Awesome fight but will kill off one of the top up and comers in a division that really needs them so that sucks.
Win or lose, I'd love to see some slick scrambles and I'd like to see Taira flex his stand up a bit more.
Van is the better striker, but at a pretty big height and reach disadvantage. Taira has the grappling advantage, too.
Also. In a division that needs fresh blood at the top, they shouldn't be making two of their most exciting prospects kill each other off. I'll enjoy the fight, but this is bad management of the division
Taira should be fighting a ranked opponent
Because this is not boxing, why delay it when you can enjoy it now?OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH
Snap.
Couldn't agree more... this could be a future title fight.... why do this now?
Because it doesn't really make sense.Because this is not boxing, why delay it when you can enjoy it now?
Typical UFC matchmakingVan can really bang. I'm not sure Taira wants to flex in this one. It's horrible matchmaking by the way, Taira should be fighting someone like Perez or Elliot to be built up right now, instead he's risking his undefeated record and momentum vs a new to the division, unranked, under the radar but very talented prospect. If I was Tairas manager or coach I'd advise him not to take this.