Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -206
Josh Barnett +186
Wanderlei Silva +171
Mirko Filipovic -181
This tourny can be won by any of the final 4 so it's risky going. I personally like both dogs by a slim margin and also since it's close that's the way to play.
barnet has good wrestling and decent standup and is just a big guy that you don't want on top of you. He got on top of randy coutore and tko him in the 2nd. Nogueira has good boxing but his power is usually only in combinations. His submissions are top notch. Barnet must watch out for the triangle choke. Barnet is no chump either with submissions. Prediction barnet via decision.
crocop and silva is almost a coin flip. crocop can ko you at any second with the left high kick. silva can overwhelm you with a flurry of punches or a series of knees in the thai clinch. silva must stay on the inside or outside. must avoid the middle distance where that left high kick can land. these 2 have fought before where if noone won clearly it was to be a draw which is what happened. in my opinion silva won the fight. since then crocop's ground skills have improved and also his takedown defense is a little better making this a more dangerous fight for silva and closer to 50/50. both can be ko'ed by the other. pick is silva.
tourny overall pick not seeing great odds for my liking cause its so up in the air but i like barnett especially if he faces silva. barnett is too big for silva and too good a wrestler.
Josh Barnett +186
Wanderlei Silva +171
Mirko Filipovic -181
This tourny can be won by any of the final 4 so it's risky going. I personally like both dogs by a slim margin and also since it's close that's the way to play.
barnet has good wrestling and decent standup and is just a big guy that you don't want on top of you. He got on top of randy coutore and tko him in the 2nd. Nogueira has good boxing but his power is usually only in combinations. His submissions are top notch. Barnet must watch out for the triangle choke. Barnet is no chump either with submissions. Prediction barnet via decision.
crocop and silva is almost a coin flip. crocop can ko you at any second with the left high kick. silva can overwhelm you with a flurry of punches or a series of knees in the thai clinch. silva must stay on the inside or outside. must avoid the middle distance where that left high kick can land. these 2 have fought before where if noone won clearly it was to be a draw which is what happened. in my opinion silva won the fight. since then crocop's ground skills have improved and also his takedown defense is a little better making this a more dangerous fight for silva and closer to 50/50. both can be ko'ed by the other. pick is silva.
tourny overall pick not seeing great odds for my liking cause its so up in the air but i like barnett especially if he faces silva. barnett is too big for silva and too good a wrestler.
