UFN 93 - Barnett vs Arlovski - Germany

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Judo at 6 years old, returning from neck injury, i thought it would be the end of my career, Antoni Hardonk taught me to use my kicks, use my judo, Bang is one of my most dangerous opponents, I'm up for that challenge, my wife does my diet, coming from this injury is a huge challenge, I need this win, coming from the doubts, finding the new coaches, I'm emotional, I've fought too many odds, that this won't be the best fight of my life

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Great to hear Hardonk saying he's a great judoka and wasn't using it - music to my ears. Ground this fucker Hein! In a way i am kind of glad he was injured i was worried a little that his long lay off may have been due to USADA.
 
Ring rust
- Gustafsson 336 days
- Colombo 273 days
- Sobotta 294 days (injury)
- Hein 343 days (injury)
- Bang 280 days
- Issa 399 days
- Lapilus 287 days
- Buschkamp 434 days
- Askham returning from injury
 
Barnett - I asked for this fight, Arlovski is just as old as I am and he's been knocked out 12 times, he's probably even older, camp went fantastic, got more time with the training partners brought in, mind feels fresh, love the german air, I've been doing this for 20 years, I don't know how much longer I'll be doing this, I have to go implement my will against him, he's not someone to take lightly, I have ultimate faith, he's a cornered animal, I just think about winning, this is UFC vs. Pride, I want to challenge the guy that was once thought unstoppable

 
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Ring rust
- Gustafsson 336 days
- Colombo 273 days
- Sobotta 294 days (injury)
- Hein 343 days (injury)
- Bang 280 days
- Issa 399 days
- Lapilus 287 days
- Buschkamp 434 days
- Askham returning from injury
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Sick that so many fighters on the card has so much ring rust
 
weedreference said:
He got rocked badly by Alan Carlos, though, a guy who literally doesn't even throw punches but instead slaps people. Also it seems like Hermansson's style is tailor made to piece up stumpy orthodox fighters, and that against Askram, a rangy southpaw who it will be tough to jab, he's gonna have trouble. He has no real right until he has already jabbed his opponents into oblivion. I have a fairly strong lean on Askram here.
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Yeah my biggest red flags were when he got tagged by Carlos and no footage of him vs southpaws. I've contemplated coupling this play with Askham round 1. Not ruling out Askham tagging him, but I don't think it will be easy. Askham was losing to Dempsey and Dos Santos before finding a first round power shot, and I think what helped him is both those guys are plodding. Hermansson strongly resembles Jotko in style and mobility on the feet, and before round 2 where Jotko looked more tired than i've ever seen him get in a fight, Askham wasn't looking good. Jotko's style made it hard for Askham to land anything clean at all in the contest, and I expect Hermansson to do the same.

I don't think it will be hard to jab Askham as long as he puts himself in the right position. If he pressures Askham to the fence he stands pretty erect, and I think Hermansson will be able to work his rhythm behind the jab from there. At range in the center think he has enough other weapons to chip at Askham.
 
Really struggling to find value on this card, maybe Danho vs Colombo doesn't go the distance @ -200? Ehh
 
i have to favour Barnett. Besides the Browne fight (i can't include the Silva fight Silva is a joke now) Arlovski has looked pretty bad since he returned to the UFC. Barnett is showing his age too but he's got a tough nut and outside of a KO i can't see how Arlovski wins this. If I'm up I'm sure i will throw some £££ on Barnett and I also like his r3 and r4 line.
 
Timurd123 said:
Sortve agree, the Mir fight is just not something I really take into account when im analyzing AA fights, he obviously had no interest of actually fighting Frank, I think that had a lot to do with the performance
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Yeah neither guy was into it, Frank said the same thing. Didn't want to fight AA. But that said, I'd think that would more affect things like going for a finish or I suppose how much effort was put into training. For TDD the AA of the past would've probably laughed at the TD attempt of Mir and stuffed it with almost no effort. He just didn't seem to have the balance and lower body power to keep Frank off his hips and from getting to his back leg to trip him once Frank had ahold of the single. I think that's pretty telling, even in a fight where neither guy really wanted to be there. Esp given you know that AA 100% wanted that entire fight standing.
 
michi972 said:
Thinking about Wallhead/Wallhead itd
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Good choice

MMABetzor said:
Thoughts on Khabilov DEC? I don't think it's gonna be a high paced fight anyway.

