I think it's a better fight and it will be much closer than Carwin/Nelson. I also wonder if Dana is going to fire the guy who loses as he hates both of them.
Surprised Mitrione is getting this chance considering Dana went off on him in England, but either way he needs to bring a pillow because Roy is gonna beat him like a red headed step child.
Meh, I don't know how I feel about it. If it stays standing, it's a fun fight. But Roy's mentality is 'just win'. I see no reason why he won't just take Matt down and crucifix him to a meh stoppage.
Roys wrestling will be too much and most likely a repeat of his fight with Kimbo from TUF. I cant see him wanting to stand to too long with the reach of Mitrone.
Nelson is gonna smash Mitrione, but I hope Mitrione pulls off the upset. Was a fan of Nelson, but after that Facebook 100k likes stuff and watching him on TUF 16, I have come to really dislike Nelson.
I wanted to see Carwin/Nelson because it was interesting to see what would happen when 1 of the most powerful punchers goes up against someone with one of the most durable chins and neither of them being very technical in the stand up department.
Terrible match up for Mitrione. I really like Matt, but this will be ugly. He doesn't have movement to avoid the big punch and he'll probably get KO'd pretty early.
If this goes to the ground it will be even worse for him.
He is a better MMA fighter than both. Interested to see what/how Mitrone has improved. I like the guy, his striking is getting solid, but not enough to make up for his ground game.
Makes sense to me, a win over Nelson gives him likely a small step up in Struve or Browne win over either of those guys puts him in the top ten.
And Kongo is all about the stall when it comes to wrestling, he's a man with a particular set of skills (Greco-Roman wrestling), I think Mitrione can stay on his feet and get a real fight out of Nelson.
I'm actually dissapointed that we don't get to see Carwin vs Nelson - it seems to me that so many people were saying Nelson was going to run through Carwin....ridiculous! Too bad we will not get to see this fight.
Oh well...aside from the Kongo fight, Mitrione has looked good. This one should be decent.
Roy was never going to run through Carwin. Anyone saying that doesn't have the first clue. It's simply that Carwin hasn't fought in so long, and when he last did, he was demolished by the current HW champion. As someone else once told me, in the eyes of today's fickle MMA fans, you're only as good as your last fight.
Run through him? I mean if either guy won it was prolly by running through them. The HW division isn't really about close fights. Roy KOs Carwin early. Or Carwin KO's Roy early. Or Carwin gasses and gets finished.
I think people who think Carwin is a top 10 HW still are delusional. He beat up Frank Mir who sucks vs. that type of opponent. What else? He punches Brock in the face and Brock turtled up? Then he lost anyway? He KO'd the great Gabe Gonzaga? Carwin has massive power, but he hasn't beat any real good HWs. Not that Roy is awesome. But he has experience, has a KO punch himself that seems to land, he has one of the best chins in MMA, he has the BJJ advantage by a mile. It is sad but he has the cardio and speed advantage. He is actually sort of healthy.
I mean people hoping for Carwin to return and be a top 5 HW...are just kidding themselves. He would get trashed by most all of the top 10. At least in my opinion. The only thing I have ever been impressed with from Carwin is his power. He can beat anyone with that on a given day. But he really never was a great MMA fighter.
I really am baffled to see so many hanging on to the prayer that Carwin will even fight again...let alone beat good HWs. Carwin is done and has been done for a while. I have been saying this for a while.
What strikers has he handled? Is Gonzo considered a good striker these days or ever? Is Mir a striker? Is Brock Lesnar a striker? I mean he knocks out punks that can't strike and can't take him down. Carwin would gas through half a round and Roy would find his chin in my opinion.
How is anyone being fickle about Carwin? He never was that impressive. And how can you ignore the fact that he is a broken down, old, slow fighter. He's done..face reality.
Might be time for Carwin to consider hanging em up. I've got a little more faith in Mitrione than most of you. I'd like to wonder what kind of fighter if he would be now if he started training a decade ago. Meathead has a good shot if he uses his length and footwork and peppers Roy from a distance. Matt is 100x the athlete Nelson is, and should be able work his game and power out of takedowns.
Might be time for Carwin to consider hanging em up. I've got a little more faith in Mitrione than most of you. I'd like to wonder what kind of fighter if he would be now if he started training a decade ago. Meathead has a good shot if he uses his length and footwork and peppers Roy from a distance. Matt is 100x the athlete Nelson is, and should be able work his game and power out of takedowns.
I don't think either guy is a top HW. But to suggest that Nelson would handle Carwin easily is ridiculous. Both guys are extremely tough and durable, which would lead me to believe that this fight could have easily gone the distance....and if I had to give the edge to which guy would finish the fight I would pick Carwin by KO.
Now...back to the actual topic at hand - Mitrione. He's a great athlete and a really tough guy with a lot of potential, but he just looked terrible in the Kongo fight. I think Roy will be too tough and too experienced. I still expect a competitive fight though.
Roy should win this. I can see Matt using leg kicks and trying to score from the outside, but Nelson does a good job of staying in the pocket and threatening with hard punches. Iron chin. On the ground it's no contest.
I'll never understand the hate for Nelson. The guy comes out looking for the KO every time. I guess a lot of guys are still sore about getting beat up in highschool by some fat bully...
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