Prediction: Ibo Aslan via TKO <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\u2019s explosive, confident, and when he touches you clean, it changes the whole fight. On the feet, there\u2019s levels to this\u2014and Elekana just doesn\u2019t have the weapons or durability to stand and trade with a guy like Aslan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That said, I\u2019m staying off the bet. Why? Because Aslan still has major questions when it comes to his defensive grappling, and Elekana\u2019s absolutely going to test that. Billy\u2019s not the most technical striker, but he doesn\u2019t need to be. And if Aslan\u2019s takedown defense hasn\u2019t leveled up? That could turn into a problem real quick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aslan\u2019s going to have to show he can stay off his back or work back to his feet without gassing out, especially if Elekana keeps chaining attempts and staying glued to him. But if he can stuff the early shots and keep it upright? It\u2019s a wrap. Elekana\u2019s striking defense isn\u2019t built to handle someone with Aslan\u2019s power and the second Aslan lands something clean, it\u2019s going to be over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So yeah, I\u2019m on Aslan. He\u2019s the more dangerous fighter by a mile and has made strides with his pacing and cardio. But until we see how he handles sustained grappling pressure from someone who really<\/em> wants to test that part of his game, it\u2019s a little too risky to slam money on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prediction: Ibo Aslan via TKO He\u2019s explosive, confident, and when he touches you clean, it changes the whole fight. On the feet, there\u2019s levels to this\u2014and Elekana just doesn\u2019t have the weapons or durability to stand and trade with a guy like Aslan. That said, I\u2019m staying off the bet.…<\/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-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404","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=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}