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Willycat is injured and fight is off. Such a shame one of the most exciting fights on paper.
Has Hawes faced a good grappler of Ikram's level before?I don't think that matters, I think the question here is can Ikram get Hawes down. Hawes should be the sharper striker.
He's going to look like a -800 fighter. -320 is a gift for parlay betting.I just started watching it from where it was timestamped from and didn't research the guy he was fighting. I didn't think the kid looked that bad. Khaos should win, but would I put money on him at -320? Hell no.
Has Hawes faced a good grappler of Ikram's level before?
Is he a good wrestler or is he just fighting guys that aren't at his level?
He got tapped back in 2016. How much drill does he do for bjj submission escapes?
well he didn't tap but got compromised.Well he got tapped by Dolidze by the leg lock, but that might have gotten him to drill sub defence more. Was looking great against Curtis until he wasn't, managed to stall out Imavov.
Ikram didn't have an easy time with Burrell in the fight before the contender series either and Mario Sousa who made Ikram look great on the show just recently lost to a 43 year old.
well he didn't tap but got compromised.
Ikram has terrible power when it comes to striking. Hawes has him there, i do see Ikram just cage stalling him and dragging him to the floor for brief moments against the cage. Will Ikram shoot a double and sweep Hawes? maybe not, but i see his cage grappling being far superior. He has a lot of the same grappling techniques that Khabib uses. Hawes is also 34 4+ years older, age will start to rear its ugly head soon.
Keep in mind he might play it safe since he's fighting a late replacement.The Under 2.5 for the Lopez/Evloev just came put on my site at -125...
Is there a world where Evloev doesn't get this done inside two rounds? Still waiting on more props for this one also
*I realize Evloev has been a DEC machine in the UFC but in M1 he was finishing guys left and right
Keep in mind he might play it safe since he's fighting a late replacement.
Also, most of his finishes came at 135 against shitty guys, didn't they? Personally I wouldn't pay that price for the under, if it were at plus odds (like the Zhalgas fight) I'd change my tune.
Many of his finishes came on the ground from what I remember. Lopes isn’t great, but he’s got very high level BJJ.The Under 2.5 for the Lopez/Evloev just came put on my site at -125...
Is there a world where Evloev doesn't get this done inside two rounds? Still waiting on more props for this one also
*I realize Evloev has been a DEC machine in the UFC but in M1 he was finishing guys left and right
Many of his finishes came on the ground from what I remember. Lopes isn’t great, but he’s got very high level BJJ.
Is Aljo now overrated? Last 3 fights - the infamous Yan DQ where Aljo didn't look ready for the moment. Followed by a controversial decision that many, including myself, thought he lost. Then he breaks down a hobbled TJ. And now he's pick 'em vs CCC? Jon Jones just showed us that a long layoff doesn't matter if you prepare for your return properly. A 2-division UFC champ and Olympic gold medalist probably doesn't need to be shown how to prepare for a comeback. If Henry's grappling presumably matches up with Aljo's, who do I trust in a striking match? Certainly Henry.
Anyway just adding my 2 cents to the convo. Good luck to everyone this weekend.
I feel like Holmes has a good chance of controlling riberio/ subbing him. but he also lost to Jamie Pickett so that’s concerning.
jandiroba is also a ground technician and Rodriguez seems to lose or draws to anyone who attempts a takedown on her. I like her via sub or Dec
sterlings gonna make it look easy vs triple cringe imo.
dober and andrade are both gonna get finishes.
Lopes was effortlessly taken down by Brito in the opening seconds of the fight and controlled for large parts of that fight minus some sub attempts that Evloev would have no problem with.
Evloev has great standup and could end it early that way but I think he takes the back and sinks in the RNC in Rd1 still waiting for odds on that from my site as well.
Total missmatch #124 in the world vs #7 in a stacked division with the lesser ranked fighter having all the disadvantages...
Evloev cNt finish a sandwich ….. had a close fight with Grundy for fuck sakes … zero finishes overall in the ufc