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UFC 124: GSP vs. Koscheck II to take place in Montreal
Re: UFC 124: GSP vs. Koscheck II to take place in Montreal
TJ Grant/Ricardo Almeida..thoughts?
I think Grant may have better striking, but his losses are to Kim and Hendricks...both grapplers. Does Almeida have the TDs and top control like Kim and Hendricks do?
Re: UFC 124: GSP vs. Koscheck II to take place in Montreal
Originally posted by poopoo333
TJ Grant/Ricardo Almeida..thoughts?
I think Grant may have better striking, but his losses are to Kim and Hendricks...both grapplers. Does Almeida have the TDs and top control like Kim and Hendricks do?
Almeida has really string control and takedowns. I don't know if he will beat Grant or not though. I can't decide if Grant is that good or Hendricks is that bad... I am so confused now.
Re: UFC 124: GSP vs. Koscheck II to take place in Montreal
Originally posted by MMA_scientist
Almeida has really string control and takedowns. I don't know if he will beat Grant or not though. I can't decide if Grant is that good or Hendricks is that bad... I am so confused now.
Well I read the play by play since I couldn't find the videos, but Hendricks was able to take Grant down a lot. I am pretty sure Grant is primarily a grappler, I had it stuck in my mind that he was primarily a striker due to Rogan's comments about Grant training in Thailand for the Hendricks fight. Grant has 16 wins, 12 of them are by submission, that leads me to believe he is a grappler (Grant initiated the grappling with Paulino, attempted to grapple with Kim but got outgrappled easily, and by reading the play by play, Chonan and Grant seemed pretty even on the mat). So I am guessing Grant is a grappler, but not good enough to hang with the "good grapplers". At first I thought Grant would have a good shot of winning, but after some looking around I think Almeida wins this easy.
Re: UFC 124: GSP vs. Koscheck II to take place in Montreal
If it were a grappling match, Almeida would kill him. BUt Grant has really strong knees, and Almeida got rocked by Hughes... but yeah, my initial instinct was Almeida would have value after the Hughes fight.
Re: UFC 124: GSP vs. Koscheck II to take place in Montreal
Originally posted by MMA_scientist
If it were a grappling match, Almeida would kill him. BUt Grant has really strong knees, and Almeida got rocked by Hughes... but yeah, my initial instinct was Almeida would have value after the Hughes fight.
Yeah, I have thought about the possibility of Grant getting Almeida with some knees, along with Almeida possibly being gun shy after the Hughes fight. I am not sure, but wasn't Hughes out striking Almeida before the big punch? If so, Grant DEFINITELY has the striking advantage.
"Koscheck jumps in from far away," Roach told FightHubtv.com. "I told (Georges) to not pull away from that and beat that on the counter. I told him, 'I think you'll knock him out with the left hook in that fight.'"
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