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I think he's very overrated, he loads up and telegraphs constantly, his footwork is not very good, on the backfoot he can't throw on the move so if Shane pressures well he's going to struggle cause he's going to keep having to try and plant to return meaningful shots which he'll no doubt telegraph. Going forward he doesn't cut guys off and he looked lost vs Giga doing so. Not a lot of feints or anything highly technical offensively, he just blasts off strikes. The pinnacle of his defence is pulling his head back on the center line and a high guard, that's about as basic as you can get and extremely easy to exploit if you throw in combo against it. Cause you can either punch around the guard easily or catch them as they're leaning back off balance with nowhere to go.That's a bit of a short sell. Omar is a legitimate boxer and bjj black belt training under Henri Hooft. His kicking game is nothing special but he is a talented striker. Solid footwork, good use of angles, nice high guard, fast snapping shots with good retraction. He likes to work from boxing range to pressure opponents. He will also use great hook counters to discourage his opponents from doing the same.
Also he's only a BJJ purple belt and lacks much offensive wrestling. Don't see the grappling being relevant here though.
I bet Omar against Benitez cause no way Benitez should be at 155 and Omar looked big there. Now he's forcing himself down to 145 and had one mediocre performance and looks a lot lighter anyway. Not convinced Shane can overcome the size/power difference but stylistically as a pressure fighter that will throw volume combinations he could give Morales issues.