MMAth with Din Thomas: Misha Cirkunov v. Jimmy Crute

[TJDeSantis]

Din Thomas sizes up this light-heavyweight contest between Misha Cirkunov and Jimmy Crute.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/11492566/mmath-cirkunovxcrute

 

[MMAcolyte]

Cliffs?

 

[Drugstore Cowboy]

Cliffs?

Din says:

• key for Cirkunov is to take that fight to the ground, slow it down
• Misha can't win a battle with Crute using just strength and athleticism
• Misha's go to is grappling
• if he forces Crute just to exchange positions at slower pace he can win that fight
• sometimes you can suck a younger fighter into your type of fight
• "I really like Jim Crute"
• Crute has power (Alvey fight reference), grappling & heart (Craig fight)
• his key to winning is to not get sucked in the grappling match, which makes that fight interesting cuz Crute wants to grapple and is a brown belt
• Din thinks Crute has to be versatile and can win exchanges based on pure power alone
• Crute's TDD is ok, not the best (he was taken down few times by Craig, but was able to reverse)
• Cirkunov is gonna be more relentless with the TDs, Crute has to be aware of that and fight off of few
• if Crute gets taken down, he should not play that game too long, he needs to keep it a striking fight and be as dynamic as he can

 

[Rebel_LioN]

Crute can either drop poor Misha, or Misha will get the fight to the ground and wear on the younger fighter.

Coin toss

 

[Martialbeef]

Very 50/50 fight

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

U don't know Jimmy fucking crute?