Buckley has the best style to beat Belal
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I'm still not 100% sold. I'm extremely thankful he got rid of Colby but 1) he did slow down after round 1, 2) he left himself open for counters frequently which a competent striker who is even remotely dangerous standing (i.e. not Colby) might capitalize on, and 3) his decision to go for that triangle was ridiculously stupid and mental errors like that in the future could cost him big (against an opponent who isn't a complete fraud of a "top" fighter).
That being said, I'd be very happy to be proven wrong and hope he does starch Belal who is also an extremely boring fighter who sucks every ounce of excitement out of a card if his name is on the headliner. The WW division needs a serious rebuild and I'm in favor of anyone who is going to get the old shitty driftwood out of here.
That being said, I'd be very happy to be proven wrong and hope he does starch Belal who is also an extremely boring fighter who sucks every ounce of excitement out of a card if his name is on the headliner. The WW division needs a serious rebuild and I'm in favor of anyone who is going to get the old shitty driftwood out of here.
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What moments did you see that in? Just curious
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100% does NOT deserve a title shot
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I dunno, over the hill one eyed Colby could still manage to get him down and keep him down for a little bit. Belal is as good as we've ever seen him now and has that same high pace that Colby used to have in his prime, plus Belal looks way stronger.
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A battered Colby got him down
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Could be. I think his chin will still cause big problems for him in general, but not with guys like Belal and Colby. Belal is twice the wrestler that Colby is at this point, though. Twice the striker, too. And maybe twice as a strong. So, it's not like it's an easy fight for Buckley.
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The ghost of Colby Covington fought yesterday. Buckley may have improved and gotten better over time but anybody with two eyes can clearly see that Colbys best days are far behind him. At this point in time there's no reason for me to not to believe in Belals ability to take him down at will. Colby from a few years ago would've done it imo
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Belal drowns him after 3 rounds, Buckley won't keep up with his pressure.
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Sherbros will always take the bait and think the athletic black guy with an impressive run against mid-tier opponents is championship material 
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We have literally never seen TDD at the level of this version of Buckley since a prime Aldo/GSP/Jones, and good luck standing with him. I'm not even sure Khamzat at 170 could take him down more than twice in a fight before he would gas out and Buckley would tee off on his dome.
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I have huge doubts about his gas tank to be honest and even if you’re going to discredit Bella’s skills, he’s got gas
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Prates got taken down by a DWCS can and started mma recently and transitioned from muay thai, he gets ragdolled by Belal. Ian Garry and shavkat looked like shit last time
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Leon always fights like that, he fluked the usman win
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