Jon Jones, who is a huge favourite to win has no doubt shown me he is capable of coming into a fight aggressively and can execute a gameplan to win. He's young, still trying to prove to the masses that he's the real deal (even with all his wins!) . UFC is throwing him
Rampage Jackson, a veteran with a fan base of a celebrity. His days in Pride still providing him with much needed attention to his toughness. He rose to the top, stumbled down, and is now trekking back up. But will Jones stop him in his tracks? As of current, I can't help but think that Rampage isn't as near to his best as he once was. He came back to snag a win over Lyoto Machida, then a year later take another win off Matt Hamill. Does that show that he has the capability of taking Jones down?
- Honestly, I like Rampage. I think if he could just come into this fight as viscous and threatening of a fighter as he was once portrayed, he may be able to pull it off? With that being said, Rampage being a huge underdog at +375 ... how can I not take that bet? Rampage needs to engineer the perfect strategy, then needs to implement it without fault.
As the underdog, I'm okay losing a $50 to a Jones-Win (just so long as it's not a split decision) ... but if Rampage could pull off (what oddsmakers believe to be impossible) a convincing win then I'll be good with my $187.50!
As you can obviously see, I also took Takanori Gomi . For me, this is an obvious underdog bet I cannot refuse. It has absolutely nothing to do with me having it out for Nate Diaz, but truthfully ... I really don't care for Diaz as an mma fighter.
nate diaz, MR. STOCKTON. Is more of a brawler than he is a strategic fighter. That's where I think he goes wrong. I don't think he works out a winning gameplan. Instead I believe his mentality is to just go with the flow. I was at UFC129 where I watched him get tossed like a rag doll by Rory MacDonald. Fucking Amazing! Should have been part of the live PPV, but i guess Spike was good enough.
I've digressed. Getting back to why I think Gomi will take this. Although Diaz has bjj - I still think that Gomi will be able to get the takedowns and be a dominating wrestler. Keep his composure and avoid Diaz's submission attempts. Standup, Gomi has the knockout power. His cardio could probably do some work but overall Gomi has a good chance here. Besides, Diaz has once again changed weight classes...