nate`s always looked very buff...but i wonder,was he really a huge guy at 185?....apparently,not according to nate....is he blowing smoke?....:shrug:
he looked at a physical disadvantage vs sonnen and okami(who really are big at 185..and in sonnen`s case,well,everybody knows the situation there)... ....
but story is a real pit bull...he`s just not all that polished...i always thought alves was a little one-dimensional and maybe a tad overrated(i could be wrong there).....but if not for the alves win,these odds wouldn`t be nearly this close...
the question seems to be,is marquardt gonna get wrestle-f-cked just like he did vs sonnen?...i don`t think so....sonnen pretty much out-wresles 90% of his opponents,,,,...and marquardt held his own grappling-wise vs okami(and hathaway at the very least,nullified story`s wrestling)....but marquardt did have some trouble with okami`s lefty stance....and story is a lefty....but marquardt will have a small height advantage vs story(he had a ht. disadvantage vs okami).....
story has some nice wins...and his mma career seems to be mimicking his wrestling career(slow start/but becomes a force with experience)....he`s a bulldog....
tough call,but unless the weigh-in indicates that nate looks drained(florian looked drained but showed excellent cardio),i have to roll the dice on a medium play on nate`s well-roundedness and experience(given the odds)...could be way wrong...in the minority given the line movement....and story is on a serious roll...
i hope the kongo odds drop back down....
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