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Pettis vs. Benoit

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Oddsbot
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01.13.2015 | 2:35 PM ET

This is the official discussion thread for Pettis vs. Benoit. Let's see what you've got.

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skelliher
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01.13.2015 | 2:35 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong KO/TKO   wrong Round 1  

Pettis making the long-awaited drop back to 125. We'll see how he deals with the speed down there.

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01.13.2015 | 2:42 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Submission   wrong Round 3  

Good, hope he does well, MM needs some more victims down there for him to run through.

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01.13.2015 | 2:46 PM ET

Pettis was excellent at 125 lbs. before moving back up to 135 lbs. when he signed with the UFC.

Benoit is a very talented fighter, but Sergio is legit and should be able to beat Benoit.
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01.13.2015 | 10:58 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

This fight will be entertaining, Benoit swings for the fences and Sergio has a suspect chin.
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01.14.2015 | 8:42 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong KO/TKO   wrong Round 1  

Suspect chin??? Sheesh man, where do you come up with these things??? Which one of all the times he's been KOd makes you suspect his chin ... oh wait.

Just 'cause a dude's been dropped a couple times against bigger opponents doesn't make his chin suspect ... in fact you could argue that the fact he has been touched on the button but didn't go out show that he's got a good chin ... even if it doesn't speak volumes for his defense, his chin has held up pretty good so far. ****, he's been KOd less times than Roy Nelson.

* Edited at 01.14.2015, 9:04 AM ET *

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01.14.2015 | 9:08 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

Is this just going to become a common route for the UFC when it comes to prospects? The McGregor treatment? Sergio lost to Bruce Leeroy and they were like "Whoaaa, too much, too soon. We need to throw this guy half a dozen fighters from Legacy and then we give him the title shot."
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01.14.2015 | 1:04 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

@yoss uhh, you don't have to get knocked out yet to have a suspect chin. Thus the word, suspect. There have been plenty of fighters who hadn't been KO'd yet that had suspect chins.

* Edited at 01.14.2015, 1:05 PM ET *

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mikeyg
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01.14.2015 | 1:20 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

"his chin has held up pretty good so far. ****, he's been KOd less times than Roy Nelson."


Did you seriously compare Roy's chin to Sergio Pettis'

Cmon man. That just proves my point that you don't have to have been stopped yet to have a suspect chin, over the life of a fighter chances are they will at get stopped at least once, especially at heavyweight. And Sergio has shown a tendency to get rocked, so his chin is suspect. Roy's is not, the end.
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01.14.2015 | 2:36 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong KO/TKO   wrong Round 1  

No, I wasn't seriously comparing his chin to Roy Nelson's, it was a joke to put a little twist on my whole rant about his chin.

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01.14.2015 | 2:40 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong KO/TKO   wrong Round 1  

And I still maintain that getting rocked says you have holes in your defense not that you have a suspect chin. Every fighter on the planet, Mark Hunt, Roy Nelson, Anderson Silva (all notorious for having great chins) will get rocked if you clock them on the button. What says if you've got a good chin or not is how you recover. So far Sergio's shown that he survives even when he gets clocked. Ergo, good chin (or at least not suspect).

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01.14.2015 | 8:04 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

I think if we see a knockout in this fight, it will be from Benoit. Not saying I think it happens, but I do think he has more power. And yes, I agree. Pettis getting rocked wasn't a suspect chin, it was holes in his defense, and a guy like Benoit could exploit that. 

I'll probably go with a Pettis win via Decision come fight time, but it's closer than people are making it out to be! Good fight.

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01.16.2015 | 8:33 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

"And I still maintain that getting rocked says you have holes in your defense not that you have a suspect chin"


That's absurd.
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01.16.2015 | 8:34 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

"Every fighter on the planet, Mark Hunt, Roy Nelson, Anderson Silva (all notorious for having great chins) will get rocked if you clock them on the button"


And some get rocked and dropped and KO'd more than others, thus the term suspect.
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01.17.2015 | 11:51 AM ET

It's only an absurd idea to you because you don't know a thing about this sport.

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01.28.2015 | 1:11 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Submission   wrong Round 3  

im sorry when both pettis brothers right its amazing

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01.28.2015 | 5:25 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

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01.28.2015 | 6:58 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong KO/TKO   wrong Round 3  

He has big shoes to fill due to his older brother but I don't see him doing as well.

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01.28.2015 | 7:36 PM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

All I'm going to be thinking about during this fight





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03.14.2015 | 2:47 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  

I think Benoit will give him a run for his money. 97% of tapology on Pettis, I hope it pushes up the line so I can get some good money on Benoit.

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03.14.2015 | 3:02 AM ET

Prediction: wrong Pettis   wrong Decision  


I still think this could be a dangerous fight for Sergio.
Also, what a brilliant ad hominem by Anik.
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