Murphy vs Santos - Murphy should win. If you got Santos at opening odds, good job, I’m jealous. Murphy’s odds are climbing and at anything near evens, which is where I expect his odds to end up, a bet on Murphy is merited. Evolução Thai apparently breeds athletic freaks with massive punching power, but unlike their sports doctors, I don’t think too highly of the coaches. They get great raw talent but don’t develop it. Santos has a few sneaky moves on the ground but not very good positionally. His fight with Brenner was very messy. Takedowns are fairly good, but defense isn’t great. On the feet, he’s there to be hit, but Santos is a chainsaw with massive power. He looked improved against Delano, but that might be because of the height and reach advantage, which he won’t have against Murphy. Murphy has much more process to his game and should win a decision. Short notice also doesn’t help. I just watched everything I could find on Santos to clear up my memory, but still need to go through Murphy’s footage. Will get back and correct this post if I change my mind afterwards.
