UFC 280 - Oliveira vs Makhachev
It’s UFC weekend! This one has all the makings of an all time great card, and thank God for that because some of these recent events have been DIRE. In this piece I’m gonna be looking at the three fights at the top of the card, lemme know what you guys think on twitter @Atlas8s Now, to the predictions - Petr Yan vs Sean O'Malley I wanted to go in depth on this but I’d be wasting time breaking down what I think is a complete mismatch. Sean O’Malley is a good fighter who does a lot of things well, he’s long, has crisp striking and deceptive power. He’s fighting Petr Yan, who I think is at worst, one of the 4 best fighters in the world (Volk, Usman, Mighty Mouse, Yan). O’Malley will try to use his height to stay at range and pick and pot-shot at Yan from where he believes he’ll be safe. The thing is, his defensive toolbox is way to shallow to deal with what Yan is capable of. Munhoz and Vera were able to lace O’Malley with leg kicks at will and Kris Moutinho (who isn’t very good)