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Diaz vs. Thomson

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Oddsbot
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01.30.2013 | 1:22 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Decision  

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foley4ever87
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01.30.2013 | 1:22 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Decision  

Diaz will out point Thomson for a decision win.

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01.30.2013 | 1:32 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Decision  

Diaz's TDD isn't too shabby as a LW. He'll avoid Thomson's takedown's and put on a boxing clinic.
JudoRandori
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01.30.2013 | 2:20 AM ET


Don't see this as a good welcome back for Josh. At least it can't possibly be as bad as his fight with Yves Edwards.
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01.30.2013 | 7:05 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Submission   wrong Round 2  

it is nate diazs fight to win i think he wins by submission round 2.

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01.30.2013 | 7:35 AM ET

Prediction: correct Thomson   wrong Decision  

Thomson could very well take Diaz down and grind out a win. Or he could work his stand up, do decent on the standup and when there is like 1 minute left in the round get the Takedown. We have seen that strategy work in the past (Stout vs Fisher, I'm not bashing Stout, I love sam Stout). 

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01.30.2013 | 7:44 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Decision  

Diaz vs Thomson at Open Gracie, few years ago .. 




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01.30.2013 | 10:55 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Decision  

I think Gil will help Diaz a ton in beating Thomson.

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DelRose
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01.30.2013 | 11:00 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Submission   wrong Round 2  

Diaz repeats his performance with cowboy on Thomson.

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01.30.2013 | 4:02 PM ET

Prediction: correct Thomson   wrong Decision  

@delrose Thomson isn't going to be stupid enough to just stand in front of Diaz like Cerrone did.
I see Thomson using a strategy similar to what Bendo did.  

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01.30.2013 | 4:05 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Submission   wrong Round 2  

Thomson is nowhere near as big or strong as Bendo though.
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01.30.2013 | 7:13 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Decision  

Or as good of a wrestler for that matter. Jim Miller's a better wrestler than Josh Thomson and look at what Nate Diaz did to him. Diaz nearly killed him with that guillotine and he stuffed all of Miller's takedowns.

Miller's a better grappler, a better wrestler and a better striker than Josh Thomson and Miller is probably the best comparison with Josh Thomson in terms of opponents Nate Diaz has fought. I expect Diaz to eat Thomson's face off.

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01.30.2013 | 7:54 PM ET

Thomson

* Edited at 01.30.2013, 7:54 PM ET *

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04.04.2013 | 7:26 PM ET

Prediction: correct Thomson   wrong Decision  

Nate wants K1

Josh wants ADCC

josh will take nate dogg down and hold him there. 

could nate win sure, but i like josh's chances. 

josh via DEC 

* Edited at 04.04.2013, 7:50 PM ET *

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04.04.2013 | 7:49 PM ET

Prediction: correct Thomson   wrong Decision  


Josh Thomson
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Striker/grappler 
aggressive
decent striker 
contact striker
can display heavy hands 
decent punching tech. 
throws various punch/kick combos 
decent kicker 
ok leg kicks 
throws kicks to the legs/body/head
> avg striker in the clinch/good knees  
avg head movement 
> avg footwork
ok clinch td/trip 
ok shoot td 
prefers to shoot for td 
avg clinch tdd 
> avg shoot sl or dl tdd 
ok jits
> avg guard passing ability 
ok top control 
ok gnp 
good active guard 
decent chin
good cardio 
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04.05.2013 | 12:12 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Decision  

Im a big Nate Diaz fan but  if the odds in this fight are ridiculous ill go with Thompson all the way.

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04.05.2013 | 1:58 AM ET

Prediction: correct Thomson   wrong Decision  

As long as Thomson fights a smart fight he should be able to win this.
Nate Diaz is good, in my opinion he's the best guy at his camp but I think Thomson has alot better chance than people think.

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04.05.2013 | 2:03 AM ET

Prediction: correct Thomson   wrong Decision  

I agree with @justynbomar, Josh has a better chance than he's being given.

If he can avoid getting tagged standing and takedown Nate, he should be able to grind out a decision victory.

* Edited at 04.05.2013, 2:04 AM ET *

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04.05.2013 | 2:29 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Diaz   wrong Decision  

Good fight nonetheless. Nate's only weakness is large, strong wrestlers. Thomson is a good wrestler, but he's not huge. Nate shook off many of the takedowns against Bendo, but Bendo's strength in the clinch and on the ground when the fight did end up there was the main factor
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04.05.2013 | 3:07 AM ET

Prediction: correct Thomson   wrong Decision  

I see Thompson winning a  very ugly decision that will rustle a lot of jimmies. probably mine too.

* Edited at 04.05.2013, 3:20 AM ET *

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04.05.2013 | 3:36 AM ET

Prediction: correct Thomson   wrong Decision  

@amp112 Nate by first round submission?

Thomson's never been submitte in MMA.

Josh has some good submission defense.

I really don't see Nate pulling that off.

* Edited at 04.05.2013, 3:37 AM ET *


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