Rodolfo Bellato vs Murtaza Talha We all know how good Vitor Petrino is. Really good. Will probably fight for the title in the next couple years. Well, Bellato came close to knocking him out on their Contender Series fight. Bellato dropped him. Emptied the gas tank to try and finish him in the 1st round. […]
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Green vs Dawson, Pyfer vs Alhassan, Buckley vs Morono Fight Picks – October 7, 2023
Bobby Green vs Grant Dawson Ultimately, Ismagulov’s wrestling is probably a 65. I don’t think Dawson’s wrestling is a top of the scale 80, but a 75 grade? No doubt about it. I expect Dawson to be able to take Green down just like he took Ismagulov down. Almost a mismatch, considering Dawson has the […]
Forest vs Barlow, Soldatkin vs Piazzon, Silva vs Pacheco Fight Picks – Contender Series – September 26, 2023
Raheam Forest vs Danny Barlow Charlie Radtke’s recent UFC debut against Blood Diamond is really helpful. Because it turns out, Radtke is really good. Amazingly, Radtke out struck Diamond 27 to 19. And Radtke’s wrestling is also a solid 60. And who was Radtke’s last opponent before his UFC debut? Forest. I watched the fight. […]
Fiziev vs Gamrot, Mitchell vs Ige, Rodriguez vs Waterson-Gomez Fight Picks – September 23, 2023
Rafael Fiziev vs Mateusz Gamrot This fight comes down to Fiziev’s power vs Gamrot’s wrestling and cardio. I know Fiziev went 5 rounds with dos Anjos, but Gamrot’s a tier above. I do see Fiziev slowing down in the 2nd half of the fight. Gamrot has proven to be durable. But it’s close to a […]
Gaziev vs Velasco, Jones vs Allen Fight Picks – Contender Series – September 19, 2023
Shamil Gaziev vs Greg Velasco Velasco took on a 3-0 striker in his last fight and on the surface, you look at the end result, Velasco won via ground and pound TKO in the 2nd round. Great. Velasco must have had superior wrestling. But that’s not the case. The opponent took Velasco down multiple times, […]
Grasso vs Shevchenko 2, Holland vs Della Maddalena, Cortez vs Jasudavicius – UFC Noche – September 16, 2023
Alexa Grasso vs Valentina Shevchenko For awhile, I thought Viviane Araujo had 75 wrestling. She was able to take Andrea Lee down and control her. Case closed. But as time has gone on, it appears Lee was just off that night and Araujo’s wrestling tool is actually a 70 grade. Which makes sense because Shevchenko […]
Lewis vs Llontop, Neves vs Diniz, Nguyen vs Cunningham Fight Picks – Contender Series – September 12, 2023
Malik Lewis vs James Llontop Lewis is really good. He almost finished Trevor Peek in their Contender fight. It’s possible his striking could be a 65. I don’t think Llontop has anything to offer against Lewis. Chris’ Pick: Lewis by 1st round knockout. What I think the odds should be: Lewis -250 Eduardo Neves vs […]
Adesanya vs Strickland, Tuivasa vs Volkov, Pedro vs Turkalj Fight Picks – UFC 293 – September 9, 2023
Israel Adesanya vs Sean Strickland Look, I know what the narrative is. Strickland has no chance. Adesanya is supposed to be the greatest middleweight of all time. Strickland got knocked out by Pereira, lost to Cannonier. But the facts are that Strickland has improved since the Cannonier loss. He out struck Imavov 175 to 104, […]
Haraguchi vs Park, Zhu vs Kim, Long vs Kamikubo – Road to UFC – Singapore Semifinals 2 – August 27, 2023
Shin Haraguchi vs Jae Hyun Park Chris’ Pick: Haraguchi by 1st round submission. What I think the odds should be: Haraguchi -600 Zhawupasi Daermisi vs Chang Ho Lee Zhawupasi got a rear naked choke on Eperaim Ginting in under a minute, so not much to take from that fight, but probably safe to say Zhawupasi’s […]
Kaiwan vs Kanda, Niushiyue vs Choi, Zha vs Kim Fight Picks – Road to UFC – Singapore Semifinals 1 – August 27, 2023
Kaiwen Li vs Kouya Kanda Really small sample. Fight between Kaiwen and Lu only went a minute. But Kaiwen appears to be much better than I thought. Blitzed Lu, showed better striking, albeit in a tiny sample. I think he blitzes Kanda and overwhelms him just like Lu. Chris’ Pick: Kaiwen by 1st round knockout. […]