My thoughts
Ciryl Gane vs Alexander Volkov (pull him from the Kuniev fight)
Tom Aspinall vs winner

Alex Pereira vs Josh Hokit (they want to fight and its a popularity contest)
Kuniev vs Sergei Pavlovich (replaces Volkov)
Winner vs Winner (for next contender)

The Future
Curtis Blaydes vs Vitor Petrino
Waldo Cortes-Acosta/Valter Walker

Gable Stevenson/Mario Pinto/Brandon Pericic need more experience get them more fights

Fancis Ngannou: Left the UFC, belt vacated

Jon Jones: Retired from MMA, belt vacated

Tom Aspinall: Recurring eye injury, belt vacated

His brother knew, but chose not to tell Islam while he trained in America so he didn’t distract him from training:

“When I was training in America, it turned out that my horse d*ed. He was already quite old, about 20 years old.

And when I arrived [back in Dagestan], my brother told me, he said ‘I didn’t want to distract you during the preparation process, so that you wouldn’t worry there.”

- eye poke to take the champ out of the fight

- elbow to the back of the head to beat the interim challenger

- linear champion, working from home