Originally Posted by
Luca Fury
To be fair, Pearson went 3 hard rounds with Edson Barboza. You'd think if Miller knocked him down, Barboza would KTFO him. I don't think Cub has that much power (Roop has a glass jaw), and Ross is the better striker in terms of offense and defense, but Cub could land a BIG shot still. Pearson should be good, I'm just not gonna go big on him.
As for Rivera/Stone, kind of the same thing as the above fight, but a different weakness. Rivera has good enough cardio and takedown defense to keep the fight on the feet and Stone has a glass jaw, but if he does get put on his back, might be over. Will bet Rivera, but just not big.
All things point to both guys winning, but there is a clear way either can lose, as unlikely as those ways are.
yeah, Pearson certainly doesnt have a dodgy chin or anything. He attributed tht loss to Miller to getting injured during the fight...
It's no longer a secret! Ross Pearson just confirmed that he will be undergoing a knee surgery after acquiring a torn cartilage and chipped bone in his knee during his last fight with Miller.
After Ross Pearson confirmed that he will undergo a knee surgery next Thursday, The Real Deal is eying a February return in the Octagon. Pearson suffered a torn knee cartilage and chipped a knee bone while competing against Cole Miller at UFN 22. During the second minute of his September 15 match, Pearson found himself seriously injured — resulting to a second-round submission loss to Miller.
Ross “The Real Deal” Pearson cannot exactly pinpoint when the injury occurred. But the moment Pearson knew it, he knows that his game-plan is in jeopardy. “It didn’t affect me in thinking ‘oh man I can’t fight on anymore’; the only thing it affected was the gameplan. I just couldn’t do it. The gameplan was to step in and out of range, use my angles, and use my right leg kick to take away his lead leg before finishing it with my right hand. But I couldn’t push off my leg to land anything.”
Pearson attempted to keep mum about his injury, so as not to say that he’s using his knee accident as an excuse. But he believes that the scan and news will come out in the open anyway. So instead of keeping it quiet, he confirmed that he will go under the surgeon’s knife, and wants to get back to action as soon as possible.