tough card to bet,imo......might nibble on the fringe ...small stuff just for action...
I`ve been watching the stahl line since it posted......I watched his youtube stuff and he`s pretty big and aggressive for the weight....burns,despite all the hype,is coming up from 155....keep hoping for a +150 but I doubt it gets there....burns is hard to read....the fact that stahl is from gustafsson`s camp only makes it more tempting...pretty sure I`ll bite for a small play...burns is supposedly a jitz beast,though...
I`m getting the feeling that Johnson either blitzes lil nog or has a terrible time with him...lil nog is a good boxer and fairly durable(the only bludgeoning on his record was vs soukoudjou back in the day)..and he`s a lefty(can`t discount that..the 2 guys on Johnson's record that I know are lefties beat him,belfort and clementi).........but lil nog is relatively slow footwork-wise.... lots think this is a foregone conclusion....I`m not one of them...might par Johnson itd with golovkin itd and hedge with lil nog at +450...small just for fun...
was leaning Bermudez until the weigh-in....guida looked naturally bigger...I know Bermudez is strong,but,guida `s pace is tough and if he`s naturally bigger and can smother Bermudez` power,who knows...for the record,i think Bermudez is good...but not chad mendes good...
Thomson/green?..who knows?...green on short notice and the recent passing of his brother make him a ??(was really thinking about it)...Thomson talking potential retirement....
too many questions...still a potentially great fight...
everybody raves about cummins work in the gym....and kingsbury off a layoff...he could get wrestle f`ed....cummins might be parlay material..but he`s so inexperienced...maybe take a fling with cummins and lawler small...
lawler/brown on paper is the best fight you could possibly make....lawler`s better technically...carries more power.....brown doesn`t give a shit about power...he just pressures his opponent until they wilt/quit or die....
can he smother and out-pace lawler?...this thing goes to the mat and lawler can be subbed(so can brown..but I doubt that lawler has the sub game to do it)...other than dong hyun kim(who I`m pretty sure is a lefty),I didn`t see any other southpaws on brown`s resume....so it`s hard to say how that factors in....
pulling for lawler..hard to root against brown...both paid their dues....
great card.....matchmaking seems to get better and better...
btw...anybody else see 6`6" liam mcgeary in bellator last night?...that`s a 205`er to keep your eye on....