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If anybody is feeling FOMO for not betting Izzy last night, Gokhan Saki is like the same thing
--Both obviously talented kickboxers
--Both saw adversity adjusting to MMA in early fight (Izzy = ground, Saki = cardio)
--Both opened as solid faves and the market relentelessly bet them to tiny faves bc recent performance
Izzy more physical talented, but Saki is more proven. He held his own kickboxing vs prime Ubereem and regularly fought bigger dudes. And the big difference is that Izzy had a solid opponent whereas Saki is fighting a bum who has just as bad ground game and cardio as himself.
I don't get how anybody believes Rountree has anything close to a 50% chance here. It's going to be a standup fight and he is going to be significantly worse.
I'm on Saki too. I'm really surprised it's only -130 ML, I know it's mma and not kickboxing but the UFC is feeding Saki non wrestlers for a reason. Saki is never going to be the 205 champ or a top five guy but he will definitely beat lower or mid tier guys trying to strike with him.
He is training at Team AllStars with Gustaffson and Ilir Latifi, top notch camp.
I'm on Saki for 1u, only concern is how well he has recovered from his meniscus tear surgery late last year and he doesn't gameplan to win fights, it's either he gets knocked out or he knocks you out attitude. Standup disparity is pretty big though.
Excited af to see him fight tonight.
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