i generally think Dom is a good counter wrestler. He played college football , which imo is a distant cousin of wrestling. I don't think he got up off the floor cause Jon was being lazy or fighting for a check, Dom is just good at getting up off the floor and exploding up to his feet.
Now you're going to tell me 'ok I want whatever statcollector is drinking.' but in my honest opinion football players have good sprawls and center of gravity. they tend to have good cardio too, depending on position, he was no fat defensive lineman, he was a safety , these were his numbers:
'Reyes isn't the Safety archetype. At 6'4", 220 lbs, he looks more like a small linebacker. But when you see him in coverage, he erases any doubt he's in the right spot. The team captain and defensive MVP, he played in all 48 games at Stony Brook the past 4 years, starting every game the past 3. He is now the all-time leader in tackles at Stony Brook and was voted 1st Team All-Big South in 2012 and 2nd Team All-Big South in 2011. His 75 tackles this year ranked 3rd on the team, a number that included 9 tackles for loss (never blitzed).'
I just generally think he is a superior athlete. A fighter with good cardio is always going to be reliable. His two last losses were just against literally number 1 & 3 right now. I don't think Spann has nothing for him. I don't rate his sub wins to be that high, 90% sub wins against regional no names and then two ufc low tier guys(Cotulaba and Devin.) if he failed to submit Sam Alvey and went to split decision, you think now he's going to threaten Reyes who's logged in 25 mins of a competitive fight with a goat like Jon Jones? Jon who koed Dc faster and easy, but failed to do to Reyes.
Reyes is a good athlete...but dude c'mon. He played for Stony Brook. By that rationale, Anders should be the best athlete in MMA. He played a similar position but at Alabama when they were winning the national title.
Jones was absolutely checked out by then. Look at his fights prior to that vs Smith and Santos. The Jones that cared would have ruined both of them, and quickly. Same with Reyes. Jones was simply on another level than them all as far as talent. He just...became a F up and stopped caring.
Spann is a flake, I actually agree. But, he's a flake with some power and finishing ability. And he tries. Yes, low fight IQ at times but he is dangerous. I favor Reyes, but not eager to bet on him either. Probably just a pass imo.
Lastly Spann is a dope, rewatch that fight with Johnny Walker where he had him shook and then shot for a takedown like a low iq would do and then got his head smashed in while holding on to his leg. Once a fighter makes a low Iq move like that, I auto-fade them forever.
