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Many lines I wanted to get in on, only got to research one fight throughly however. 2U Anderson Dec 2.80, as my goal is to use more props as I´ve been doing, rather than paying for things that I don´t see happening. If anyone cares, my two cents on the fights and a bit of my research, I was actually considerign betting on Latifi, always hard to bet against guys who made you money, but everything is just too good here for CA.
Ilir Latifi(Light heavyweight)
- Orthodox/Southpaw
- Sweden
- 29 years old
- 73,5 inches reach
- 173 cm tall
Current gym: PANCRASE GYM SWEDEN
Pro debut: 2008 may
Amateur debut: 2008 september
Belts:
- Wrestling background. Many wrestlers in his family.
National team wrestler, Nordic champion, ADCC European champion, Superior Challenge champion
Overall summary: Latifi is a classic heavy power puncher, he throws devastating overhands, has excellent bodyslams and good wrestling,
and also come from a wrestling background. His gastank is not good, often he is gassed by round 2 however he did look good vs Pedro with
his gastank, but he was also not pressured as much and was dominant for the majority of the fight.
He is often good at using his explosiveness to close the distance when faced against fighters with much longer reach.
He is unreliable in terms of what you get, his weaknesses definitely is his gastank, and kicks. He has been hurt many times by heavy bodyshots, and he often comes in with the same way of fighting, just throwing overhands, and hoping for the best. His recent win vs OSP raised his stock tremendously, and I think that has influenced the lines quite a bit, he finally has hype behind him.
When I bet on him vs Vilante 2½ years ago, I believed headkicks would be his weakness, and that´d he would be able to handle the powerful
legkicks, he did. This time, its no vilante, no ryan bader, or any other powerpuncher. But he´s faced with a high volume striker, who handles distance well, has good combos, excellent cardio, and I believe slightly better wrestling. Obviously Latifis win condition is also
Andersons lose condition however. So I won´t be suprised if CA gets knocked out and it looks easy.
Corey Anderson (Light heavyweight)
Corey Anderson
- Orthodox
- USA
- 29 years old
- 79 inches reach
- 190,5 cm tall
Current gym: The Kennel Fight Club
Pro debut: 2013 march
Amateur debut: 2013 october
Belts:
- Purple belt in BJJ
- Wrestled in college
- TUF 19 light heavyweight winner, XFL light heavyweight champ, purple belt in Jiu-Jitsu
- Amateur competition accomplishments: Two-time college wrestling All-American, once in Junior College (6th) and once in NCAA D3 (2nd)
Overall summary: Anderson is a very disciplined guy. Listening to his corner both in between rounds and during the fights
with mark henry, using secret language to tell him what to do. He´s said himself that he lost focus in the OSP fight, but since then has been very focused and not letting up that focus. He´s an excellent controlling wrestler much like colby convington.
He´s got overall great footwork, good headmovement, and very good cardio to last 3 rounds without looking fatigued, despite alot of control, many takedowns and even when he has failed many takedowns, he still looks fresh. He mostly uses double leg takedowns and bodylocks nearly all the time, rarely he may use a single leg or simply pull put his opponents legs, when he has done so however he has been smart and turned his opponents away from the cage. He has good overhands/hook, he goes for the body, and occasionally will throw a headkick or lowkick, usually he doesn´t kick very much though, he prefers to use his hands, and use his superior wrestling. He uses feitns and level changes to make space and create openings for his takedowns.
He very rarely goes for finishes even when he is in complete control the entire round and his opponent is fatigued like vs cummins, he may try some half arsed attempts at a RNC but he is glad with just keeping control. He is good at making his opponents carry his weight, aswell as landing knees and protecting himself when they split or clinch up. Good fight iq, can be seen when he turns glover away from the cage when he goes for a single leg and gets it. Same in the OSP fight when he knew OSP had superior power, and he used his superior wrestling to OSP, even though OSP is not a bad wrestler himself.
Good gameplans. He doesn´t have too much power, but when he hits the temple or a clean uppercut he can rock people, he´s also able tocut when he lands good combos, where he´ll both use knees, jabs, shots to the body, and overhands while maintaing distance control,avoiding getting hit himself. Him beating Glover also is a big statement, and gives me confidence. I feel he is the better fighter, with so many more tools to win this fight. So I´m happy to take the shot at 2.80 for a decision for CA, seeing how inactive he is with his submissions, lack of real KO power, how tough latifi is, and I like how reliable Corey Anderson is. I trust him and his corner, despite Corey costing me alot of hair pulling when he lost Shogun back in 2016. Since the OSP loss he has really seemed focused the entire fight, he also looked good at the weigh ins. If he loses this it´ll most likely be by an overhand from Latifi and we´ll see Anderson dance, so one could hedge this for perhaps a more secure profit, but I prefer this line, and am suprised so many are on the ML of Anderson and not the dec prop, and if you look at the statistics, Anderson is so far ahead everywhere except for submission attempts, because he is fine with maintaining control. And frankly I´m happy about that here, as if he gets him down, it´ll be much easier and safer.
And even though Latifi is good at closing the distance against fighters with much bigger reach like CA, CA has shown himself to really use distance control well, even when on the offensive, so thats another plus.
