Originally Posted by
terpkeg
I think Diabate may be a ittle over vaued here b/c of his UFC debut. I think Gustafsson can use his wrestling to take fight to ground and take rounds if he wants. Gustafsson training last few months at Alliance, working on his grappling and I woud expect to see him use it if the striking is not going his way. He was already clearly confident in his wrestling actualy trying to take down Davis in their fight in April.
Diabate was pressed on cage and dumpd several times by Jamie Fetcher not too long ago. And, Gustafsson is another animal. He is still very young and would expect big improvements each time out. Whereas, Diabate is in mid-ate thirties and you dont know when body will break down.
Plus Gustafsson has big power and I think can end fight with one punch ko.
As for Bisping, he is a very accurate striker. While Akayama gets into wild exchanges, I see Bisping avoiding those. Plus when Bisping gets taken down, he is very active, has great hips and typically gets back to feet quick. I can see Akayama rocking Bisping and taking a round, but i think +161 for Dec at 5dimes has value. Amost think there is a good chance Bisping wins 29-28 and am tempting to take Bisping by Dec +161, Akayama +3.5 -130 and try to hit both.
Any thoughts here??