Prediction: Christian Leroy Duncan via TKO<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duncan\u2019s footwork is going to be the story of this fight. He doesn\u2019t give you a stationary target to key in on. He\u2019s in and out, switching angles, showing you looks, and then blitzing when it\u2019s least expected. Anders, on the other hand, plods forward. He doesn\u2019t cut the cage well, doesn\u2019t feint much, and his striking\u2019s all built around landing heavy\u2014he\u2019s not tricking anyone. Against Duncan, that\u2019s a huge issue. You need to give Duncan a reason to reset. You need to throw him off rhythm. Anders just doesn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grappling could be Anders’ lifeline here. If he could get ahold of Duncan and grind him out, maybe he makes it ugly and steals minutes. But tracking Duncan down for clinch entries is gonna be like chasing smoke. The way he uses his range\u2014those long limbs, fast feet, and constant movement\u2014it\u2019s just not a good stylistic matchup for Anders, who doesn\u2019t have the wrestling pedigree to chain attempts or break down slick movers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And here\u2019s where it gets dangerous: Duncan\u2019s not just flashy. When he finds the pocket, he lets it rip. He\u2019s explosive. Once he starts piecing Anders up and gets that read, he\u2019s not the kind of guy to let you off the hook. Killer instinct\u2019s real with him. He smells blood, he goes. And Anders\u2014tough as he is\u2014has taken damage in past fights and been cracked by guys with far less variety than Duncan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Christian Leroy Duncan via TKO Duncan\u2019s footwork is going to be the story of this fight. He doesn\u2019t give you a stationary target to key in on. He\u2019s in and out, switching angles, showing you looks, and then blitzing when it\u2019s least expected. Anders, on the other hand, plods…<\/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-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","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=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}