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On 8/20/2020 at 4:32 PM, beekay414 said:

It's always hard to bet the old guard fighters vs the new age guys. The old guard has the name brand but perhaps that's how they get you with those bets. +200 on Edgar looks great but you're not betting on 2010 Frankie Edgar.

Lolol this is exactly me. Getting suckered on the name brand 😂

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Just now, JaguarCrazy2832 said:

Does Nunes even want that fight? Back to Back fights at Featherweight. Does she want her first fight back down to that weight, to be vs her biggest test yet?

Probably not. The question becomes what do they do if Holm beats Aldana and GDR beats Pena in October? Ladd already tore her ACL and is out until late 2021 as it is. Then you'd have the top 2 at 135 being the last two women that Nunes defended against and beat convincingly (Holm KO and GDR got wrestled to oblivion). You gonna give Viera the shot despite being KO'd cold by Aldana? You gonna run it back with Holm or GDR rather than give Shevchenko her shot at redeeming herself after people thought she won the last fight?

135 is a mess because of the way they've been booking it.

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5 minutes ago, beekay414 said:

Probably not. The question becomes what do they do if Holm beats Aldana and GDR beats Pena in October? Ladd already tore her ACL and is out until late 2021 as it is. Then you'd have the top 2 at 135 being the last two women that Nunes defended against and beat convincingly (Holm KO and GDR got wrestled to oblivion). You gonna give Viera the shot despite being KO'd cold by Aldana? You gonna run it back with Holm or GDR rather than give Shevchenko her shot at redeeming herself after people thought she won the last fight?

135 is a mess because of the way they've been booking it.

It definitely can get messy. I will say if GDR can improve her TDD at all it could get interesting. She did very well in the standup for Nunes

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Just now, JaguarCrazy2832 said:

It definitely can get messy. I will say if GDR can improve her TDD at all it could get interesting. She did very well in the standup for Nunes

She's a better standup technician than Nunes. That's why Nunes grappled. I attested to that before the fight. I said Nunes wanted no part of GDR in the standup and her route to winning would be to expose her wrestling. She did. I don't think that would change at all. Pena will try to do the same thing.

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Just now, beekay414 said:

She's a better standup technician than Nunes. That's why Nunes grappled. I attested to that before the fight. I said Nunes wanted no part of GDR in the standup and her route to winning would be to expose her wrestling. She did. I don't think that would change at all. Pena will try to do the same thing.

I absolutely agree. I just mean between the 2 of Holm and GDR, GDR at least brings something to the table

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Just now, JaguarCrazy2832 said:

I absolutely agree. I just mean between the 2 of Holm and GDR, GDR at least brings something to the table

Holm can, she can't just stand there like she did last time. She stopped moving and bouncing on the balls of her feet and Nunes landed clean with the headkick. I was baffled by Holly's gameplan that fight, much like I was with Bobby Knuckles vs Adesanya.

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