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Cameron Smotherman by KO/TKO or DEC
Smotherman is a much more comfortable and powerful striker than his opponent who is not bad anywhere but doesn't really excel in any aspect of MMA either. Cameron has been susceptible to being taken and held down in the past but his takedown defense has looked progressively better and his opponent while a competent wrestler does not have the conditioning or top pressure imo to take down and hold down Smotherman repeatedly. Cameron is well conditioned, powerful, and a reasonably safe play imo.
Hyder Amil by KO/TKO or DEC
Amil is a striker that puts relentless pressure on his opponents until he makes them fold. The difference between Amil and other pressure/pace fighters is that he favors power over pace. He puts a lot into every single shot and while that does fatigue him as early as the end of the first round he has shown an ability to fight through fatigue and win all three rounds. His opponent Emrah Sonmez is a decent wrestler but he does tend to fatigue and is often outwrestled and controlled by better grapplers.While Sonmez did look career best imo in his last fight I don't think his wrestling is good enough to take down or keep down Amil and he is probably going to get knocked out. Reasonably safe play imo.
Also, Abdul-Kareem Al-Sewady is a good underdog, that I would take at anything over +150. His opponent George Hardwick is a good striker, great body puncher, with relentless pressure and is deceptively powerful. Al-Sewady is not a great striker but he is powerful and appears to have a significant grappling advantage over Hardwick. Hardwick has not fought a wrestler as agressive as Al-Sewady in a long time and I think Al-Sewady is going to be a bit too physical for him. Al-Sewady is short but built like a tank. He reminds me a lot of Rafa Garcia.
Smotherman is a much more comfortable and powerful striker than his opponent who is not bad anywhere but doesn't really excel in any aspect of MMA either. Cameron has been susceptible to being taken and held down in the past but his takedown defense has looked progressively better and his opponent while a competent wrestler does not have the conditioning or top pressure imo to take down and hold down Smotherman repeatedly. Cameron is well conditioned, powerful, and a reasonably safe play imo.
Hyder Amil by KO/TKO or DEC
Amil is a striker that puts relentless pressure on his opponents until he makes them fold. The difference between Amil and other pressure/pace fighters is that he favors power over pace. He puts a lot into every single shot and while that does fatigue him as early as the end of the first round he has shown an ability to fight through fatigue and win all three rounds. His opponent Emrah Sonmez is a decent wrestler but he does tend to fatigue and is often outwrestled and controlled by better grapplers.While Sonmez did look career best imo in his last fight I don't think his wrestling is good enough to take down or keep down Amil and he is probably going to get knocked out. Reasonably safe play imo.
Also, Abdul-Kareem Al-Sewady is a good underdog, that I would take at anything over +150. His opponent George Hardwick is a good striker, great body puncher, with relentless pressure and is deceptively powerful. Al-Sewady is not a great striker but he is powerful and appears to have a significant grappling advantage over Hardwick. Hardwick has not fought a wrestler as agressive as Al-Sewady in a long time and I think Al-Sewady is going to be a bit too physical for him. Al-Sewady is short but built like a tank. He reminds me a lot of Rafa Garcia.
