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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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’...
Ciryl Gane vs Serghei Spivac This is a good matchup because 6 months after Gane got submitted by Jon Jones, he gets thrown back in against another fighter with 70 grappling. I think normally, he would’ve been able to get up, but I think he got stuck being put...
Bruno Lopes vs Brendson Ribeiro Lopes looks like an elite prospect at 205 lbs. Well rounded. Possible his grappling is a 65. But his stand up is where he gets it done. Ribeiro’s striking is only a 55 for me as he gets hit too much. Chris’ Pick: Lopes...