UFC Baku Prelim Preview, Predictions, and Picks (Ep1117)

“I think I'm going to go striker over grappler. I think I'm going to take Jefferson Nascimento and Jefferson Nascimento.”

“Give me Jean Matsumoto. Um better striker not more power. Bekzat Almakhan's got the more power but Jean Matsumoto is more active but more accurate and better defense uh on striking as well and uh clear clearly better on on the ground.”

“I'm gonna go with Daniil Donchenko here. Uh I will say Theodor Berggren is a really really really fun kickboxer. Um on the feet, he's dangerous as hell, but like part of the reason why I still like Daniil Donchenko in this is twofold. The first thing is is Daniil Donchenko can take a shot. Um, we've seen in pretty much every single one of his fights, this dude loves to be in a war. I mean, like, look at the little thumbnail we used for this episode. Go ahead if you're on if you're on YouTube. The dude's bleeding and having a great time doing it. So, uh, yeah, like he could take a shot and keep, uh, moving forward. But then in addition to that, too, the other thing that I really like about him in this fight is the ability to take the fight to the mat. Theodor Berggren, his takedown defense is, and you can see it in a lot of”

“Give me Javier Reyes here. Um the reach advantage is huge and he's a better striker to begin with. I think he's going to put a pace on Kaan Ofli. He's got some grappling as well. I like to say grappling in the back pocket, but but he is he can grapple also. But um but I think the clear advantage is going to be on the feet for him. So I'll take Javier Reyes.”

“Yeah, I'm going Nursulton Ruziboev. Um I think he's more dangerous everywhere. Um Andrey Pulyaev, you know, he's a Russian guy, so sometimes people like, oh, you know, the grappling and whatnot. He's not a good grappler at all. um his level of competition has been pretty low. Even his Contender Series fight against NOT_IN_ROSTER_16, NOT_IN_ROSTER_16 was like kind of not ready for that level yet. And he's like a look, he's got some like fun kickboxing, too. But like the power that Ruseo brings where he just like sleeps everybody with one shot most of I mean like was it Brunno Ferreira or no Bruno that he he just like absolutely mercy killed uh early in that fight. like he's just got like a big uppercut or you know he throws a big hand and I think ultimately we would be talking about Rudoyv a lot more positivel”

“Give me Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev uh finisher. He's going to put a pace on on the feet. He's going to out strike him on the feet. He can also uh get the job done on the ground. So uh the hunter is going to hunt a Julius Walker and he's going to drink the Julius Walker, I guess, and then recycle it hopefully.”

“Uh, I got Farman Hasanov.”