Contender Series 2022: Week 7

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Why is bonfim only like -255.

I think he should be -1000, 

Waters is a true jobber

How poetic is it that Bellato has to avenge his lone loss to be able to get into the UFC

Bleda comes in a shallow division, where I expect her to reach the top 15, she is already in that range in terms of skill, and I believe she will improve.

#7WWP

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at first glance of this card and the opening fighters i take tereza bleda for a dominating contender series victory against nayara maia who could not crush a can when she tried

latest nayara arnault maia tapes available on fight pass (search nayara arnault for one of them) 

all tereza tapes available on youtube

maia
5'5" 32 years old fighting since 2018
Maia 5/8 finish rate 3/8 KO/TKO rate 2/8 submission rate 2/8 decision rate and 1/8 draw rate

pros:
- 2x5 round experience
- bsc womens flyweight champion
- defended title 1 time against 10-1 opponent


criticisms:
- lack of submission strength or expertise despite being a grappler
- most fights against cans

bleda
5'9" 20 years old fighting since 2017 
Bleda 9/14 finish rate 6/14 KO/TKO rate 3/14 submission rate 5/14 decision rate 

pros:
- earned Oktagon MMA Flyweight championship against 9-1 opponent with brutal elbows from mount
- great takedown offense and wrestler
- only fights tougher or more experienced opponents
- dangerous from the bottom

criticisms:
- slightly below average stand-up striker



Tereza vs Nayara
Tereza Bleda, by KO/TKO

Bleda is much bigger than Nayara

Bleda ground & pound to victory is most likely

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The ufc listed on last weeks braodcast that he was out. They showed Karl williams was replacing him but nothings been updated yet 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch5pLg6v454/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 

I mean it’s literally proven it’s happening so don’t worry

-nariman finish rate 17/31 decision rate 11/31 last 4 wins by KO/TKO in a row

-nariman's opponents' wins outmatch bonfim's opponents' wins nearly 2:1

-nariman defended lightweight title 4x at AMC in Russia and 1x 5 round experience

-nariman applies constant, non-stop russian wrestling and striking pressure

-ismael 12/20 finish rate 5/20 decision rate last 2 wins by decision

-ismael the technical boxer that strikes from a distance and has good takedown defense

-ismael can get his back taken pretty easily when he gasses and gets backed up easily against the cage



nariman walks down ismael for a while and eventually wins the fight by ground and pound KO/TKO, very small chance he even gets the finish by rear naked choke

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ismaels losses 2 of 3: Renato Moicano, Adriano Moraes

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-gabriel 100% finish rate 3/12 KO/TKO rate 9/12 Submission rate

-gabriel has faced tougher opponents than trey

-gabriel very good stand up boxer and submission grappler

-6'4" trey waters vs 6'0" gabriel bonfim

-trey 1/6 decision rate 3/6 KO/TKO rate 2/6 Submission rate

-trey two amateur losses by submission 

-trey gets pushed to the side of the cage a lot, even by smaller figher ben bennett 

gabriel by submission, probably, waters is kind of a casual

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Trey was losing to bennett as well before the knee 

trey waters reminds me a lot of maurice greene

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"I still find it shocking that a fighter can win 5 fights against regional low level taxi drivers and then get a chance to win a contract against another can crusher to fight at the "premier" fight championship in the world. At 5 - 0. Seriously."

If you mean Bledá, she also beat Pudilová, who is now back in UFC. Modified rules, but in favor of strikers and Bledá is best on the ground, which there was none (takedown were scored and stood up). Also calling Oktagon regional low level is kind of funny.

Trey Waters is wayy better than Maurice Green that's just disrespectful 🤣

@ayylmao the fight was pretty close if I remember right, don't know about if he was for sure losing.

- 1ST round was close and Bennett didn't get Waters down until 15 seconds left

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I mean bennett was just stalling him against the cage but waters wasn’t doing anything meaningful to win himself a round