A Number Of Things Going On

First of all the Bellator Dublin card looks like it won't be a sell out this time. The main event has been cancelled and a replacement lined up for the co-main because James Gallagher and Peter Queally have both withdrawn due to injury. Such a pity. Gallagher has a back injury. Don't know what Queally's injury is but Chris Bungard is taking his place to fight Brent Primus. There are still a couple of other fights I'm looking forward to though. Danni Neilan and Franz Mlambo are still there. Danni impressed in her pro debut in September by outclassing her opponent Rivarola to get a unanimous decision victory. I hope she's a future prospect. Leah McCourt v Judith Ruis of Germany is the main event now according to what I read on The Mac Life.
I hear that Saudi Arabia want to give $100m for Khabib to fight either Conor McGregor or Floyd Mayweather in their country. A bit of a power play by the Saudis and an attempt to change their image to the world. But The UFC have a base in Abu Dhabi and I assume they'd want any major Middle Eastern events there. Khabib is not looking past Tony Ferguson but the UFC, or at least the MMA media, are disrespecting Tony by looking past him and chasing the "money" fights for Khabib before he's even fought Tony. This title fight in April for the lightweight championship of the world should be the biggest UFC pay per view event this year, regardless if Usman v Masvidal is made for international fight week and Stipe Miocic v Daniel Cormier is made for later this year. I'm saying it should be, not that it will be. Tony and Khabib are the best lightweights fighting for much more than the belt - arguably the greatest lightweight of all time. If Khabib wins he's beaten everybody who's anybody in the division, pretty much. If Tony wins the only fight to make other than a rematch with Khabib is Conor McGregor. I'm hoping Tony wins. I really hope it goes ahead this time! The fight going ahead and Tony winning would silence the doubters and make people take notice and give respect to Tony that he deserves.
UFC 247 is this weekend. I haven't looked at who else is on the card apart from the main and co-main to be honest. I expect Jon Jones to win the main because of his reach advantage and fight iq. But Dominick Reyes can cause problems for him. Reyes has good instincts and great reflexes but he can be caught out when things aren't going according to the game plan. Katlyn Chookagian trains at top gyms in New York and New Jersey but I don't see her getting past Valentina Shevchenko.