Edson Barboza too fast for Anthony Pettis

[Edsonbarboza1]

My plan is wrestle brotha,porra.

 

[FromTheSouth]

Barboza can be fast as he wwants..pettis will ko him no joke

 

[Goatenstein]

Pettis isn't KOable dude. Barboza will go down, he is a sacrificial lamb for Anthony. He will put a fight but he is getting finished

Pettis' chin is being eroded every beating he takes. Jump kicking off a cage wall doesn't make your chin strong.

 

[peterparker66]

pettis probably gets Koed here.

Thoughts?

this would make me very happy but i actually think Pettis might take this fight although i think he is a little mentally broken since he lost two fights in a row

 

[Left Hook Lacy]

Barbie has a better offensive wrestling and ground game too. Trains with Edgar after all.

Lol no. On the feet it is 50:50 though.

 

[Medical Marijuana Man]

Dropped by a jab and choked out against Cerrone... nnnnaaalright!

And his chin has looked fine since. He took bombs from Ferguson, Felder and Johnson and he was ok. His defense is a lot better and it shows.

 

[JamesRussler]

50/50, both guys are pretty inconsistent but can finish at any moment.

and neither deal with pressure well, dunno what'll happen.

I'd give the slight edge to Pettis because he's beaten tougher competition.

 

[BrazilianDude]

I love this matchup. I'm curious to see how Pettis takes those brutal body kicks of Barboza. Ferguson took them like a boss, but many would have folded.

 

[Furious77]

8/10 times Pettis takes this fight. I'm sensing sacrifice here. Barboza can win this fight but it's he's not going to win being the Muay Thai wrecking ball he normally is. He'd have to go out out character and use TDs and GnP. It hard to change instinct.

Nah he was winning his last fight until he went for a takedown and a got submitted. Contrary to popular belief, it's not that easy to take Pettis down. Especially if you aren't a wrestler.

 

[Furious77]

Pettis' chin is being eroded every beating he takes. Jump kicking off a cage wall doesn't make your chin strong.

Well he's only taken 1 beating that I can remember and his chin looked pretty good in it.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Barboza by decision. there will be no KO in this fight. I got Barboza by close-ish decision

 

[Sigoff2]

Pretty silly to rule Barboza out of this one. Should Pettis be cut with a loss?

 

[BigMuffler]

Should Pettis be cut with a loss?

No lol.

 

[Kelman]

pettis probably gets Koed here.

Thoughts?

Just like he was too fast for Jamie Varner and Tony Ferguson and Donald Cerrone etc.

 

[ArtemV]

Pettis by headkick

 

[CJohnny]

Barboza, the biggest will win fighter that never wins against great competition.

Pettis may looked like shit but it takes someone like Conor to beat him on feet.

 

[Sauce Castillo]

Pettis isn't KOable dude. Barboza will go down, he is a sacrificial lamb for Anthony. He will put a fight but he is getting finished

Alrighty then lol

 

[Aerose91]

8/10 times Pettis takes this fight. I'm sensing sacrifice here. Barboza can win this fight but it's he's not going to win being the Muay Thai wrecking ball he normally is. He'd have to go out out character and use TDs and GnP. It hard to change instinct.

Pettis has super slick jiu-jitsu off his back though. To catch Henderson and Gil is impressive. This is the best fight in the LW division, imo

 

[Incredulous]

Pettis is overrated. He would get destroyed by Khabib, RDA, Mcgregor, Ferguson, Brown, and a lot more.

How the fuck do you go from being the lightweight champ to a losing streak, and worst of all, how the fuck do you get beaten by Eddie Alvarez lol.

Overrated? Man you Pettis haters are too much.

 

[CashMoney1991]

Pettis ko rd 1 Edsons defense is awful and his jaw is made of glass I think the only way to beat Pettis is to wrestle box him like RDA did plus Pettis has a good chin which showed in the RDA fight