UFC 197

MAD EXCITED ABOUT THIS CARD.  I TOOK TO INSTAGRAM YESTERDAY TO GIVE MY OPINION ON HOW THE HOLM VS TATE FIGHT WOULD PAN OUT, BUT, I WILL DO SO HERE ALSO, AND ALSO GIVE MY OPINION ON THE MCGREGOR VS DOS ANJOS.

HOLM VS TATE.

I LIKE HOLM, AND HER PERFORMANCE AGAINST ROUSEY WAS VERY GOOD.  THE WEIGHT OF THE MOMENT DID NOT GET TO HER, AND SHE KEPT HER COMPOSURE THROUGHOUT THE FIGHT.  ROUSEY, IN MY OPINION, TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED HOLM, AND THAT'S WHY SHE ATE THAT LEG KICK TO THE FACE.  NOW THAT HOLM HAS CLAIMED HER TOP SPOT, SHE HAS A TARGET ON HER BACK, AND THEY SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT A TRUE CHAMP UNTIL YOU DEFEND YOUR BELT.  ENTER MEISHA TATE.  I'VE SEEN MEISHA FIGHT, AND SHE IS PRETTY GRITTY, AND WILL GRIND OUT A WIN WITH HER GRAPPLING, HOWEVER, I HONESTLY SEE THIS GOING THE SAME WAY AS THE ROUSEY FIGHT.  HOLM IS TALLER AND HER LEGS ARE HEAVIER, THEREFORE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE HARDER FOR TATE TO THROW HER AROUND AND GRAPPLE WITH HER.  HOLM ALSO HAS BOXING ON HER SIDE, WHICH, AS I STATED IN HER FIRST FIGHT, WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE IT TEACHES YOU ABOUT DISTANCE AND MOVING IN AND OUT OF RANGE.  THE OTHER THING IS THAT, IN THE ROUSEY FIGHT HOLM TAGGED ROUSEY HARD, AND I BELIEVE SHE HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN HIT THAT HARD BEFORE, AND IT KIND OF BROKE HER WILL.  I THINK TATE WILL BE ALMOST THE SAME.  TATE HAS BEEN BEAT UP BEFORE, AND SHE WILL CONTINUE TO COME FORWARD AND SCRAP.  THE QUESTION IS, ONCE SHE GETS A TASTE OF HOLLY'S POWER, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?  I THINK SHE EATS PUNCHES ALL NIGHT AND ENDS UP GETTING DROPPED IN THE THIRD BY A HEAD KICK.  I THINK TATE IS SLOWER THAN HOLM, AND ONCE TATE STARTS GETTING TAGGED A LOT, SHE GOES INTO A KIND OF ZOMBIE MODE, AND THAT'S WHEN I THINK SHE WILL GET KICKED IN THE HEAD.  THAT KICK WILL EITHER KNOCK HER COMPLETELY OUT, OR, JUST LEAD TO A TKO. 

MCGREGOR VS DOS ANJOS.

NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS FIGHT.  I WANTED ALDO VS MCGREGOR 2, BUT INSTEAD WE GET THIS.  I THINK MCGREGOR GOT LUCKY AGAINST ALDO, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.  NOW, MCGREGOR HAS MOVED UP IN WEIGHT AND DECIDED TO TAKE ON DOS ANJOS.  THE LAST FIGHT I SAW DOS ANJOS FIGHT, AGAINST DONALD CERRONE, HE LOOKED VERY ON POINT IN THAT FIGHT.  I THINK MCGREGOR BELIEVES HE'S A LOT BETTER THAN HE IS, AND THIS FIGHT WILL PROVE THAT HIS MOUTH WON'T ALWAYS WIN HIM A FIGHT.  THE THING ABOUT MCGREGOR IS THAT, THIS DOG AND PONY SHOW, IS BECOMING STALE AND PEOPLE CAN'T REALLY BE INTIMIDATED BY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE.  SO, HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK THE TALK AND PROVOCATION MIND GAME IS GONNA THROW DOS ANJOS OFF, AT ALL.  DOS ANJOS IN HIS LAST FIGHT, AGAINST DONALD CERRONE, LOOKED VERY MEAN AND VERY STRONG, AND BROKE CERRONE DOWN QUICK FOR THAT WIN.  I KNOW, MANY PEOPLE, ARE ROOTING FOR MCGREGOR TO WIN THIS FIGHT, BUT, I AM NOT.  I DON'T SEE MCGREGOR WINNING THIS FIGHT.  I SEE DOS ANJOS, PATIENTLY PICKING HIS SPOTS, TAKING THE SECOND AND THIRD ROUND, AND EVENTUALLY NAILING CONNOR WITH SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT LATE IN THE FOURTH ROUND, AND WINNING VIA SUBMISSION OR TKO.  I THINK CONNOR HAS AN INNER BELIEF ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT, I BELIEVE DOS ANJOS WILL BREAK THAT BELIEF.  DOS ANJOS, IS MY PICK IN THIS FIGHT, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE MCGREGOR, BUT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK CONNOR CAN WIN THIS.  WHEN YOUR TRASH TALK BROUGHT DOWN ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE SPORT, THEN, IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.  DOS ANJOS, IS READY.  IT'S A NEW WEIGHT CLASS AS WELL, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS TO CONSIDER.    -  925