UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura

['Suga Daddy']

As someone who called Luques downfall due to his bad defence, I think he beats Gorimbo here. Themba is not Buckley, nor Neal, or even 40yo RDA tbh, and hasn’t beaten anyone close to Luques level to date. My jaw was on the floor when I saw the odds

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Kron might be interesting tbh. Is Bryce really going to avoid the grappling?

 

[michi972]

Kron might be interesting tbh. Is Bryce really going to avoid the grappling?

Bryce is way better striker and wrestler. I even think he has better mma ground game. I think he can control Gracie on the ground, it may looks like Marta Hughes vs Royce Gracie

 

[Bakayoko]

Luque legit has brain damage and could literally just fall dead any moment.Research the consequences of Neal fight

 

[sonhow]

I wanted to play Diaz vs Luque but now I might want a stab at Luque vs Themba. All about odds of course

 

[mkess101]

the thing is if Asukura really does manage to cancel his grappling, Pantoja becomes very beatable, seems he's relied too much on his back packing. Almost lost to Erceg who's not as seasoned as Asukura, and Moreno and Royval just didn't have the grappling base to stop him. I dont have enough footage yet to see how good his grappling defense is, it's hard to find. Pantoja has a solid chin but he's got average boxing defense , very hittable to punches. I would not be shocked if we witness an upset where he got wreckless and got stopped early. Just looking at the strike stats, Royval Moreno and Erceg landed a combine 370 significant strikes.

This has some elements of the fight between Patricio Pitbull vs Chihiro Suzuki.

Pitbull came in underestimated his opponent , also had no familiarity with japanese fighters and got koed. And at the time Pitbull had never been koed before, only a leg injury.

Edit: i should back track Asukura doesn't have those lethal heavy hands he might need to pull it off.

Yeah the big thing to me is you have to at least have the ability to survive on the mat vs Pantoja. Moreno, Royval, and Erceg all are solid enough grapplers that they could at least ride out rounds and get a chance to start the next one standing. If you're not capable of that, Pantoja can get to dominant positions and threaten to end things quickly.