Prediction: Raoni Barcelos inside the distance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Barcelos is just smooth in every area. Striking, grappling, transitions\u2014he doesn\u2019t rush anything, but once he finds his groove, the pace starts ramping, and he becomes a problem everywhere. Yeah, Garbrandt is fast, scary fast\u2014but timing beats speed, and that\u2019s where Barcelos thrives. He\u2019s calculated, reads his opponents well, and doesn\u2019t bite on feints or wild blitzes. He stays patient, finds his moment, and then turns it on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now if Garbrandt had leaned into his wrestling earlier in his career, maybe we\u2019d be looking at a different version of him. But now he\u2019s matched up with a Brazilian national wrestling champ and a coral belt in jiu jitsu\u2014which, for anyone who doesn\u2019t know, is basically elite-of-the-elite when it comes to BJJ rank. So if Cody tries to shoot? He\u2019s getting stuffed, reversed, or strangled. If it hits the mat at all, Barcelos is in full control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that\u2019s really the cleanest path here\u2014Barcelos using that high-level jiu jitsu to shut down the chaos. Garbrandt has struggled against composed grapplers who know how to use control and<\/em> submission threats. Barcelos is exactly the type of guy who will punish every mistakes. Expect Barcelos to let Cody explode early, avoid the storm, then drag him into deep waters where he\u2019s got zero survival tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Submission win? Very live. And the price right now (+500) makes this one of those bets you have<\/em> to hit before it\u2019s gone. Barcelos is too well-rounded, too composed, and too dangerous in all the places Cody\u2019s vulnerable. It might look competitive for the first minute\u2014but after that, it\u2019s a wrap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prediction: Raoni Barcelos inside the distance ” Barcelos is just smooth in every area. Striking, grappling, transitions\u2014he doesn\u2019t rush anything, but once he finds his groove, the pace starts ramping, and he becomes a problem everywhere. Yeah, Garbrandt is fast, scary fast\u2014but timing beats speed, and that\u2019s where Barcelos thrives.…<\/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-310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310","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=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}