UFC 226: Miocic vs Cormier

[MacGowan]

UFC 226: Stipe Miocic VS Daniel Cormier
Date: July 7, 2018
Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada


MAIN CARD (PPV)
10PM ET

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (265lb)
Stipe Miocic VS Daniel Cormier


FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (145lb)
Max Holloway VS Brian Ortega


HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT (265lb)
Francis Ngannou VS Derrick Lewis


WELTERWEIGHT BOUT (170lb)
Paul Felder VS Mike Perry


CATCHWEIGHT BOUT (Chiesa missed weight. 157.5lb)
Michael Chiesa VS Anthony Pettis


LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT (205lb)
Gökhan Saki VS Khalil Rountree Jr.



PRELIMS (FS1)
8PM ET

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT (185lb)
Uriah Hall VS Paulo Costa


BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT (135lb)
Raphael Assunção VS Rob Font


LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT (155lb)
Lando Vannata VS Drakkar Klose


WELTERWEIGHT BOUT (170lb)
Curtis Millender VS Max Griffin



EARLY PRELIMS (UFC FIGHT PASS)
7PM ET

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT (155lb)
Dan Hooker VS Gilbert Burns


WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT BOUT (115lb)
Jamie Moyle VS Emily Whitmire

[rabbitfistssaipailo]

Wait Mike perry fighting at 145 ....hold up ??? What ...

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[MacGowan]

Quote: Originally Posted by rabbitfistssaipailo

Wait Mike perry fighting at 145 ....hold up ??? What ... Sent from my Infinix Zero 4 using Operation Sports mobile app

Plastic Mike Perry.
I Fixed it.
I'm sure there's gonna be plenty more hick-ups before fight night

[TB5XSBW]

This is such a good matchup for Stipe. Something that people don't give him and his team much credit for is how great they are in terms of fight IQ and gameplanning.

Stipe definitely wins this one.

[WarMMA]

Quote: Originally Posted by TB5XSBW

This is such a good matchup for Stipe. Something that people don't give him and his team much credit for is how great they are in terms of fight IQ and gameplanning. Stipe definitely wins this one.

Yh I knew I couldn't be the only one that thought this was a bad matchup for DC. DC's not really a good striker and Stipe is a good wrestler himself. He's just gonna "wrestle in reverse" and force DC to stand. He's the more skilled guy on the feet and granted nothing crazy happens, he'll have the advantage there and could probably finish DC. Only way I see DC winning is if he can indeed out wrestle Stipe and ground him (which I doubt) or if the punchers chance luckily comes through for him on the feet.

[Dave_S]

Stipe is definitely hittable. I heard Stipe brought in Ryan Bader for a training partner. Bader is a stud, but I really hope he also brought in better wrestlers than Ryan.

Odds makers have Stipe over a 2:1 favorite if I'm interpreting them correctly.

[p_rushing]

Quote: Originally Posted by WarMMA

Yh I knew I couldn't be the only one that thought this was a bad matchup for DC. DC's not really a good striker and Stipe is a good wrestler himself. He's just gonna "wrestle in reverse" and force DC to stand. He's the more skilled guy on the feet and granted nothing crazy happens, he'll have the advantage there and could probably finish DC. Only way I see DC winning is if he can indeed out wrestle Stipe and ground him (which I doubt) or if the punchers chance luckily comes through for him on the feet.

Wrestling in reverse takes away from your striking though. He can't do that and go defensive, he needs to stay aggressive and just rely on his training to get back up. He can't be like every Khabib opponent and because he will losing the striking and probably still be taken down.

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[WarMMA]

Quote: Originally Posted by p_rushing

Wrestling in reverse takes away from your striking though. He can't do that and go defensive, he needs to stay aggressive and just rely on his training to get back up. He can't be like every Khabib opponent and because he will losing the striking and probably still be taken down. Sent from my SM-T820 using Tapatalk

It doesn't always take away. We've seen guys do it successfully. The big question is if he can stay on his feet or what. Sure he needs to be somewhat aggressive, but you don't wanna be too aggressive either and give DC the opportunity he needs to get the td. When using a sprawl and brawl strategy, I feel a more patient approach to striking is required. DC will be the aggressor cuz he doesn't wanna stand, so Stipe has to just stay patient, pick his shots and try his best to avoid all grappling exchanges.