Drago is too nice on the feet. He will dispatch Shoey Boy with ease. Bye bye Bam Bam!

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Volkov has a 5" height and reach advantage. He is 4 years older and has 17 fights more experience. He has won his last 2 fights by 1st round TKO and Tuivasa has lost his last 2 fights by KO. In fact I expect Volkov's last 2 opponents, Romanov and Rozenstruik, would finish Tuivasa, Romanov by sub and Jairzinho by KO.

Tai is a dangerous puncher (6-2 in boxing) and an explosive HW but every time he has had a step up in competition to someone with name value he has lost, except Derrick Lewis, who was already washed up when they fought and is also a stocky power puncher without much else to offer.

Volkov is an elite HW striker with superior kicks, movement, timing and stamina. Neither fighter likes to grapple much but I would say Volkov is better on the ground as well. He will see everything Tuivasa is throwing a mile away and avoid or counter. He will circle and technically break down Tai on the feet and make him tentative, then start to inflict more and more damage with high accuracy until Tai drops in front of his dismayed and silent home crowd.

Drago will make it 3 (T)KOs in a row and move back up closer to the top of the division and Tai could be cut after being finished 3 times in a row. If not he will sink further into irrelevance.

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650lb Sumo said:
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Volkov has a 5" height and reach advantage. He is 4 years older and has 17 fights more experience.
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Being 34 with 46 fights isn't an advantage. Tai has enough experience and it's not like he's going to evolve into an uber-elite fighter in the next few years. Most of your analysis could've applied to Volkov-Lews as well. I'm not making any predictions, though. These are couple of HWs who are fully capable of fnishing each other.
 
I expect Drago to pick him apart but shoey always has the one ko power chance
 
Cheering for Tai.. he seems like a lovely guy and I personally like him.. but I don't think he is skilled enough for a guy like Drago
 
Yeah probably/unfortunately. I like Bam Bam.
But he likely won't be able to bully Drago against the fence like he did Struve in order to land the KO.
Drago is still very good and he'll be using his height/length to great advantage tomorrow night.
Still giving Bam Bam a solid punchers chance tho.
 
Guy that got pieced up easily by Gane vs the guy who almost slept Gane
 
I respectfully disagree with Volkov being the potential victor in this battle.

Tai-Shoey was been able to find Frenchman Ciryl mandible and almost triumph over him. Meanwhile, slow but #verystrong Mr. Black Beast make Volkov knockout.

Ciryl > Tai-Shoey > Derrick Beast > Volkov

Just my cents

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Volkov wins this 8/10 times, the other two times Tai either catches him early, or gets a Derrick Lewis late upset after getting his ass beat a few rounds.
 
Shoeyvasa for the win.
Close quarters looping right over the top of Volkovs lazy clinch attempt for a knee.
Sleeping Volkov.
 
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