Prediction: Chris Curtis via Decision<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris Curtis is one of those matchups where the blueprint is already out there\u2014problem is, Griffin just doesn\u2019t have the tools to follow it. Curtis has been in there with some of the best, and yeah, he\u2019s taken a couple Ls, but it\u2019s always to guys with a very specific style: rangy strikers who can stick and move with the footwork to stay on their bike for three rounds. That\u2019s the way to beat him\u2014volume, movement, and staying disciplined for 15 minutes. That ain\u2019t Griffin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curtis is a tough dude to take down, so you already know this one\u2019s playing out on the feet. And once it does, it\u2019s his world. He walks forward like a tank, tight boxing, great eyes, and that left hand is always loaded. He doesn’t waste energy, he just stays in your face, baits you into overcommitting, then makes you pay. His pressure breaks guys who don\u2019t have elite footwork or the cardio to circle for a full three rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Griffin is game, no doubt. He\u2019s tough, experienced, and has decent hands\u2014but his movement\u2019s just not slick enough. He doesn\u2019t have the kind of footwork or defensive flow to keep Curtis off him. He\u2019ll throw a few, reset, and stay hittable. That\u2019s a recipe for Curtis to close the gap, get inside, and start digging to the body, landing clean counters, and slowly taking over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unless Griffin suddenly shows up looking like Wonderboy, this fight is going to be fought at boxing range\u2014and if that\u2019s the case, Curtis is gonna do what he always does: walk you down, touch you up, and break you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Chris Curtis via Decision Chris Curtis is one of those matchups where the blueprint is already out there\u2014problem is, Griffin just doesn\u2019t have the tools to follow it. Curtis has been in there with some of the best, and yeah, he\u2019s taken a couple Ls, but it\u2019s always to…<\/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-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366","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=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}