Pitbull is back baby. Chubbier and better than ever! He's 8-1-1 in his last 10 and hasn't been KOed in any of those. Maybe he can pull a Robbie Lawler and use his experience and power to entertain (which he will) against the HW roster.
Also to suggest Diaz KOing Silva is laughable. Don't even know why I take the bait. Silva will probably choose to stay retired as we know in this business nothing is final until both guys are in the cage. (See Dillashaw/Barao 2)
DC will still have two, not one, dodgy knees to deal with but imho he'll either bring it and KTFO Jones or get worked and get subbed.
Swanson I'll play your game and make a list too. I don't know about favorites (SHOGUN) because I don't watch much MMA at all lately so I have no idea who 90% of the fighters are and usually like 50-70% even on the main cards.
Anyway these are the current guys I find most entertaining off the top of my head:
Shogun <3 -Stubborn. Badass. Love.
Aldo-Smarts. The best fighter imo.
Cormier-Tank
Cain-Tank. Unstoppable.
Romero-Have you guys seen him???? He's WAY too relaxed but he's amazing.
Weidman-Looks unstoppable. Will be interesting to follow his run as champ and see more of what he can do. Love his style. Guy is fearless.
Frankie Edgar-used to dislike him and his running around style but at 145 he's amazing and it's always interesting to see how his opponents try to deal (unsuccessfully) with him. He's also a near-perfect fighter imho.
Jones-Everyone watches Jones with the same rationale as Mayweather. We just wana see 'em lose. And they refuse to. But really Mayweather is on a different level and Jones is an arrogant, cheating, douche-bag.
Nurmagomedov-Here he is wrestling a bear as a child.
^Future 155 champ. Watch the video and tell me you're not a fan.
If Silva does return of course he'd be on the list. GSP too cuz who doesn't love GSP.