Prediction: Julia Polastri (Winner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Julia Polastri vs. Lupita Godinez is a fight where Polastri presents serious value, especially at a dog price of +185. While Godinez has always been a strong wrestler for this division, she\u2019s going up against one of the physically stronger women at strawweight, meaning takedowns won\u2019t come as easily as they usually do. Polastri\u2019s strength and balance in the clinch will force Godinez to work much harder for her grappling success, which could wear on her as the fight progresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the feet, Godinez has made clear improvements, but her striking is still basic. She throws straight punches down the center line, which is effective but nothing that will overwhelm an opponent with solid defense. She doesn\u2019t have the best guard or head movement, and while her footwork is decent, she isn\u2019t great at cutting angles or setting up unpredictable attacks. Against someone like Polastri, who thrives on combination striking and switches up her angles, this could be a major problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polastri\u2019s striking is fundamentally sound and carries real power because of how well she plants her feet when throwing. She isn\u2019t a one-and-done striker\u2014she\u2019s constantly putting together combinations and mixing up her targets, making it difficult for opponents to get a read on her. With her ability to take a shot and keep moving forward, she\u2019ll be a tough matchup for Godinez, especially if she can keep the fight standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Polastri can stuff early takedowns and make Godinez work harder than usual, the momentum will start shifting in her favor. Godinez has had success bullying opponents with her strength, but against someone who won\u2019t be easy to overpower, she\u2019ll have to rely on more than just wrestling. If she can\u2019t consistently get the fight to the mat, she\u2019ll be stuck striking with someone who has the advantage in variety, volume, and durability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Julia Polastri (Winner) Julia Polastri vs. Lupita Godinez is a fight where Polastri presents serious value, especially at a dog price of +185. While Godinez has always been a strong wrestler for this division, she\u2019s going up against one of the physically stronger women at strawweight, meaning takedowns won\u2019t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}