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Originally Posted by Machinehead
Ferguson is better everywhere than Johnson and should be -400/-500. Better striking and wrestling. Generally guys without an obvious path to victory are bigger dogs than this.
I think Stephens KOs Cerrone a lot. Cerrone's boxing sucks, he's got great kicks but horrible hands. I mentioned it before the Diaz fight and that fight made his boxing look worse than I had expected. He is very hittable and Stephens has big time power at 155. Stephens is also coming off a very competitive fight against Pettis who is way better than Cerrone everywhere.
I don't think Franklin trades evenly with Le. Franklin's path to victory is to survive getting lit up in round 1 and maybe round 2, then capitalize on a fading Le later in the fight. Le's path to victory is to stop Franklin early in the fight or show up with better cardio and make it to a decision.
Is he the better wrestler though? But yeah his standup technique is far superior, he is one of my favorites to watch. Seems reasonable, but with logic this solid you better hit the line now because others seem to agree.
How the hell you think Cerrone will get KO'd by Stephens is honestly beyond me though. Cerrone chin is godly. I agree about the Pettis thing but that fight did not play out at all like I expect this fight too.
I just don't see Le making it through 3 rounds with Franklin without getting finished. I just don't. Franklin is a good striker, will be WAY bigger and has way more power. Le's chin is not good at all and as others have mentioned his cardio sucks, which means he will be a sitting duck eventually.
Not sure why a couple of you are so down on the Zombie's chances? He has good power and a great chin. IIRC, he stands a bit flat footed, which means Poirier should be able to use movement and his nice kicking game to gain an edge on Jung, but I'm not seeing this as a whitewash?