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This Friday, the UFC will return to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada with UFC 207<\/a>. In the co-main event of the evening, we’ll see reining bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz attempt to defend his title against dangerous challenger Cody Garbrandt<\/a>.\u00a0Earlier on the main card, we’ll witness another high-stakes bantamweight scrap, as former champion TJ Dillashaw takes on stone-fisted former flyweight John Lineker<\/a>. The winner of this fight, it would seem, is the obvious next opponent for the winner of the card’s Cruz vs. Garbrandt co-main event battle.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, however, this is not necessarily certain. In UFC 207’s episode of The Watch List<\/a>,<\/em> UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby explained that while the winner of Dillashaw vs. Lineker is certainly a frontrunner for the next bantamweight title shot, the presence of other contenders like Jimmie Rivera, Bryan Caraway and John Dodson in the division means nothing is certain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great thing about the bantamweight division right now [it\u2019s] on fire,\u201d Shelby said. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s another division with more contenders. We\u2019ll see what we get out of this fight [in terms of contenders]. On paper, regardless of title contendership, it\u2019s straight fire. It\u2019s all offense.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c[Jimmie] Rivera has been outstanding, you got [Bryan] Caraway who is still up there in the top-six, you got [John] Dodson,\u201d Shelby said. \u201cThere\u2019s so many guys, and there\u2019s guys coming up breaking into the top 10. I\u2019m so happy with the division right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"John<\/a><\/p>\n

There is certainly no refuting Shelby’s statements. Bantamweight is a downright shark tank at the moment, and UFC 207 is a fantastic showcase for it.<\/p>\n

Dillashaw will enter his bout with Lineker having rebounded from his January title loss to Cruz with a dominant decision over Raphael Assuncao at July’s UFC 200. Lineker, meanwhile has gone 4-0 since jumping from flyweight to bantamweight, having most recently nabbed a contentious decision over John Dodson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who do you think deserves the next bantamweight title shot? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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