The Talent is one of the most improved fighters followed behind Overeem. For the latter, where 99% of the fighters move down he's one of the few who moved up.
Alex Caceres is one of em. I'll throw in Guida once he jumped to GJ's camp awhile back. Ross Pearson, Nate Diaz, are some others as well.
Belcher via mounted TKO. Like Grotty said, Okami is going to panic and go to wrestling mode the second Belcher smacks him in the face with something decent. I bet Alan expects that and ends up in mount from there.
Wierd how Belcher has 4 in a row and finished all of them before the 3rd round, and yet he's not even mentioned for a title shot. The MW division is stacked. Winner of this Vs Lombard I reckon.
I picked Okami by decision but Belcher stands quite a decent chance in this one.
Okami's standup is really mediocre. Despite what Rogan says about Okami having improved his boxing, Okami's only weapon seems to be his jab. That ain't gonna be useful against a guy with a longer reach than he has. IIRC, Okami fights southpaw? It is gonna make it hard for him to shoot a takedown against a fighter in the orthodox stance.
Hoping Okami takes Belcher down from the clinch and fends off the submission attempts.
Okami don't have the tools to take Belcher down though. Belcher has great balance. However he gotta stop going for submission attempts that wind him on his back. Okami's top control is overwhelming, and landing on his back would mean the round is probably over for him.
Yushin is so slick. I love the way that he got that upperbody throw and when he landed on the bottom used Belcher's bad balance to reverse by grabbing a single leg.
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