Prediction: Tatiana Suarez via Decision<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lemos’ got the power, the sharper striking, and her takedown defense has come a long way compared to earlier in her career. The problem is, Suarez is exactly the type of fighter that makes those improvements look irrelevant. You can stop the first shot or two, maybe even make it look competitive early, but the moment Suarez gets you down, the game changes. And once she\u2019s able to rinse and repeat that process, it breaks opponents mentally as much as physically. That\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen here\u2014Lemos will look fine for a moment, but Suarez will drag her down, control, and make it easier every time she does it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The path for Suarez is clear: takedowns, top pressure, and suffocating control. The path for Lemos is to somehow land that perfect strike before Suarez gets going, and while she has the tools, the odds of her pulling that off against someone with Suarez\u2019s style are slim. So yeah, Suarez wins, but betting her straight up isn\u2019t the move. The smarter play is looking at method\u2014decision is probably the best option here. Suarez doesn\u2019t take crazy risks, she\u2019s more about dominance and control, and Lemos is tough enough to survive even while losing every round. That\u2019s the angle I like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Tatiana Suarez via Decision Lemos’ got the power, the sharper striking, and her takedown defense has come a long way compared to earlier in her career. The problem is, Suarez is exactly the type of fighter that makes those improvements look irrelevant. You can stop the first shot or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufc-noche"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515","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=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}