Callout Collection: Who UFC on ESPN+ 29 winners want next – and how likely they’ll get them

Ben Rothwell and Drew Dober were among those who name-dropped their preferred next opponents at UFC Jacksonville.

Ben Rothwell

Wants to fight: [autotag]Aleksei Oleinik[/autotag]

The callout: “Well, in all due respect. Mr. Oleinik. You beat the Werdum. So I know you asked for a big fight. They call me ‘Big Ben,’ so there you go, brother. Big fight, let’s do it.”

The reality: You’ll do well to find two more battle-hardened, gritty heavyweights in the sport than [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag] and Oleinik, so why not match them up and see who’s best equipped to move up to face the top contenders?

Incredibly for a man who just made the 50th walk of his career, Rothwell would be the less-experienced man in the cage against “The Boa Constrictor,” who has a staggering 73 fights to his name. But both men want to push themselves into the title conversation at heavyweight, and a clash between the pair, perhaps in late-summer or early-fall, would push one of them one big step closer.

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