If anyone is overrated it is Lombard. Who was outstuck by Tim Boetsch. He was getting billed as a guy that would easily contend for a UFC title. Palhares is in no ones top 10. Not a single human beings' top 10.
Two short, insanely strong and jacked middleweights...I expect this to be a good fight. Lombard via decision. I don't see Palhares being able to take the fight to the ground.
Yeah, Goldberg said it multiple times, but I mean his true skills of defending himself against a BJJ practitioner... Just never saw his Bellator fights
Belcher released a webinar of how he defended Palhares' leg locks so I'm guessing Lombard might have taken a look at that, it's no secret what he's going to do, and for all the crap Lombard gets for being a can crusher not one of Palhares victories still fight in the UFC Middleweight division, and only Dan Miller remains employed.
Palhares is the most mentally weak fighter I've ever seen and just gives up if his one trick doesn't work, not to mention he's a dirty fighter so hopefully he gets what's coming to him and Lombard blasts him.
Lombards base should be too strong for Palhares to ever get a take down. Palhares' striking is wild but powerful. That wildness will probably lead him right into a Lombard KO hook.
Frankly I'm shocked they didn't let him fight Silva after he lost to Tim. Why not? You've got 3 other divisions where you gave a guy coming off a loss (or two!) a title shot. Why should Lombard be punished for losing to Boetsch? So unfair.
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