UFC 207: Full Fight Card Analysis and Predictions

“SHE IS BACK!”, says the UFC slogan ahead of this Friday's UFC 207 PPV, headlined by former bantamweight champ and currently enigmatic superstar Ronda Rousey. Rousey, the megastar who transcended the sport of MMA, in her glory years between '13 – '15, will be returning to the octagon for the first time, since her shock loss to Holly Holm last November, and given that it's the year-end card, the UFC has gone out and stacked the card up.

We looked at the prelims earlier and the main card just takes things to a whole new level, with a cracker of a championship bout in Cody Garbrandt vs Dominick Cruz in the co-main, while former champ TJ Dillashaw precedes them in a much anticipated bout against power hitter John Lineker. Rounding up the card is top flyweight prospects Louis Smolka and Ray Borg battling it out to enter title contention in the wafer-thin 125 lbs division of the UFC.

The card would have been much bigger had former Heavyweight champions Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum, been able to have their rematch, but for fans to tune in, there are enough and more reasons. Read on to see my picks, alongside TFG MMA's very own Renjith Ravindran offering his predictions and picks for UFC 207.