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Benoit Saint-Denis -142
Paddy Pimblett +121
Two top quality Lightweight fighters will be competing in the penultimate fight with Paddy Pimblett taking on Benoit Saint Denis just under Conor McGregor vs Max Holloway. There’s one element of both fighter’s careers to date dictating this one, and it all comes down to Saint Denis’ volume of takedown attempts, and Pimblett’s 44% takedown defense.
Saint Denis is going to have to try and attempt takedowns against Paddy The Baddy, as both of Saint Denis’s stoppage losses came against other decent strikers (Dustin Poirier and Renato Moicano), so he’ll want to try and negate that element of Pimblett’s arsenal as soon as possible. But, those 4.19 takedowns per 15 minutes come with a 100% career finish rate across all 17 wins in Benoit’s career, so he has a great chance to run down the clock and win via decision if he can control Paddy up against the cage and on the canvas with his wrestling or go for a submission.
But, Saint Denis will have to be very careful on the ground, as although Paddy prefers to keep his fights standing, he is a second-degree BJJ black belt, so those takedowns need to go straight into decent positions for Benoit otherwise he could be in trouble quickly.
Benoit Saint-Denis -142
Paddy Pimblett +121
Two top quality Lightweight fighters will be competing in the penultimate fight with Paddy Pimblett taking on Benoit Saint Denis just under Conor McGregor vs Max Holloway. There’s one element of both fighter’s careers to date dictating this one, and it all comes down to Saint Denis’ volume of takedown attempts, and Pimblett’s 44% takedown defense.
Saint Denis is going to have to try and attempt takedowns against Paddy The Baddy, as both of Saint Denis’s stoppage losses came against other decent strikers (Dustin Poirier and Renato Moicano), so he’ll want to try and negate that element of Pimblett’s arsenal as soon as possible. But, those 4.19 takedowns per 15 minutes come with a 100% career finish rate across all 17 wins in Benoit’s career, so he has a great chance to run down the clock and win via decision if he can control Paddy up against the cage and on the canvas with his wrestling or go for a submission.
But, Saint Denis will have to be very careful on the ground, as although Paddy prefers to keep his fights standing, he is a second-degree BJJ black belt, so those takedowns need to go straight into decent positions for Benoit otherwise he could be in trouble quickly.