Larkin will have a strong and probable case for being the best WW in the world if he beats Lima. That's such a great fight.Larkin more than held his own vs wrestlers much bigger than Woodley at 185lbs in the UFC like Francis Carmont and Derrick Brunson and Lorenz has improved a lot since then even (those decisions were controversial at the time kids if you've already forgot). I think Larkin is a nightmare matchup for Woodley, Maia and Thompson and I've been saying this for a year now. So disappointed the UFC didn't want to pay the may what he's worth.
Larkin will have a strong and probable case for being the best WW in the world if he beats Lima. That's such a great fight.
I think Lima beats Woodley too. He's a much better striker than Tyron and he has an underrated ground game. Lima has a black belt in BJJ.
Woodley doesn't have the best cardio either as his fighting style revolves around trying to conserve his gas tank. He would get tired trying to get TDs on Lima just like how he got tired trying to take down Wonderboy in the rematch.I think Lima is a top 10 Welterweight in the world and I favor him to beat some of the top 10 Welterweights in the UFC like Donald Cerrone, Neil Magny and Dong Hyun Kim. I'd favor Woodley to beat Lima though, Lima has good grappling from his back but he hasn't submitted a high level Welterweight in years and years and Tyron Woodley has never been submitted. Lima's takedown defense is good but probably not good enough for Woodley. Lima has a suspect gas tank and if Woodley is ontop of him, that's going to gas Lima out quickly. It wouldn't shock me if Lima did somehow beat Woodley though, Lima is that good.
Woodley doesn't have the best cardio either as his fighting style revolves around trying to conserve his gas tank. He would get tired trying to get TDs on Lima just like how he got tired trying to take down Wonderboy in the rematch.
I think Lima knocks out or outpoints a timid Woodley. We've seen timid Woodley before against Rory and Wonderboy.
There is a reason why he stopped wrestling. The wrestling was draining his gas tank.
He was hardly "tired " in that fight lol
In fact he was lively enough to explode at the very end of the fight and almost finish Wonderboy.
Woodley doesn't have the best cardio either as his fighting style revolves around trying to conserve his gas tank. He would get tired trying to get TDs on Lima just like how he got tired trying to take down Wonderboy in the rematch.
I think Lima knocks out or outpoints a timid Woodley. We've seen timid Woodley before against Rory and Wonderboy.
I think Lima beats Woodley that's all I'm saying. Either way it would be a great fight.I took all of this into consideration already, Lima can potentially pose a lot of problems for Woodley. At the end of the day, Woodley is 35 years old come April and Douglas Lima is only 29.
I think Lima beats Woodley that's all I'm saying. Either way it would be a great fight.
We'll find out soon enough.I remember around the time Rory signed with the UFC and everyone was saying Rory was " the new breed " and " future champion, better than GSP ever was " hype. I was saying, look at this cat Douglas Lima, he's just as great of a young talent as Rory was at that time.
I just think Lima's gas tank is different than Woodley's. Woodley gasses because he's a 5'8 190lb+ man. Anyone with a build like that who's shredded, is going to have obvious advantages and disadvantageous's, Woodley will always have to manage his output and fight calculated in 5 round fights ( but we've seen in the past Woodley can wrestle for 15 minutes vs guys like Saffiedine, Daley, Mein etc). Douglas Lima on the other hand is one of the biggest Welterweights I've seen along with Chidi Njokuani, the guy cuts a lot of weight we're talking 20+lbs of water weight in the last day or two before the fight. I think this has a direct result of him having cardio issues.
I wanted to see Lima move up to 185lbs after the Koreshkov loss, I think he'd smash Manhoef, Shlemenko and Rafael Carvalho in Bellator. I think he's best suited for 170lbs but I think the cut wrecks him. I was reading about his weight however, Lima used to walk around 210lbs, has went into the cage 205lb the night of the fight as a Welterweight....but he's apparently since 2014 or so tried to stay under 200lbs year round. I've seen Lima and Brian Stann spar back in the day, it wasn't obvious which man was bigger, Stann has even said Lima makes him look small in the gym.
I got Larkin. Larkin throws a lot on the feet and I can see Woodley just taking the shots in a defensive shell trying to conserve his gas tank. The same way Rory Macdonald beat Woodley.
Thoughts?
Chill out with what stuff? Whose so ludicrous about thinking that Larkin beats Woodley?The greatest thing Lorenz Larkin ever did in the sport was leave the UFC. Since his contract expired his stock has continued to rise to his signing with Bellator which cemented his status of greatest WW of all time.
You guys need to chill with this stuff.