Hughes' fights against Greene and Pessoa could have gone the other way, easily, so that 10-3 record is deceiving. He isnt anything special but he has decent hands and good pace for a heavyweight. However, the question is, how good is Hughes TDD? I havent seen any opponents trying to take him to the ground, which is what Espino will try and do. It is hard to gage this fight because we havent seen Espino in 2 years, plus we havent seen Hughes TDD or ground game.
I will also be in Vegas for this card. Where are you staying at? I will either be at the Bellagio or Caesars this time (I usually stay downtown).
I love late finish for izzy, I don't think costa's style can sustain 5 rounds and we already saw him visibly slowing in the 3rd vs romero. Also precision matters a lot for finishing. This is a crude comparison but look at price yesterday throwing bomb after bomb and not being able to put cowboy away, whereas precision from connor finished him quickly. Look at how many times izzy knocked down gastelum in their fight or how he ko'd whittaker twice in the same fight. I would be feeling very uncomfortable playing izzy via decision prop personally... sure costa is durable early but he could be insanely gassed in round 4 and 5 and he'll have already eaten so many counters by then too, could get finished there.
yeah I don't see why Young should be favoured here tbh. I got $300 on Klein at 2.5 odds.
We're just gonna pretend like Uriah Hall isn't Izzy 1.0 huh?
I dont see Adesanya getting caught like Hall, though. Uriah is so inconsistent, he has the potential to be champion but has horrible fight IQ. Adesanya has real good fight IQ and overall better chin, I believe. Their styles are different too, the angles and counterpunching of Adesnaya is a different style from Hall's striking. But yes, I agree, Uriah Hall is his other great win.
The problem is that Izzy's counter striking is going to light up Costa because of Costa's style. 5 rds, Izzy could just do fuck all and run and pitter patter for 5 rounds while Costa slows down. Could be a very boring anti-climatic fight.
