Feijao looked terrific against Mo Lawal. Awesome takedown defense, couldn't be kept down, and was patient, lethal and accurate with his shots standing, almost like a mini Anderson Silva. No surprise that he actually trains with The Spider. While Hendo is an all-time great, he's had many underwhelming performances in his career, earning himself the nickname "Decision Dan." He arguably lost to mid level guys like Murilo Rua and Yuki Kondo, while getting some fortunate decisions against Rich Franklin and Murilo Bustamante. This whole concept that he is better at 205 is actually a bit of myth. Many of his underwhelming performances have been at 205. And don't forget, at 205, he's at a size disadvantage should he wish to grapple.
Clearly, if you're having doubts about taking Feijao, you're thinking about the Mike Kyle loss. Aside from being unmotivated for that fight, Kyle is a lethal striker, who almost put away top HWs like Werdum and Bigfoot Silva with strikes. While Hendo hits extremely hard, he is extremely untechnical and easy to prepare against. He misses a large majority of shots he throws and doesn't have the speed to go blow for blow with Feijao.
5dimes has Feijao at +130. I think that's awesome value, since I expect him to beat the declining 40 year old. I'm wondering if he'll be the first to TKO Dan. I think it's extremely possible with his power and Hendo's age.
Clearly, if you're having doubts about taking Feijao, you're thinking about the Mike Kyle loss. Aside from being unmotivated for that fight, Kyle is a lethal striker, who almost put away top HWs like Werdum and Bigfoot Silva with strikes. While Hendo hits extremely hard, he is extremely untechnical and easy to prepare against. He misses a large majority of shots he throws and doesn't have the speed to go blow for blow with Feijao.
5dimes has Feijao at +130. I think that's awesome value, since I expect him to beat the declining 40 year old. I'm wondering if he'll be the first to TKO Dan. I think it's extremely possible with his power and Hendo's age.