My line for CA decision prop is 2.22, so 2.80, I´m very pleased. But like i said, its one of those fights where you easily can say "yeap, that was obvious". I also have a hunce that latifi due to the OSP win has some etter odds than we´d otherwise seen.
Ilir Latifi(Light heavyweight)
- Orthodox/Southpaw
- Sweden
- 29 years old
- 73,5 inches reach
- 173 cm tall
Current gym: PANCRASE GYM SWEDEN
Pro debut: 2008 may
Amateur debut: 2008 september
Belts:
- Wrestling background. Many wrestlers in his family.
National team wrestler, Nordic champion, ADCC European champion, Superior Challenge champion
Overall summary: Latifi is a classic heavy power puncher, he throws devastating overhands, has excellent bodyslams and good wrestling,
and also come from a wrestling background. His gastank is not good, often he is gassed by round 2 however he did look good vs Pedro with
his gastank, but he was also not pressured as much and was dominant for the majority of the fight.
He is often good at using his explosiveness to close the distance when faced against fighters with much longer reach.
He is unreliable in terms of what you get, his weaknesses definitely is his gastank, and kicks. He has been hurt many times by heavy bodyshots, and he often comes in with the same way of fighting, just throwing overhands, and hoping for the best. His recent win vs OSP raised his stock tremendously, and I think that has influenced the lines quite a bit, he finally has hype behind him.
When I bet on him vs Vilante 2½ years ago, I believed headkicks would be his weakness, and that´d he would be able to handle the powerful
legkicks, he did. This time, its no vilante, no ryan bader, or any other powerpuncher. But he´s faced with a high volume striker, who handles distance well, has good combos, excellent cardio, and I believe slightly better wrestling. Obviously Latifis win condition is also
Andersons lose condition however. So I won´t be suprised if CA gets knocked out and it looks easy.
Corey Anderson (Light heavyweight)
Corey Anderson
- Orthodox
- USA
- 29 years old
- 79 inches reach
- 190,5 cm tall
Current gym: The Kennel Fight Club
Pro debut: 2013 march
Amateur debut: 2013 october
Belts:
- Purple belt in BJJ
- Wrestled in college
- TUF 19 light heavyweight winner, XFL light heavyweight champ, purple belt in Jiu-Jitsu
- Amateur competition accomplishments: Two-time college wrestling All-American, once in Junior College (6th) and once in NCAA D3 (2nd)
Overall summary: Anderson is a very disciplined guy. Listening to his corner both in between rounds and during the fights
with mark henry, using secret language to tell him what to do. He´s said himself that he lost focus in the OSP fight, but since then has been very focused and not letting up that focus. He´s an excellent controlling wrestler much like colby convington.
He´s got overall great footwork, good headmovement, and very good cardio to last 3 rounds without looking fatigued, despite alot of control, many takedowns and even when he has failed many takedowns, he still looks fresh. He mostly uses double leg takedowns and bodylocks nearly all the time, rarely he may use a single leg or simply pull put his opponents legs, when he has done so however he has been smart and turned his opponents away from the cage. He has good overhands/hook, he goes for the body, and occasionally will throw a headkick or lowkick, usually he doesn´t kick very much though, he prefers to use his hands, and use his superior wrestling. He uses feitns and level changes to make space and create openings for his takedowns.
He very rarely goes for finishes even when he is in complete control the entire round and his opponent is fatigued like vs cummins, he may try some half arsed attempts at a RNC but he is glad with just keeping control. He is good at making his opponents carry his weight, aswell as landing knees and protecting himself when they split or clinch up. Good fight iq, can be seen when he turns glover away from the cage when he goes for a single leg and gets it. Same in the OSP fight when he knew OSP had superior power, and he used his superior wrestling to OSP, even though OSP is not a bad wrestler himself.
Good gameplans. He doesn´t have too much power, but when he hits the temple or a clean uppercut he can rock people, he´s also able tocut when he lands good combos, where he´ll both use knees, jabs, shots to the body, and overhands while maintaing distance control,avoiding getting hit himself. Him beating Glover also is a big statement, and gives me confidence. I feel he is the better fighter, with so many more tools to win this fight. So I´m happy to take the shot at 2.80 for a decision for CA, seeing how inactive he is with his submissions, lack of real KO power, how tough latifi is, and I like how reliable Corey Anderson is. I trust him and his corner, despite Corey costing me alot of hair pulling when he lost Shogun back in 2016. Since the OSP loss he has really seemed focused the entire fight, he also looked good at the weigh ins. If he loses this it´ll most likely be by an overhand from Latifi and we´ll see Anderson dance, so one could hedge this for perhaps a more secure profit, but I prefer this line, and am suprised so many are on the ML of Anderson and not the dec prop, and if you look at the statistics, Anderson is so far ahead everywhere except for submission attempts, because he is fine with maintaining control. And frankly I´m happy about that here, as if he gets him down, it´ll be much easier and safer.
And even though Latifi is good at closing the distance against fighters with much bigger reach like CA, CA has shown himself to really use distance control well, even when on the offensive, so thats another plus.
My line for CA decision prop is 2.22, so 2.80, I´m very pleased. But like i said, its one of those fights where you easily can say "yeap, that was obvious". I also have a hunce that latifi due to the OSP win has some etter odds than we´d otherwise seen.