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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish
You said it when you replied to my initial post:
Masvidal is the best boxer he's ever faced, he's going to keep range and keep the jab in his face. Masvidal has no problem fighting for a decision win either, his tempered aggression plays to his advantage in this fight.
Well those were my reasons for Jorge being a live underdog, not so much a flip.
As I said it's hard to judge as Jorge hasn't really fought anyone with a great ability to get it to the ground. Only people I can think of are Bendo & Rustam, both of whom beat him. Though he did stop the vast majority of their takedowns, but they were also both LWs who aren't anywhere near as good as Maia at getting people to the ground and dominating them.
I'd think Maia should be like -200 to -230ish.
All that said I'd be pretty stoked if Jorge does win. I don't really like Maia's super one dimensional approach and his backpacking. I think he'd get wrecked by the top wrestlers in the division anyways, but Jorges boxing could give those guys trouble if his TDD is good enough to stop Maia.