General MMA Discussion & Future Lines - February, 2018

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t6p said:
Gaethje not a big power threat though, no? More of an accumulation of damage type finisher imo.
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I think Gaethje have more power than most lightweights in his his hands, and his legkicks are terrifying. Poirier had problem with Millers low calf kick, even dropped by them twice in the third round and Gaethje is a much larger threat there

And like Alvarez Gaethje can be even more dangerous when he gets hurt. Poirier will have to be very cautious going in for the finish if he rocks him
 
raketmannen said:
I think Gaethje have more power than most lightweights in his his hands, and his legkicks are terrifying. Poirier had problem with Millers low calf kick, even dropped by them twice in the third round and Gaethje is a much larger threat there
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Yea, I mentioned my concern about the leg kicks on the last page. Still, DP only been stopped via strikes by Conor and MJ, both harder hitters than Justin imo. Personally, not overly worried about any DP chin issues here.
 
t6p said:
Gaethje not a big power threat though, no? More of an accumulation of damage type finisher imo.
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My worry is dp legs getti g chopped and dp is so easily dragged into a brawl and he was blowing hard against miller
 
Gaethje's chin will be non existent any fight now and Poirier is the hardest hitter he's faced imo. Like t6p mentioned the leg kicks are a major concern so not going too big. Was hoping for dog odds with Gaethje's hype but I'm happy with the -110 I got.
 
ACB 80 Net: -45
Burrell +564: 50 for 282 / O1.5: 51 for 40
Silva +317: 75 for 238 / O1.5: 53 for 40
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nothing ventured... /shrug.
 
I usually make a thread for every Titan FC card, but none of the major sportsbooks even had lines for tonight's Titan FC 48 card, nor is it even in my top three most interesting cards tonight.
 
JimGunn said:
I usually make a thread for every Titan FC card, but none of the major sportsbooks even had lines for tonight's Titan FC 48 card, nor is it even in my top three most interesting cards tonight.
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betway had 3 fights at mid day U.K. time
 
Attention

Massive value bet at Unibet. They really fucked up the line. Andrade to be SW champion at the end of 2018 @ 70.00.
I had something on this at odds of 8 and 9... 70 is just unreal. Hope they won't void it though, I think someone might have typed in 70 instead of 7...
BOL anyway

Only got accepted for 0.5u and then they changed the line to 7... Sorry guys.
 
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t6p said:
Yea, I mentioned my concern about the leg kicks on the last page. Still, DP only been stopped via strikes by Conor and MJ, both harder hitters than Justin imo. Personally, not overly worried about any DP chin issues here.
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I think Justin's probably a harder hitter than Conor. For all of Conor's KOs, he's never really shown face-melting power against most of his opponents. It's always been the whole 'timing beats speed' stuff.

If he punched ultra-hard, Alvarez would have gone out 40 seconds into the first when he gets caught perfectly behind the ear with a cross counter. The fact that Alvarez lasted for so long, despite being off-kilter for the rest of that fight, has always led me to doubt Conor's explosive power.
 
Gugabe said:
I think Justin's probably a harder hitter than Conor. For all of Conor's KOs, he's never really shown face-melting power against most of his opponents. It's always been the whole 'timing beats speed' stuff.

If he punched ultra-hard, Alvarez would have gone out 40 seconds into the first when he gets caught perfectly behind the ear with a cross counter. The fact that Alvarez lasted for so long, despite being off-kilter for the rest of that fight, has always led me to doubt Conor's explosive power.
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If you watch those punches he hit Eddie with, he's not fully committing and turning his hips. He's sniping and connecting at the end of the punch. His timing is great, yeah, but I think he learned a lesson about what happens when he's throwing full power shots a lot early in fights when he gassed so badly vs Nate in their first fight.

Justin cracked Eddie with good shots, and Eddie ate them easily. Conor hit Eddie and Eddie hit the canvas multiple times, and started crumbling pretty much from the time the first solid shot landed. I don't think Justin is pillow-fisted by any means, but I don't think he hits like Conor does at LW. Conor has flaws, power isn't one of them.

The first flush shot he lands on Brimage basically ends the fight. I know Aldo was coming forward and that was a bit of a weird situation, but one shot put him to sleep. Yes, these were at FW but if anything Conor probably hits harder at LW.
 
From reading pbp it seems like kuivanen lost the first round (cage42).
Edit: 1-1 from what I'm reading

kuivainen UD
 
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Cage Warriors line.
 

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mkess101 said:
I think Dustin will look to wrestle and use his top game. I love watching Gaethje fight (who doesn't?) But I think Poirier is the better overall fighter.
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He may be the better overall fighter but his durability is a huge concern. I'll most likely be on JG
 
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