt was never on offer between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier in January. Although it produced McGregor’s first knockout loss, the fallout from the fight got ugly.