Love it. I hope you made that pick before those amphetamines clouded your judgment though Big Day.
Big Rig has tremendous power for 170 and Kos is very hittable especially since the
fractured orbital... he does his patented stunned look with an OCD nose twitch whenever he gets hit. Pierce has serious power like Hendricks, albeit without the same handspeed as Johny, and he couldn't put Kos out... Bah, I'm so indecisive here.
I'm worried that Kos will get tooled in the standup and then strategically shoot for a power double with 30-60 seconds left and then LnP like he did versus Pierce in rounds 2 & 3 to steal a decision. Hendricks is even smaller than Pierce although I'm sure you'd favour Johny's wrestling but I don't feel he's the best MMA wrestler defensively. Pierce took him down in round three with a brute strength, pick him up and drop him double leg TD. I need to rewatch the Story fight to see where Johny went wrong (was it clinch TDs like Story usually does?) but I don't have TUF12 finale on hand and my memory is definitely not reliable from three years ago.
The biggest wild card is how Kos's camp is going in Fresno. Who is he wrestling with? Who's his striking coach? I'm sure his S&C will be fine; it always is... Maybe Koscheck will look rejuvenated since cutting out the AKA cancer. Kos wants us to believe that... But it may be a case of not being able to teach an old dog new tricks.
Personally, I need to watch more footage. I'm so indecisive with this play. I guess that's why the odds are pretty much even.