Post#438 » by j4remi » Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:55 pm
Some takeaways after UFC Glasgow:
- I started the Cynthia Calvillo hypetrain after her 3rd career fight and she's living up to it. She's got a ways to go still especially as a wrestler but she's with team alpha male and she's an incredible submission grappler with really solid striking to stand with JoJo Calderwood and win.
- Gunnar caught a nasty eye poke before he got KO'ed but the loss hurts. Santiago Ponzinibbio is a KO striker in a welterweight division that could use some rising challengers. I'd love to see him get tested by one of the pressure strikers in the division aka Matt Brown or Carlos Condit.
- Khalil Rountree is explosive and looks way more comfortable in the octagon now. He took his time to get the KO (and won me some money betting the under on fight length and the win). His grappling wasn't tested and that's his big weakness so we don't know if he's ready to make real noise but he's proving that he's too good for the lower tier UFC LHW fighters.
- Paul Felder is a dude who can come out and look like a world beater then follow it up with a lazy performance where he takes a loss to a decent but not great opponent. He looked fantastic against Stevie Ray though and I'd really love to see him fight one of the other striking prospects in the division. David Teymur, Lando Vanatta, Marc Diakese, Joe Duffy...there are some really great options.
Haliburton/Lewis Jr/Sasser
Booker/Shamet
Barnes/Dick/Duarte
Washington/Barnes/Crowder
Zubac/Theis/Clowney
Sanogo, Castleton
Ex: Samar, K. Diop, Spagnolo