Pre-Fight Study - Weidman vs Mousasi - UFC 210

wyd minimum would sauce they're both the same high but Weidman will hold a two-inch reach advantage with saucy is significantly more experience with 49 total professional MMA fights compared to weidman's 15 total fight and that's crazy considering they're both about the same age mousasi was 31 wide Minister T to masashi has fought such a wide and interesting roster of fighters including Hector Lombard Mark Hunt Gary Goodridge King mo and even open Saint Preux aside from that he's faced high-level fighters across multiple weight classes can I just say it's very annoying to hear and read the same criticism about mousasi being bored when he fights sure he looks like it he sounds a bit monotone and he has bed hair but that doesn't mean he's constantly struggling to maintain his focus every second of the bite he's often very calculated as well as being the aggressor Massassi was primarily a striker has good boxing with his jab probably being his best weapon yes excellent precision on a strikes to the best example of this in my opinion was his fight against the leader of the TV the jab was landing with such frequency and precision it began a fresh grave latifi and by the end of the fight his face was a complete mess most of it from the jab in the follow-up shot if you notice Massassi stance in that fight most of the weight is centered on his lead leg whereas in his more recent fight against Vitor Belfort you'll notice his weight is more centered on the rear leg with a lighter lead Lake and this could be for a number of reasons and it's probably a combination of a lot of tactical game planning watching for leg kicks or probably adding kicks to his own overall game many of gaggers earlier fights he didn't throw many kicks other than the occasional inside like it this might be because gay guard comes from an amateur boxing background and obviously that's probably where he's most effective been comfortable but gay guard is also quite a stack of an active on the mat as well aside from his 22 knockout victories he also has 12 submission wins however his only recent submission came against Mark Munoz in 2014 his next fight was actually a submission loss against jacare souza probably noteworthy dimension gaggers also lost to an aggressive wrestler type in King Mohammed the wall too granted that was in 2010 but still it's worth mentioning it seems the gameplay to defeating with sassiest who neutralizes offense by taking him down and doing damage or controlling him and that's not an easy task I most often see two main criticisms for Chris Weidman first is that he's overrated which is probably one of the weirder comments i see Weidman hasn't ever really been a highly rated fighter he's been favored several times and was a bright prospect UFC back and when he was champion but he never really earned the respect of the larger fan base often he's criticized for only beating fighters past their prime and that point was proven further when he lost to luke rockhold and most recently you all romero it's not as if gegard mousasi can be entirely clear to that criticism though either the second main criticism is that you slow which is a fair assessment but considering it's a middleweight division that isn't as much of a factor in my opinion of course I see gaggers boxing speed being difficult for weidman to adjust to if he does at all but he has a hell of a chin and unless with saucy lines of flying knee or head cake or he's able to snipe off his back foot and catch Weidman when he doesn't see it I really don't see him getting finished by Hagar Mousasi it's no secret Weidman will look to be the aggressor try to find his range on the feet look for takedowns in a recent interview with saucy details what he believes Weidman will do saying is going to come forward she's going to try to put the pressure on me work the cardio do some wrestling do some striking but at the end of the day I'm prepared I know exactly what is going to do so I'm more than prepared i got my skills i'm going to show it the eighth of april i'm very confident that's all I can say his assessment is correct that thing but just because he has a good idea of what wyman will do doesn't mean he can stop it here's what I think massages game is coming together nicely I think he's looking much more complete than he ever has in the past it's taken him a while to get here but he seems to be ready for a run at the title although Weidman has only a two inch reach on him that leverage combined with the strength is going to dictate where this fight takes place for the most part if gay guard can keep Weidman at range and stuff takedowns or be effective in the scramble reversing positions and using submission threats then why minute out of luck musasat can be a little flinching at times and what the right setup can definitely be hit but you too executed this perfectly with the body and head kicks against gay guard but unless Weidman shows a substantial improvement in this kick boxing game I doubt this will be too much of a factor with gay guard being most comfortable at boxing range I see that favoring widen as he presses forward looking to close the distance using his reach and then eventually try to out grab him with ozzy watch her masasi strikes moving backwards though he's one of the few fighters who can snipe off his back foot and if Weidman doesn't see it definitely could be lights out for him the kind of sucks white is only three rounds because of the fight does go the distance I'd be very interested in seeing how the two extra rounds would go gay guard maybe the more well conditioned fighter at the tooth I want to be surprised of gay guard as a fresher fighter halfway through the second of the third round but I see it being a close fight I haven't feeling most are going to be picking the saucy he is favored but I haven't given up on Weidman just yet but let me know what you think of this fight who you're picking down below give me your assessment of what you think it takes place in this fight and your thoughts on both fighter that does it thanks for watching make sure to subscribe follow me on Twitter like this video dislike this video take it easy [Music]