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Some chicks have to grow into their looks.Mizuki continuing to get more Kawaii as she ages
Eubanks can shoot a proper double leg take down, this already makes her one of best grapplers in the WFLW division.IMO there's a bunch of fighters at 125 who can beat her without too much trouble. Chookagian would easily spam her to death from the outside, Joanna would beat her everywhere, Carmouche out-athletes her, Valentina beats her however she wants, Jessica Eye probably does the same as Chookagian, and Antonina runs a standup clinic on her.
Kawaii Mizuki should have moved to San Diego.Mizuki continuing to get more Kawaii as she ages
Unfortunately Roxy couldn't overcome her athletic disadvantage and ran out of time. As much as we all like her, we also need to accept that she's the least athletic fighter in her division, and it's pretty amazing what she's accomplished in her career.
As for Eubanks, the more I see, the lower my opinion of her gets. Dogshit predictable punching, just endless spamming of the 1-2-1-2 with no defence or footwork. And to paraphrase Chael Sonnen, she must've gotten that BJJ blackbelt from a Happy Meal. No awareness of where her legs or hips are, and poor control of the upper body which allowed Roxy to keep moving and attempt sweep after sweep to scramble and get up. A decent grappler with Eubank's strength advantage should've had Roxy flattened out on her back defending strikes with no hope of getting out. And getting tossed and ending up on the bottom when she had a full body lock with double underhooks, lol.
IMO there's a bunch of fighters at 125 who can beat her without too much trouble. Chookagian would easily spam her to death from the outside, Joanna would beat her everywhere, Carmouche out-athletes her, Valentina beats her however she wants, Jessica Eye probably does the same as Chookagian, and Antonina runs a standup clinic on her.
Eubanks can shoot a proper double leg take down,
Jessica Eye has dogshit TDD, she got taken down by Bethe Correia easily. I would favor Eubanks against her.
It's slow if you wants to compare to male wrestlers' takedowns. But it's good enough for the WFLW division where most fighters barely know how to defend double leg takedowns.That's being awfully generous. Her double was fairly slow and telegraphed. It worked on Modafferi, whose takedown defense is the worst in the division and perhaps second worst in all of WMMA in the UFC (Marion Reneau being first), but that's saying little.
IMO there's a bunch of fighters at 125 who can beat her without too much trouble.
It's slow if you wants to compare to male wrestlers' takedowns. But it's good enough for the WFLW division where most fighters barely know how to defend double leg takedowns.
teddy078 said:And if you think Roxy has the worst tdd in the division, then you haven't watch most of fights in the division.
That's even a generous list: Nicco, Maia, Lee should all handle her with striking volume and Davis with better takedowns and wrestling. Even Montana De la Rosa looking good since TUF I'd be 50/50 on who wins it.Unfortunately Roxy couldn't overcome her athletic disadvantage and ran out of time. As much as we all like her, we also need to accept that she's the least athletic fighter in her division, and it's pretty amazing what she's accomplished in her career.
IMO there's a bunch of fighters at 125 who can beat her without too much trouble. Chookagian would easily spam her to death from the outside, Joanna would beat her everywhere, Carmouche out-athletes her, Valentina beats her however she wants, Jessica Eye probably does the same as Chookagian, and Antonina runs a standup clinic on her.
Nicco fought a way more closer fight against Roxy than Eubanks.That's even a generous list: Nicco, Maia, Lee should all handle her with striking volume and Davis with better takedowns and wrestling. Even Montana De la Rosa looking good since TUF I'd be 50/50 on who wins it.
first, styles make fights, and Nicco had a broken foot against Roxy.Nicco fought a way more closer fight against Roxy than Eubanks.
Maia's grappling skills is overrated.
Lee looked like dogshit in striking exchange in her last fight.
Davis perhaps has the best bjj guard among wmma fighters, but she isn't good at takedowns at all. Otherwise she wouldn't lose a kickboxing match against Chookagian.
Montana has no power in her hands, and she kept trying those shity clinch takedowns without success in her last fight.
Despite coming in over weight Eubanks did what was needed to obtain the victory. Roxanne's style often makes her opponent look awkward.
Sijara is just awkward. Even her overhand right is sloppy. Her footwork is forward and back only, no idea how to cut the cage, no ability to mix up kicks and punches, etc. And for someone with her grappling credentials as well as her size and strength advantage, particularly when fighting someone with all of Roxy's disadvantages (too bad as I really like the woman) her performance was spectacularly unimpressive. It would be different if she showed the skill and professionalism to back up the shit she talked, but she showed neither.
I suspect that at least some of Eubanks’ success in grappling is due in large part to her physical strength. While I have never grappled, I would be shocked if strength doesn’t frequently negate a skill advantage. I haven’t watched a lot of BJJ tournaments, but it seems like physical specimens like her are more rare there than in MMA, outliers like Gabi Garcia notwithstanding.
Eubanks can shoot a proper double leg take down, this already makes her one of best grapplers in the WFLW division.
Jessica Eye has dogshit TDD, she got taken down by Bethe Correia easily. I would favor Eubanks against her.
I still remember you hyped up Antonina as a top-5 WBW fighter. Let's wait & see if she can defend proper double leg takedowns.
Joanna has been successfully fighting grapplers smaller than her, we don't know if her tdd will hold up at WFLW division.