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I get the feeling this is one of those fights where that vaunted KB experience will actually come into play, and not in the Saki way.I'm fairly confident that Juliana Velasquez will get the job done. Although not the most exciting fight, I think her fight vs Ilima-Lei Macfarlane showed she has a very good fight IQ and range management.
Kielholtz is significantly smaller and after rehydration will be at a big strength disadvantage. She weighed in at 124 and has weighed in at less than that for flyweight fights in the past, she clearly doesn't cut much weight. Also of note is she has finished her last 3 fights in the first round, which sounds impressive but she has done so against less than stellar opposition / opponents who fought extremely poorly. Barring a fluke finish I really find it hard to believe that Kielholtz can outpoint Velasquez over 5 rounds.
I really do believe that Julianna should try to take the path of least resistance and use her judo, unless she's confident in Denise not being good against an opponent that won't lend herself to counters. We'll see if Velasquez stays composed on the feet or gets overaggressive and pays for it.
