UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee
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In regards to the poll, I'm going all blue corner, and I'm torn with Moontasri VS Lee (mostly because I can't remember how Lee looked in his last fight, although I know he won). Mir's chin is still gone in my opinion, Gilbert is just a brawler now, and we have no idea how Thomson will look come fight night. Ferguson has been cooking on all cylinders lately, and is definitely the dark horse of the 155 pound elite. Iaquinta (although I feel he lost to Jorge) is a stud that can deal with the type of style Gilbert has. Duffee is a human monster truck, and I feel a punch from him would be the nail in the coffin for Mir's brain cells.
I'm going with Marion Reneau over Holly Holm. I feel like Reneau is someone special that we should all be watching out for.
NicoSuave said:
In regards to the poll, I'm going all blue corner, and I'm torn with Moontasri VS Lee (mostly because I can't remember how Lee looked in his last fight, although I know he won). Mir's chin is still gone in my opinion, Gilbert is just a brawler now, and we have no idea how Thomson will look come fight night. Ferguson has been cooking on all cylinders lately, and is definitely the dark horse of the 155 pound elite. Iaquinta (although I feel he lost to Jorge) is a stud that can deal with the type of style Gilbert has. Duffee is a human monster truck, and I feel a punch from him would be the nail in the coffin for Mir's brain cells.
I'm going with Marion Reneau over Holly Holm. I feel like Reneau is someone special that we should all be watching out for.
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Mir's chin is going to get tested real early in this fight, and I don't think it survives. On point in terms of how Thompson will be on fight night. I really think he is due for a good fight though, he will have his hands full with Ferguson, I could see that being another close split decision for either guy, if its for El Cucuy, The Punk probably retires lol. I have been high on Iaquinta for a while now. The fight with Masvidal was close, and I don't think it was the robbery everyone painted it as. To say Gilbert is "just a brawler" now is kind of insulting. He is very well rounded, he chooses to stay in the pocket and box it out, make no mistake that is where Gilby WANTS the fight, and probably feels he can win. With the power of Iaquinta, and pretty solid boxing skills that fight is close to a pick em IMO. Crazy to think, I wonder what the betting line is on that. If Raging Al is a somewhat significant dog in that, there would be value on him.
Early FOTN contender, and big sleeper fight is Jouban vs Dwyer. Both guys love to sling the leather, Im taking the former model by KO-round-1 though. WAR JOUBAN
I have always been a fan of Rani Yahya. Not all too familiar with Kanehara. Can anyone fill me in. Veteran, with seemingly good ground skills with 10 sub wins. Who has the edge on the ground, I would assume Rani?
This card is not one I would call stacked. But its very solid, with a few fights having significant impact on the division. Reneau vs Holm winner gets a top ten opponent next and could very well be next in line for a crack at Ronda. If Iaquinta can get past Gilbert he has another massive fight coming. Thompson NEEDS to get past Ferguson. I think the winner of the 2 lightweight fights on the main card should fight eachother. Definitely makes sense.
I hope Mir stays underdog so I can put him in some outside money bets. He has power in his hands and Duffees chin ain't exactly full proof.
I expect Todd to land hard and put Franks lights out, but I won't be surprised If Mir does the same as he did to Bigfoot.