Topic: Pettis vs. dos Anjos
Pettis vs. dos Anjos
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01.03.2015 | 8:52 PM ET
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03.17.2015 | 10:32 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 3
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03.17.2015 | 8:45 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 3
EDIT: ****, mikeyg got to me, now I'm gloating even though I picked the loser.
* Edited at 03.17.2015, 8:46 PM ET *
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03.17.2015 | 9:24 PM ET
Anthony Pettis is the best kicker in the sport, no doubt about that. But kicks are easy to take away, IF the kicker is forced to constantly back up.
While his boxing might also be excellent, Pettis' boxing is primarily used to set up his kicks. His fight with dos Anjos (which I have not seen yet) could have been a showcase for Pettis' boxing, but apparently it was not meant to be.
Anthony Pettis has an excellent bottom game, but an excellent bottom game can easily be stifled with a no-risk, pressure top game.
There wasn't a single male champion in the UFC with as many glaring weaknesses as Anthony Pettis. That's why he isn't the champion anymore.
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03.17.2015 | 11:08 PM ET
Prediction: correct dos Anjos correct Decision
What you say is true - pressure is the key to beating Pettis - but Dos Anjos might be the only guy in the division with the skillset to exploit it. No, not even Khabib: Pettis' striking is so much better than Khabib's that I honestly think that Pettis would be picking him apart even when against the fence. And Pettis has become hellishly hard to take down - the takedowns started coming because RDA was destroying him in the stand-up department, and only after Pettis was winded from a thousand body kicks and was both concussed and blind from an eye.
* Edited at 03.17.2015, 11:12 PM ET *
"Let's just say if we fought again I wouldn't need to keep my hands up." - Luke Rockhold on Michael Bisping's punching power
03.18.2015 | 3:22 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong Submission wrong Round 3
"I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture, and kill them."
03.18.2015 | 3:42 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 2
Lawler is keeping the belt warm for Rory MacDonald
Mighty Rat is keeping the belt warm for CeGoatJudo
Aldo is keeping the belt warm for McGoat
Cain is keeping the belt warm for Amir Aliakbari
Dos Anjos is keeping the belt warm for Khabib Nurmagomedov
Pretty much every champ is a paper champ atm in UFC.
"If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying."
03.18.2015 | 4:00 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 2
"If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying."
03.18.2015 | 6:52 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 4
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
03.18.2015 | 8:28 AM ET
Prediction: correct dos Anjos correct Decision
By the way, I am expecting Khabib to have a really close fight against Cerrone. I don't know who I will pick yet, but if you are expecting Nurmy to run him over I honestly think you are in for a surprise.
* Edited at 03.18.2015, 8:38 AM ET *
"Let's just say if we fought again I wouldn't need to keep my hands up." - Luke Rockhold on Michael Bisping's punching power
03.18.2015 | 8:47 AM ET
03.18.2015 | 8:59 AM ET
Prediction: correct dos Anjos correct Decision
"Let's just say if we fought again I wouldn't need to keep my hands up." - Luke Rockhold on Michael Bisping's punching power
03.18.2015 | 9:36 AM ET
Prediction: correct dos Anjos correct Decision
03.18.2015 | 11:39 AM ET
Prediction: correct dos Anjos correct Decision
"Let's just say if we fought again I wouldn't need to keep my hands up." - Luke Rockhold on Michael Bisping's punching power
03.18.2015 | 2:07 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong Submission wrong Round 3
@Idrownfish: We have seen RDA fight Khabib and it wasn't even close.
"I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture, and kill them."
03.18.2015 | 2:13 PM ET
Prediction: correct dos Anjos correct Decision
EDIT: By the way, Nurmy considers the lightweight top 4 to be Cerrone, himself, Dos Anjos and Michael Johnson. That is a rather interesting point of view.
* Edited at 03.18.2015, 2:18 PM ET *
"Let's just say if we fought again I wouldn't need to keep my hands up." - Luke Rockhold on Michael Bisping's punching power
03.18.2015 | 3:22 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong Submission wrong Round 3
"You fight midgets" - Nate Diaz
03.18.2015 | 8:30 PM ET
But you can't go around implying that the Khabib/RDA fight was a fluke just because RDA beat Pettis. Khabib took him down what, 10 times? It was ridiculous.
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03.18.2015 | 8:59 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong Submission wrong Round 2
03.18.2015 | 9:04 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 2
And if RDA/Khabib is a fluke, then there's no reason to think that RDA/Pettis was any different.
03.18.2015 | 9:05 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Pettis wrong Submission wrong Round 2