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Drinking coffee when trying to rehydrate as much as possible after that brutal weight loss?
Man, it does not sound like the smartest thing..
maybe its decaff
Drinking coffee when trying to rehydrate as much as possible after that brutal weight loss?
Man, it does not sound like the smartest thing..
I just went huge on Faria.
Borella is 31 and her best wins are split decisions vs fighters that are below UFC caliber. She was also knocked out 3x in a row by sub-UFC fighters just 2 years ago. She has no special qualities and is a garbage late replacement who doesn't belong in UFC
Faria OTOH has been feasting on competition similar to Borella for years. Completely dominating every time. Damm x2, Sucevic, Balin, Serio x2, Sattelmayer all similar to Borella or just a bit worse, and as far as I know Faria only lost one round in a 49-45 x3 vicory vs Damm.
Faria also fought Karolina Kowalkiewicz and arguably won, but lost a split decision with Karolina being at home in Poland. And her only recent bad performance is a unanimous loss to Jessica Aguilar who is a UFC fighter who is drastically better than Borella.
Faria still has a lot to prove against UFC caliber competition, but against sub-UFC fighters she dominates and Mara Romero Borella does not belong in UFC.
Cause hes better everywhereHey guys,
I see a lot of people on this site really liking Werdum tonight. I'm fairly new to following the sport, and was hoping I could get some insight as to why this might be the case. Thanks
Hey guys,
I see a lot of people on this site really liking Werdum tonight. I'm fairly new to following the sport, and was hoping I could get some insight as to why this might be the case. Thanks
I just went huge on Faria.
Borella is 31 and her best wins are split decisions vs fighters that are below UFC caliber. She was also knocked out 3x in a row by sub-UFC fighters just 2 years ago. She has no special qualities and is a garbage late replacement who doesn't belong in UFC
Faria OTOH has been feasting on competition similar to Borella for years. Completely dominating every time. Damm x2, Sucevic, Balin, Serio x2, Sattelmayer all similar to Borella or just a bit worse, and as far as I know Faria only lost one round in those fights in her 49-45 x3 victory vs Damm.
Faria also fought Karolina Kowalkiewicz and arguably won, but lost a split decision with Karolina being at home in Poland. And her only recent bad performance is a unanimous loss to Jessica Aguilar who is a UFC fighter who is drastically better than Borella.
Faria still has a lot to prove against UFC caliber competition, but against sub-UFC fighters she dominates and Mara Romero Borella does not belong in UFC.
Biggest on Harris and Bibs. Both in my round robin, 1.5u on a double with them, played Harris straight when he was -210, plus plays on Harris itd and Bibs dec.@Joseph Budden what are your leans tonight?
Biggest on Harris and Bibs. Both in my round robin, 1.5u on a double with them, played Harris straight when he was -210, plus plays on Harris itd and Bibs dec.
Also big on Ferg between his ml straight and round robin and itd.
1u on Stamann.
2u between the o4.5 and DJ unan dec. Think Borg is gonna make this a very compelling fight for 25 mins and is being a bit overlooked as to how competitive he could possibly make this. Though obviously expecting a loss when i'm on DJ unan dec. Think this will look kind of like the Elliott fight.
Leites NSC.
Other round robin inclusions are o2.5 in Benny/Dunham and Leites/Tav and Werdum. Will also hit Werddum -3.5 if night is going well.
I'm only worried about Borg's cardio if he starts getting beaten up. But if he doesn't let that happen or can make this mainly a grappling match, i'm not worried. Trains in altitude and looked fine going all 3 vs Formiga. And yeah honestly wouldn't be surprised if Borg stole a round just in a crazy scramble round. Elliot kind of exploited how super aggressive grappling could be effective vs DJ, and I have no doubts Borg is a better grappler than Elliott and has no problems with fast paced grappling exchanges. People really seem to be overlooking this and writing Borg off hard, but i'm actually very excited for this fight.I'm on MM unan dec too, but in hindsight I'm a little worried about Borg's previous weight cutting issues and how badly he might fade (assuming he does keep it mildly competitive early on). I suppose if Borg looks good enough early and maybe even steals a round we could see something like -350 for MM live? Fights with such massive favorites like this are so bizarre to bet.
I'm only worried about Borg's cardio if he starts getting beaten up. But if he doesn't let that happen or can make this mainly a grappling match, i'm not worried. Trains in altitude and looked fine going all 3 vs Formiga. And yeah honestly wouldn't be surprised if Borg stole a round just in a crazy scramble round. Elliot kind of exploited how super aggressive grappling could be effective vs DJ, and I have no doubts Borg is a better grappler than Elliott and has no problems with fast paced grappling exchanges. People really seem to be overlooking this and writing Borg off hard, but i'm actually very excited for this fight.
I think comparing the Smolka fights is a great example of Borg being better at control. Elliott has honestly never been a control grappler though, scrambles like crazy. Smolka fight was no different. Borg shut all of that down vs Smolka though.Yeah I think there could be some great scrambling. With Borg though, even though he's probably a better overall grappler than Elliot is, I'm not sure he can be as heavy on top. Meaning Borg is a better scrambler, better at advancing position, better with subs. But those are all areas that MM excels too. Elliot's success came more in just holding MM down for some stretches, didn't it? I'd need to rewatch, maybe he was more aggressive than I remember. Maybe Borg is capable of that? Not sure. Or maybe he actually gets the better of some scrambles? But man, MM just seems like he's playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers.