Will Dominick Reyes rebound at UFC 281?

[Shay Brennan]

He's fighting Ryan Spann on the prelims I think.
Hasn't fought in a year and a half and is coming of a 3 fight skid. 2 of those loses were vicious knockouts.

Do you think he's done or perhaps he has another run in him?
After all, he has only lost to former/current champions and supposedly beat the goat Jones not that long ago.

 

[TITS]

He'll beat Spann.

 

[KingBeef]

If his chin holds up, I think he'll be ok. But the thing is, will that chin hold up?

 

[markg171]

Didn't even know he was fighting.

 

[2004 account]

I think so...














He will rebound, jump, crash, run and flip his way to victory come ufc 182

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Maybe his head will rebound off the canvas a few times

 

[MeatWagon06]

Depends on how strong his torso game is…



Yes.. I think he finishes Superman Spann.

 

[jsbx45]

Hope so. Sad to see a guy rise so high then get spanked so hard. He's a damn good fighter.

 

[Rank Squatter]

Of course he has a chance to rebound

It's whether or not he has made them adjustments to take him close to the belt

Let's see how he looks .. maybe we get some dominance out of him

 

[jsbx45]

Maybe his head will rebound off the canvas a few times

Made me laugh.

 

[DOMMA]

He should be able to beat Spann. I do think his best days are behind him and he cannot beat the top 5 - 7 guys.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

Yes.

Dom should be a fan favorite for the just bleed performances he’s put on for us. He’s also only lost to top guys and did it in exciting fashion for us. War Dom, you made a fan of me.

 

[RonMachineGunJhun]

If his chin holds up, I think he'll be ok. But the thing is, will that chin hold up?

I think anyone would have gone down from the elbow from Jiri

 

[OldBoy91]

I think so...














He will rebound, jump, crash, run and flip his way to victory come ufc 182
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I keep seeing this comparison but I think Derek Brunson's physique is far more similar to Crash than Reyes's.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

I really hope so, though Spann is a fun fighter it seems like Reyes is more well-rounded and has a better game to compete with the top of the division.

Even though he's on a run of 3 losses they are:

-Split Decision loss to Jones (should've been a win)
-KO to Jan (bad loss but dude was champ-level and he kind of fought a dumb fight)
-KO to Jiri (FOTY contender, dropped/hurt Jiri repeatedly before getting his whole shit broke)

Only the loss to Jan is one where he put in a bad performance, the others he put on legit awesome fights.

It is highly questionable where his head will be at after absorbing all that damage in those last two fights, but I think if he can refrain from brawling and try to be a technical out-fighter that looks to land counters and reset he can do well against most LHW's.

 

[G10]

I really hope so, though Spann is a fun fighter it seems like Reyes is more well-rounded and has a better game to compete with the top of the division.

Even though he's on a run of 3 losses they are:

-Split Decision loss to Jones (should've been a win)
-KO to Jan (bad loss but dude was champ-level and he kind of fought a dumb fight)
-KO to Jiri (FOTY contender, dropped/hurt Jiri repeatedly before getting his whole shit broke)

Only the loss to Jan is one where he put in a bad performance, the others he put on legit awesome fights.

It is highly questionable where his head will be at after absorbing all that damage in those last two fights, but I think if he can refrain from brawling and try to be a technical out-fighter that looks to land counters and reset he can do well against most LHW's.

This. If he used the year and a half since his last fight to work on himself and heal up, I think he can become a force again at 205lbs. He's still only 32.

 

[RockyLockridge]

against supercann spann? Hard to imagine him losing that fight

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Superspann by vicious KO it is..

 

[ferrisjso]

He's not old at all for MMA but I think his time has passed. He had a window where he was the most promising up and comer and that time has long passed. He's in the Volkan and Krylov category and tbh he might be the worst of that bunch.

 

[Egészségére!]

Dude's a LHW Rory McDonald

Came real close to the apex of the sport but suffered some career altering head damage. I'll root for him but wouldn't be surprised if his slide continues tbh.