watching recent gray maynard fights. this guy looks just as shot as penn and gomi.
He honestly has everything going wrong for him at this point. His chin is very suspect, he's lost athleticism, and he has absolutely no confidence anymore. I really have no clue how he is still in the UFC. He's 2-6 in his last 8 fights, and one of those wins was a pretty poor fight against Guida.
So they may add two fights only?
Finale and semi final losers maybe?
Have a decent amount of leans for this card, but don't expect lines to be too great for them.
But man, possible barrage of boring decisions with 3 WMMA fights that aren't exciting on paper, and the Theodorou/Tavares fight
Diakese will be a highlight reel.
Your thoughts on Cannonier v Bosse plz?If anyone needs some tape watching and can't be bothered to do it themselves, I will do it for you and give you my thoughts.
Your thoughts on Cannonier v Bosse plz?
Your thoughts on Cannonier v Bosse plz?
Both guys will get the fight they want, Cannonier's porous TDD won't be an issue here. Overall, I have to favour Cannonier here; younger, more active and better chin IMO. Bosse does love to throw his right hand and Cannonier has a tendency of getting clipped by it though.
It wouldn't entirely shock me if Bosse looked for a TD. Had OC on the ground a little bit and Cannonier is much harder to hit. But yeah all signs point to a brawl.
Not sure about the chin part though. Both have been knocked out, but we saw Bosse eat bombs against OC, while Cannonier hasn't been hit clean outside of Shawn Jordan who put him out.
I'm on Cannonier unless the lines are crazy, but Bosse may be the quickest and most explosive guy he's faced which could be worth noting. But I definitely favor Cannonier
Cannonier took some huge shots against Cutelaba and didn't even seem phased. I think his chin is very good, Jordan just clipped him behind the ear if I remember correctly. That said, Bosse's chin is probably just as good, but I suppose it's possible the war with O'Connell could have affected it.
I do favor Cannonier as well though.
Klose is a solid prospect in his own right though, he will/should make it a wrestling heavy fight IMO.
Cutelaba threw every punch with death behind it, but I don't remember him really landing clean on Cannonier's chin. I know Cutelaba ate a ton of clean shots like it was no big deal, and I actually think he has the best chin in the UFC today but that's irrelevant.
I'll have to watch it again. I've watched it like 6 times, since I'm big on low tier LHW and Cutelaba/Cannonier especially, but none too recently. Either way though, Cannonier should definitely be a decent sized favorite