Uyenoyama is a grapppler who was having a hard time getting takedowns. Clearly overconfident in his guard game as well. Don't agree he was winning standup, he had some solid stretches but mostly was getting outworked there. Ozkilic seems pretty decent, 29-28 decision was fair I think.
Well yes, it was clearly 29-28 Ozkilic, but for the first 7 minutes or so Uyenoyama was crushing the standup, it was only after he gassed and started pulling guard that Ozkilic took over the standup
30-27 Ozkilic isnt the worst score but I think it's wrong. 29-28 Uyenoyama is lol obviously (and I was biased towards him since I bet on him)
am i the only one that thinks nik lentz, a guy who has shown the size, strength, and wrestling to grind out decisions at 155, has some value as a better than 6 to 1 underdog?
as improved as mendes' striking is, he is a top fighter because of his wrestling and it's not inconceivable that lentz could turn the fight into a close, ugly contest with a high variance decision.
am i the only one that thinks nik lentz, a guy who has shown the size, strength, and wrestling to grind out decisions at 155, has some value as a better than 6 to 1 underdog?
as improved as mendes' striking is, he is a top fighter because of his wrestling and it's not inconceivable that lentz could turn the fight into a close, ugly contest with a high variance decision.
Mendes has better striking, wrestling and athleticism.
If you think Nik lentz can take him down, Lentz is obviously a snap bet, but it just doesn't seem likely that he will be able to take Mendes down and he certainly can't threaten him standing
He didn't really get tested with grinding clinches/takedown attempts. I'm still fading him against a wrestler, although his striking looked really good.
Hoping Stout can show us he isn't quite done yet next
it's more like i can see lentz possibly waste enough time with the clinch game against the cage that the judges don't have a ton offense from either fighter to go on when making their decisions.
i just think he has the tools to make this a much more competitive fight than the line indicates.
...and I disagree, Mendes got steamed to -8xx for a reason. Chad Mendes in my opinion is a good chance to beat Aldo in a rematch. Lentz doesn't win unless he can land takedowns and maintain top control. He just isn't going to be able to do that to Mendes.
Yeah, Stout isn't looking that amazing even though he's obviously going to win from here. He *should* finish mckenzie but may not unless its a single tko shot since his killer instinct isnt at the level of some other guys
