Amanda Ribas by decision.īissell: Barber has a great motor and mean intentions, but I think Ribas has enough craftiness to confuse and frustrate the young American. As long as Amanda doesn’t fall into the trap of backing straight up with her chin in the air, she should take this. And look, she’s good at what she does, but what we’ve seen is also very limited.Įnter Amanda Ribas, who isn’t very quick on her feet but has a solid Judo base and ferocious ground strikes. It’s when she started fighting opponents that she couldn’t take down or actually implemented layered striking and lateral movement that she got the brakes slammed on her. Victor: Barber’s main assets coming into the UFC was running forward and battering opponents against the cage. I can’t trust Barber to stop the takedown, but I do think she’ll do the most damage on the feet. I’m concerned that the way Ribas leaves herself exposed while she’s throwing is going to leave herself open to some clever power counters from Barber (Elbows, head kicks). She’s definitely a dog, but so is Maycee. It doesn’t feel like Amanda is competing, as much as she’s fighting. It might not be the prettiest technique out there, but everything she throws seems to sting. Also the coin said Ribas.Įddie: If laser beams could bend, they’d be the punches of Amanda Ribas. Ribas is that fighter and handed losses to dynamic upstarts like Mackenzie Dern and Paige Van Zant. Amanda Ribas by Decision.Ĭhris: Barber is good, but she has consistently come up short whenever she fights someone with a second layer of grit, or veteran guile. Maycee BarberĪnton: Barber should have better physicality, but Ribas is probably just the better fighter. Staff picking Topuria: Ben, Dayne, Kristen, Jack, Lucas, Stephie, Anton, Bissell, Zane Amanda Ribas vs. Staff picking Emmett: Chris, Eddie, Victor I’ll take Topuria by TKO, round 2, but he’s likely to have a very very dangerous time getting there. And he’s been stung before by less heavy-handed fighters. Still, Topuria has never really faced someone that could potentially simply out-punch him. For all the danger he represents, Emmett tends to have his best success when opponents are too wary of him to force him to have to brawl. My baseline read is that his combination of technical pocket punching, aggression, confidence, and wrestling will put Emmett in a fire fight where he has the clear power to do damage, but is more likely to get cracked first. Zane: I am worried about Illia Topuria in this fight. Ilia Topuria, on the other hand, feels like he has levels beyond what we’ve seen and has the propensity for doing something unexpected (and vicious) on any given night. Topuria fights smart and has a lot of athleticism and technique, and Emmett’s counters and takedowns will make this a challenge that may be a bit much for him right now.īissell: I think we’ve seen Josh Emmett’s ceiling at this point and that his game doesn’t offer many surprises. Josh Emmett’s got the power, wrestling, and veteran savvy to edge this out. Victor: Ilia Topuria is a future title challenger, yet he’s got some growth to go through. If Topuira struggles to get the takedown, and I think that he will, then I see Emmett having all the time he needs to do damage. That’s exactly where Emmett wants to be, too, so we might just end up getting repeated car crashes on the feet. Ilia loves to punch his way into the pocket, and is often open for extended exchanges there. But if you remember correctly, not only did he lose that first round, but he almost got knocked out, too. Just two-fights ago for Topuria, he viciously slept Jai Herbert. He also has a wrestling base, but he chooses to stand, so it’s hard for me to see anyone at 145-pounds having an easy time getting him down. Aside to Max Holloway, who has the next best hands in the UFC’s heavyweight division? A strong argument could be made for Josh Emmett, who has already proven himself among his fellow contenders. Also the coin said Emmett so I had to come up with some rationale.Įddie: I bet mostly everyone is picking Ilia Topuria to remain undefeated, but hear me out. Chris: The young gun Ilia Topuira is going to try to make a statement by stopping Josh Emmett and while he’s got the skills, you don’t run face first into a wood-chipper.
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