Silva loses to fighters that have better wrestling/grapling and puts on a higher pace. Has lost decisions to:

Jason Saggo
Fransisco Trinaldo
Ildemar Alcantara

Khabilov is the same type of fighter that can outwrestle and outgrapple Silva by being more active. Silva is not a fighter that's getting finished though, so really see alot of value in Khabilov DEC compared to his ML, even though I probably Parlay his ML
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Khabilov dec probably the safest picks on the card
 
Overeem took Arlovski down woth very basic trip.Overeem has very good wrestling, but AA should defend that basic trip, he also got taken down by Schaub few times
 
Joseph Budden said:
Yeah my biggest red flags were when he got tagged by Carlos and no footage of him vs southpaws. I've contemplated coupling this play with Askham round 1. Not ruling out Askham tagging him, but I don't think it will be easy. Askham was losing to Dempsey and Dos Santos before finding a first round power shot, and I think what helped him is both those guys are plodding. Hermansson strongly resembles Jotko in style and mobility on the feet, and before round 2 where Jotko looked more tired than i've ever seen him get in a fight, Askham wasn't looking good. Jotko's style made it hard for Askham to land anything clean at all in the contest, and I expect Hermansson to do the same.

I don't think it will be hard to jab Askham as long as he puts himself in the right position. If he pressures Askham to the fence he stands pretty erect, and I think Hermansson will be able to work his rhythm behind the jab from there. At range in the center think he has enough other weapons to chip at Askham.
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The only difference is that Jotko was also a south paw, which I think is bad for Askham's style (he seems to love the opposite stance situation), and I believe Jotko is better than Hermansson. Hermansson isn't bad, I just think Jotko is pretty damn good.
 
Can't trust half the fighters on this card and add all that ring rust, its going to be one long difficult card.
 
weedreference said:
The only difference is that Jotko was also a south paw, which I think is bad for Askham's style (he seems to love the opposite stance situation), and I believe Jotko is better than Hermansson. Hermansson isn't bad, I just think Jotko is pretty damn good.
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Its definitely bad for Askham's style since he favor the left round kick so heavily. Jotko is better than Jack, but that was probably Jotko's worst performance. He has a tendency to make all his fights close, but he looked lethargic after round 1. Askham slows down himself. Jack, on the other hand, only gets stronger as a fight goes.

I just think barring a first round money shot for Askham, I don't see what he can do. His offensive tools are limited and the more time you give Hermansson the more he can use his pace, cardio, feints and diversity to figure you out and Askham is a very easy guy to figure out.

Maybe Askham's experience can help him outgrind Herm if he doesn't land the first round money shot, but idk. Herm has a solid greco game to negate Askham's thai clinch and outside of that Askham seems to only have an outside trip in his arsenal. At +270 i'm willing to take the chance when I slightly favor Herm dec as the fight's most likely outcome.
 
Joseph Budden said:
Khabilov dec probably the safest picks on the card
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I think there is some value @ 1.714 - Have to put a couple of units on that one. I cap his winning a dec line @ aprox. 75%, and that is in the safer capping area spectrum IMO
 
michi972 said:
I watched Wallhead fight in KSW was really impressed, the guy is experienced and has many finishes.Odds at itd 3,40 unibet
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He sometimes has the Sam Alvey tendency of staring at his opponent for too long while they chip at him which Ayari can definitely do, but at current odds think hes the right side. Should have the stronger grappling, should be able to land counters when Ayari lets his hands go, and if Wallhead backs him up to the fence think theres a strong possibility he lands that massive right and gets a KO
 
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