watched some tape on kush. think it's gonna come down to wrestling, that's townsend's bread and butter as it is kush's, and kush is naturally bigger. he's pretty ripped at 170, townsend looked super soft at the weighin.. we've seen him at 145 just a couple fights ago...
kush is beatable if you can stuff his takedowns etc, he's vulnerable on the feet and he's fairly straight forward with gnp etc, but i feel like the size and wrestling go his way here.. i actually think i'm gonna bet him +100... i'm a townsend fan, great top game dude, made some great $ on him in the insane edwards line recently, but yea. size matters and similar fighters. kush might gas a bit late, tho. and townsend's never been finished. maybe pass is best option.
i'd play o2.5 if that was an option. kush is NOT a finisher if you ask me. definitely not against townsend. only guy with chance to finish imo would be townsend if kush gasses badly