Revisiting Our Outlandish 2023 MMA Predictions

Annually, we release 10 outlandish predictions for the year ahead and have fun predicting what might happen in this crazy sport we all love. Last year’s full article can be found here, however, in this piece, we’ll look at how close (or far away) we were in our predictions. 1. Ciryl Gane will be UFC heavyweight champion… After Francis Ngannou relinquishes the title and leaves the UFC Unfortunately, this one didn’t quite come to fruition, however, a part of this prediction was correct. Although Ciryl Gane didn’t realise UFC gold, he competed for the championship against Jon Jones. What we did predict is that Francis Ngannou would relinquish the title and leave the UFC. This, we got correct. Well, he didn’t quite relinquish the belt, he was stripped when his contract wasn’t renewed by Dana White and crew. This one didn’t quite come to fruition either. Casey O’Neill didn’t realise a title shot because she lost her first fight of the year against Jennifer Maia, however, would return in December, only to lose aga