Jon Anik Names Three Potential Title Fights for UFC 334 and UFC 335
The UFC may be yet to announce the cards for UFC 334 and UFC 335, but Jon Anik suggested three title fights that he feels will be in them.
The UFC's late-August announcement imply that 2026 will conclude with UFC 335 being the last numbered event of the year. But while they are yet to publicize the cards of the numbered events after UFC 333, Jon Anik feels that UFC 334 and UFC 335 will feature a total of three title fights.
Anik also named the three title fights that he expected to watch before the end of the current year.
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It has been more than half-a-month since Dana White and Co. revealed that UFC 334 will be held on Nov. 14 and UFC 335 has been scheduled for Dec. 12. However, there has been hardly any development regarding the announcement of fights on the events' cards.
In such a situation, Anik used his insider knowledge to predict the three title fights that would be featured at UFC 334 and UFC 335. After assessing the title scenario in each division of the UFC, Anik opined that the heavyweight, middleweight and women's bantamweight divisions would produce title fights before the end of this year.
He said, "So that leaves us with middleweight, heavyweight and women's bantamweight to try to get three title fights for the rest of the way ."
Hence, it's clear that Anik expects Sean Strickland, Tom Aspinall and Kayla Harrison to defend their titles in some order at UFC 334 and UFC 335.
The scenario related to Aspinall and Harrison leaves questions about whether they will be able to do what Anik expects. But the stars seem to be aligning perfectly for the materialization of the third title fight Anik predicted.
Firstly, one of the most-deserving middleweight title shot contenders, Nassourdine Imavov, revealed that his next fight would be for the title, along with mentioning that he knew its date as well. Thereafter, the reigning middleweight king, Strickland, announced returning to traning full-time, something that most fighters do only when they have a fight coming up.
After these little developments, it will be interesting to watch which numbered event the Strickland vs. Imavov title fight becomes part of: UFC 334 or UFC 335.
