Valentina's Title Reign Will End On Saturday

[UFCIsNOTRigged]

Taila Santos is going to take Valentina down during the first three rounds, control her, and bank those three rounds. The last two times Valentina was taken down (Maia & Pena) she did not get up. There is no reason to expect her to get back to her feet against a fighter with heavier top pressure and who she knows will be looking to take her back in a scramble.

On the feet Santos presents a greater power threat than any opponent Valentina has faced since Amanda Nunes. Valentina is one of the best technical strikers in the UFC so a finish is unlikely to materialize there. She will though need to respect the power of an opponent with 3 knockdowns in their last two fights and ten career knockouts. Valentina is normally able to strike with impunity as her opponents possess far inferior technical skills and lack the ability to finish her. Josiane Nunes (BW), with arguably the heaviest hands of any woman in the UFC, was forced to respect the power of Santos in what was the only loss of her career.

Valentina has almost exclusively been fighting technical strikers whose skills were inferior everywhere, posed no TD threat, and who lacked the ability to finish her. On Saturday she will instead be fighting the first opponent since Amanda Nunes with a size advantage, grappling advantage, and the ability to finish her anywhere. Santos will slow down towards the end of the fight and lose the last two rounds but will still win 48-47 comfortably.

This will be nothing like Julianna Pena beating Amanda Nunes as it has been a long time coming and easy to see coming from a mile away. Don't throw away your money on Valentina thinking she is a lock to win, she is absolutely not, and those who light their money on fire betting on her will be
losing alot.

 

[NorrisB]

Interesting take.

 

[Shay Brennan]

No way.
When decorated strikers like Joanna and much bigger Holly couldn't do nothing against Valentina on the feet, there is no reason to believeTaila can.
Valentina fought a much harder hitter in Nunes who couldn't do nothing with that power in two fights and Valentina outstruck her in terms of head strikes in both fights.

Also. Val has taken down everyone she's ever fought in the UFC including much bigger Nunes and Holm. Again there is no reason to believe she can't do that to Taila.
One of the best anti wrestlers in wmma history in Joanna was taken down multiple times.

 

[Raymundo Alvarado Guevara]

Everyone has a respectful opinion

 

[wlu.29]

Let's see that betting slip

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

If only

 

[humdizzle]

unlikely. Val is better everywhere. Santos couldn't even put modaferri away.

Nunes vs Pena was different. Pena has a good ground game, huge jaw / chin (has never been KO'd), and doesn't give af if she gets hit. she came in with a good gameplan of using the jab to beat nunes' hooks.

Val isn't going to get lured into a dumbass brawl.

 

[ltarian11]

Barring injury, gotta go with Bullet here. Val is at another level.

 

[Shay Brennan]

unlikely. Val is better everywhere. Santos couldn't even put modaferri away.

Nunes vs Pena was different. Pena has a good ground game, huge jaw / chin (has never been KO'd), and doesn't give af if she gets hit. she came in with a good gameplan of using the jab to beat nunes' hooks.

Val isn't going to get lured into a dumbass brawl.

Who do you have in the reamtch?

 

[Carrotman23]

All this just to be wrong come Saturday lol. Your really good at writing like 5 paragraphs while still being wrong OP.

 

[MeatWagon06]

I predict a late RD crucifix tko

 

[sonhow]

I could see it happen. Taila has that aura of surprise fighter.
That being said I'm not sure if she is a grinder enough or if she has skill to match Valentina. One thing is for sure. Dont pick Valentina with current odds.

 

[Why did you]

 

[Alpha-Q-Up]

I wish you were right

But Valentina is dominating a division full of cans. She can't lose.

The next time Valentina loses will be when she fights at 135 again, against someone who's her own strength.

 

[Deleted member 504083]

She didn't get up because......

Also, is this the same Santos lady getting taken down and controlled against the cage by a random Italian lady?

 

[Rawplier]

Is Val retiring?

 

[Sweater of AV]

There was a time you would get flamed hard for making this thread without a betting slip.

 

[Clark Rogers]

if there's one thing I've learned in my time here, it's never make these threads heading into a fight.

every single time someone guarantees X fighter is going to win, they make a big post with either well composed reasoning, or not, but it always backfires.

even when someone is objectively an absolute lock, the JBG turns the tables and an upset occurs thanks to these threads.

that said, maybe me pointing that out here will have a counter effect and OP will be right.

 

[BangBang]

I sincerely doubt it.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Anything is possible.

This is highly unlikely.

Where's the betting slip?