I think so.
There's an outside chance that Hardy lands a big shot early, but Tybura is legit.
I picked hardy because he held his own vs volk on short noticeI have no idea why Hardy is actually the favourite. Might stick some cash on Tybura actually.
Step up? Volkov is twice the fighter Tybura is...Another big step up in competition like when Hardy fought Volkov, who he didn't actually look to bad against.
It'll be great for Hardy to be fighting some decent guys, he can't fight cans forever. I figure Tybura over Hardy is the biggest lock of the night, but it's a great fight to open the main card.
Hardy doesn't seem to have a lot of power for a HW either, his power seems like an exaggeration to me. Win or lose, Hardy vs Arlovski seems like the fight to make down the road.
It pains me to say it but Hardy has come a long way.
In his first fights he was just bullrushing with no technique.
Then he changed completely and became a basic and boring but disciplined point figther.
In his last fight he seemed to have found back his aggression, but now with decent technique.
So not an easy fight at all for Tybura against a gigantic HW who is long, quite fast, cautious and occasionaly powerful.