- Deiveson Figueiredo and Cody Garbrandt were expected to serve as the event headliner. However on October 2, it was announced that Garbrandt pulled out due to a torn bicep and was replaced by Alex Perez, who was already scheduled to face Brandon Moreno at the event. Brandon Royval stepped in on October 2 to face Moreno.
- Robbie Lawler was expected to face Mike Perry at this event. However, Lawler pulled out of the fight in late October citing an undisclosed injury. He was replaced by Tim Means on November 2.
- A welterweight bout between Orion Cosce and Nicolas Dalby was expected to take place at this event. However on November 12, Cosce pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Daniel Rodriguez that same day.
Rekrul is a newb
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 15 2020 06:56. Posts 13044
Craig is live imo. Rua couldn't finish Little Nog old version. And it was a split dec.
And dunno... I kinda like Haru to win vs Buckley here. I think there's recency bias due to the way Buckley won vs Impa.
And it's sad Orion Cosce got injured.
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 15 2020 22:23. Posts 13044
On November 15 2020 07:58 captainhook wrote:
Perez > Figueiredo.. You're kidding right?
Aside from Fig's power, Perez is better in every area of MMA + has better cardio.
Perez can get caught with the big power like most of Fig's opponents, but if he doesn't get caught, he should win.
Perez never gets respect, and it's usually due to him being quiet with the media, and getting headbutted in the fight against Joseph Benavidez, that led to him getting TKO`ed.
If Fig doesn't land his big punch, remember not to be surprised/shocked when you see Perez win.
I already got Means and Royval. I'll try hard not to bet anymore. But that Haru one looks really good right
now. Lawl.
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 18 2020 21:40. Posts 13044
On November 18 2020 07:06 captainhook wrote:
I already got Means and Royval. I'll try hard not to bet anymore. But that Haru one looks really good right
now. Lawl.
I am going to pass on Means.
Perry improved his wrestling for the Cerrone fight, then improved his wrestling a lot for his last fight against Gall. Perry has been training with Yoel Romero and other wrestlers on and off in South Florida, which is a benefit of living there (even if he isn't on a specific team right now).
If it stays on the feet, Means is more technical, but Perry can KO Means at some point. I think Perry will take tthe same approach against Means that he took against a better grappler in Gall (heavy wrestling). Perry will be the better wrestler here, and he won't need to worry about amazing TDD or submission threats.
Yeah.. Maybe it's just recency bias. I liked how Tim means looked vs Staropoli when he grappled and showed decent cardio apart from the striking.
But oh well.. The money is out there. Let the variance fall where it may.
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 20 2020 20:38. Posts 13044
Deiveson Figueiredo (125) vs. Alex Perez (124.5)
Valentina Shevchenko (124.5) vs. Jennifer Maia (124.5)
Mike Perry (175.5)* vs. Tim Means (171)
Katlyn Chookagian (125.75) vs. Cynthia Calvillo (124.5)
Mauricio Rua (205.5) vs. Paul Craig (205.5)
Brandon Royval (125.5) vs. Brandon Moreno (125)
Joaquin Buckley (182.5) vs. Jordan Wright (185)
Antonina Shevchenko (125) vs. Ariane Lipski (126)
Daniel Rodriguez (170.5) vs. Nicolas Dalby (170)
Alan Jouban (170.5) vs. Jared Gooden (171)
Kyle Daukaus (185.5) vs. Dustin Stoltzfus (184.5)
Louis Cosce (170) vs. Sasha Palatnikov (170.5)
