UFC 144: Japan

[poopoo333]

Well that's something a fighter can work on. He didn't appear too gassed at the end of his last fight, even though he had a dude on top of him the whole time.

You should probably watch that again.

[SPX]

Was he the same fighter in rd. 3 that he was in rd. 1? No. But I didn't think it was that bad. He was still trying to fight back and pull guillotines and shit.

[poopoo333]

[poopoo333]

[AC88]

Garcia can win the fight for sure. Zhang has poor wrestling defense but I'm more worried about them standing up honestly. Garcia is too wild. I like Garcia as an underdog. As for Gomi vs G-sot, G-sot will be a deep favorite but if I think the smart bet is a small one on Gomi by knockout. G-sot's been cracked and dropped too many times in his last few fights to be super reliable.

[Vandelay]

Looks like A-Team rampage

[Luke]

I'm betting all the guys that almost have their eyes closed

[SPX]

[poopoo333]

Line guesses on Rampage/Bader??

[AC88]

-275 Rampage/ +200 Bader. I could see it worse.

[edman5555]

Garcia can win the fight for sure. Zhang has poor wrestling defense but I'm more worried about them standing up honestly. Garcia is too wild. I like Garcia as an underdog. As for Gomi vs G-sot, G-sot will be a deep favorite but if I think the smart bet is a small one on Gomi by knockout. G-sot's been cracked and dropped too many times in his last few fights to be super reliable.

Sotirop recovered very well in the Dennis Siver fight. He was dropped there in the first. He won the third with boxing. I'd be careful with Gomi. He is on a disadvantage on the ground. If Sot is on the ground he can def sub gomi. He has pretty good wrestling too. Gomi has good wrestling as well. Gomi has strong hands but sot main game is his hands. He is also somewhat durable it seems. Sotiropolous is the bet here IMO.

[SPX]

. . . but sot main game is his hands.

Say what?

[edman5555]

Say what?

Sotiropolous's main standup is his boxing,

[SPX]

Okay. I see what you mean now.

I was going to to say that his main game is his grappling.

[edman5555]

Gomi has strong hands and wrestling. That could be bad for Sotiropolous but on the ground Gsot is better. I actually don't know what line to prescribe here. I bet Gsot will be a favorite.

[SPX]

I keep hearing about Gomi's "strong wrestling" but I certainly haven't seen it since he got to the UFC.

[edman5555]

same here, i dont remember seeing him get taken down a lot. I think Guida got him down though.

[SPX]

Well Diaz submitted the shit out of him. Can't remember how they got to the ground, but once they were there, he was helpless.

[edman5555]

nick did the same thing. Maybe Gomis ground game is overrated.

[edman5555]

Guida out bobbled him for the takedown.