UFC 312 Main Card Predictions: Picks & Fight Breakdown

“that's why I'm picking Jake Matthews to win this fight I just think stylistically even though they match up quite quite well with one another the the counter punching against against Pros you offensive game the way prto tries to to enter range I don't think it's really good for him um because he he's not as as crisp yet with the go striking and and keep in mind that prto actually debuted in the lightweight division so this is his third fight he's still trying to to find his feed within the UFC he start at lightweight this fight is at welterweight the previous one is at welterweight so he still needs to know and learn his body with regards to what it is capable of inside the UFC with Jake Matthew is established he's had a lot of fights Jake Matthews win I don't think he wins by a knockout though I think he wins by unanimous decision”

“I think Dricus du Plessis wins I think he knocks sh out now before you say I'm mad or before you say I'm biased hear me up so when we look at Sean Stricklandn a great fighter I love his fighting star love the Philly shell I love everything about Sean Stricklandn but it doesn't feel like Sean Stricklandn has evolved from the nasad imal fight you can even say from the Jared Canon fight even prior to fighting nadinda hasn't felt like sha has actually evolved as a fighter it basically should be a testament to Sean of how good his fighting style is and how difficult it is to beat him because not evolving since Jared Canan and still being able to be Champion beating Izzy beating Paulo Costa beating Nas imal is a testament to how good Sean Strickland really is but it doesn't feel like sha has evolved at all with regard regards to his his fighting and it felt like it didn't feel like it it is evident it's a it's a indisputable fact that drias has evolved as a fighter when we looked at drias versus Rob W obviously we saw dominant performance when we looked at drias versus sh Str the first time we saw we saw some not some lapses but we saw where drias had to improve and then we saw drias against Izzy and it felt like Improvement and seeing dras against sha for the second time being familiar with Sean Stricklandn's fighting style knowing what Halles all there and what wall should be created in in Sean Stricklandn st's in in sten's fighting style I I think Dricus du Plessis gets it done and I think he knocks out Sean Stricklandn I think sha will be at a point where he has to start pressing and he has to start going forward and he has to basically get out of his comfort zone and get out of that fully shell and start throwing with meaning to with with with intent with meaning to maybe finish the fight and I think he gets clipped I think drias knocks him out because Dricus du Plessis has a lot of power a lot of durability and that's basically it and if if the fight goes to the decision I don't see Sean Stricklandn winning it once again due to the fact that if somebody's taking someone down I feel like it's l this now even though sha is is a is defensively a really good wrestler I don't see sea initiating wrestling exchanges he could but would that benefit him I don't know I just feel like d wins by knockout probably late fourth round fifth ground maybe”

“I think Tana Suarez wins and then we move on to the co-main a bit Jean waye versus tanos saurus we have the Unstoppable force and we have probably one of the best fight IQs in the UFC right now we have tanes who feels like she is undeniable and then we have Jean wayu who Who besides from Ros Unice has never lost a fight inside of her UFC cre now I I think stylistically I I'd say they're even not with regards to their their fundamentals but with regards to how they match with Zhang Weili being the much better Striker and Tatiana being the the much better wrest with regards to Pace I think Tatiana is is able to sustain the pace that she puts on for three rounds I think she can she can do it sustainably for five rounds now the difference is whether she will be able to take Jean wayy down cuz that's basically her her road to Victory right mapping out her road to Victory she has to take Jean wayy down if she stands with J she's getting she's probably getting knocked down or she is getting blooded and boozed after after the fight we will it will be evident on her face that she was not able to take Jean wayy down but I think she does now I think Tana Suarez wins especially due to the fact that if ever you think the fight is going to to a decision and you see two durable Fighters two really good Fighters that won't that won't quit that will basically do everything they can to win if you have two fighters match up against one another and you think it's going to a decision always always pick the wrestler because wrestling scores better points than striking does because control time has more has more validity or has more weight to it than than significant strikes so that's my thought process I don't think either woman is getting finished however I do think Tatiana Suarez wins by unanimous decision”

“I have Jimmy Crute winning the fight and I actually have him winning the fight by a knockout probably second round Rulo fights with his CH up he's he's very much exposed especially when he pushes his opponent against the fence right when he's applying pressure to his opponent leaves himself open I think Jimmy catches him I think Jimmy knocks him out”