Derrick Lewis vs Tallison Teixeira Chris’ Pick: Teixeira by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Teixeira -125 Stephen Thompson vs Gabriel Bonfim Looks like Thompson’s striking is finally starting to regress a bit as he only out struck Joaquin Buckley 36 to 28....
Ilia Topuria vs Charles Oliveira Topuria’s striking improved in the Holloway fight. The tool is really close to a 75, possible it could already be there. Chris’ Pick: Oliveira by 2nd round submission. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Oliveira -135 Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara...
Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree Jr I’ve had Hill’s striking as a 75 tool for awhile now. But it seems he’s regressing. I know for certain Prochazka’s striking is just a 70 and he out struck 71 to 68. Hill has now been knocked out in both of his...
Kangjie Zhu vs Bin Xie Chris’ Pick: Zhu by 2nd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Zhu -250 Yuji Ephoevi-Ga vs Dom Mar Fan I watched Fan’s matchup with UFC fighter Quillan Salkilld and it’s very interesting. Fan dominated most of the 1st round...
Peter Danesoe vs Rangbo Sulang Chris’ Pick: Danesoe by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Danesoe -175 Jack Becker vs Jae Hyun Park I haven’t seen much of Park’s striking. The 60 grade on that tool is more of a projection, but pretty...
Kaiwen Li vs Dong Hyun Seo Chris’ Pick: Li by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Li -225 Agulali vs Mridul Saikia Saikia’s record looks great, but I watched his last fight against a 7-5 wrestler. Didn’t like what I saw. Saikia struggled...
Sebastian Szalay vs Baergeng Jieleyisi Szalay trains with Alexander Volkanovski at Freestyle in Austrailia. Very confident Szalay’s wrestling is no better than a 60. Also possible his striking could be as low as a 60, but his cardio is great. Chris’ Pick: Szalay by decision. What odds I think...
Kamaru Usman vs Joaquin Buckley Chris’ Pick: Buckley by 2nd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Buckley -125 Rose Namajunas vs Miranda Maverick Manon Fiorot out struck Erin Blanchfield not too long ago and that fight firmly established that Blanchfield’s striking is just a...
Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley 2 O’Malley’s striking is really close to a top of the scale 80. I thought it was an 80 going into the 1st Dvalishvili fight. It’s close. Right on the bubble. I’m going against the narrative here in saying the first fight was close...
Erin Blanchfield vs Maycee Barber Blanchfield actually out struck Namajunas 103 to 91. But I don’t think I’m ready to upgrade Blanchfield’s striking to a 75 as I think it’s more likely Namajunas is starting to regress. But I could be wrong and it wouldn’t surprise me if the...