[quote]humble wrote:
That and Alistairs take down defence is bar none the best in the division if not MMA. Try and get the guy down, good luck. Those hips are friggen bulldozer strong. He doesn’t even need to sprawl. Watch his fights, all he does is snap them back and the sheer size of him and speed and explosiveness has guys struggling to grab him. Big guys too. Not small guys like Cain with no reach.
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I disagree. Since 2006 Alistair fought exactly one fighter with good takedowns, Lesnar. He executed Lesnar in the ring, but Brock wasn’t exactly doing his best to hit his power double either. Reem has strength, and his clinch work is great, but I don’t think stuffing Werdum is the same thing as dealing with Cain’s wrestling. He plays the clinch and footsweep game as well as anyone at HW, in no small part do to his kickboxing background, but I cannot remember him ever stuffing someone I would consider great at single or double legs(Lesnar seemed like he wanted to run, and for good reason).
Having said all that, my mind is more on the “A tired JDS still hit Cain. That means a non-tired Reem can do it too.” track. I wouldn’t pick Cain to win, but I will be watching to see if he has any issues with BigFoot.
By the way, the UFC 156 card has Aldo vs Edger, Ubereem vs Silva, and Fitch vs Maia(I would actually prefer they start this one on the ground). All of those match ups I am looking forward to.
Regards,
Robert A