Lavar showed his hand

So i was reading on the internet that Lavar pleaded with Stefan to 'give the fans a fight'. After reading this I immediately changed my prediction to that of Stefan winning by submission in the first round. The reasoning behind this is that Lavar basically used 'fighter talk' to say he was scared of what Struve could do on the ground. I also like Struve's non-chalance about the whole thing where he basically said if Lavar didn't' want to go to the ground then he should just switch to boxing or kickboxing, which is exactly what Struve should have said. I mean we all know Lavar has no existing ground game, and only got away from Pat Berry out of sheer strength, but this was a bit much for me. I hope for Lavar's sake that he's training tones of grappling now, cause last night was a bit embarrassing for him. I mean seriously Struve pulled guard to get him down!

Some good arguments right here...

The way I saw it was... Barry mounted Johnson which was a big sign that Struve could easily capitalize with his BJJ

When it comes down to skills... 

If you know how to strike and another guy doesn't he can still throw a wild punch and land on you

But..

If you know BJJ and the other guy doesn't then there really isn't much he can do to stop you...

@C_Arnoud yeah he would but unfortunately like they said it would go back to what Stefan Struve said which is this is MMA not kickboxing so he'd have a journeyman's record in the UFC. In all honesty if Johnson would drill takedown defense like a beast, he'd be the next JDS, in my opinion. I mean if they can't take you down and you've got bombs for fists you win all day every day. Also i think you all should like my first comment just for the sheer amount of conversation i've given all of you :p 

Struve fought a smart fight, I picked Lavar assuming that Struve would do his typical thing and make it a bloodbath and get KOed trying.

I guess Huge Dude is maturing.

Struve is by no means an elite striker, but he isn't as bad as people make out, either.  He has been KO'd yes, but by some pretty good fighters.

He is quietly collecting consistent wins in the UFC and deserves a bit of credit.

I knew for a fact that he would do exactly what he did to Johnson.  

oh ya, him, Roy Nelson and Cheick Kongo are the gatekeepers of the heavyweight division.

I wanna see Kongo vs Nelson actually.

Anyone saying Struve has a "glass chin" needs to watch his fight with Stojnic and Morecraft. The dude took a beating and came back to win.

Getting KO'd by JDS, Nelson, and Travis Browne is something that's happened to alot of their opponents.