Prediction: Dusko Todorovic via Decision<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Medina only got his UFC shot because he survived a beating on Contender Series. He didn\u2019t show high level skill, he showed toughness, and while that\u2019s respectable, it\u2019s not enough when you\u2019re going against someone who actually has the tools to pick you apart. Since joining the UFC, he\u2019s looked the same. Marching forward, willing to take damage, but not really showing any meaningful improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dusko is the way more polished fighter here. On the feet, he\u2019s going to be able to land cleanly, use actual footwork to create angles, and just stay several steps ahead. Medina\u2019s toughness means he\u2019ll keep walking forward and probably eat shots for three rounds, but that doesn\u2019t change the fact he\u2019ll be getting pieced up the whole time. And if Dusko decides he wants to mix things up, he\u2019s got the option to take it to the ground and control from there. Medina doesn\u2019t really have an answer for either look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only real danger for Dusko is if he gasses too early. Most likely it\u2019s going to be a clean, one-sided decision where Medina takes a beating but refuses to quit, and Todorovic racks up a comfortable win. That\u2019s why I\u2019m on Dusko\u2014he\u2019s just the far more complete fighter, and Medina\u2019s toughness alone isn\u2019t going to save him here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Dusko Todorovic via Decision Medina only got his UFC shot because he survived a beating on Contender Series. He didn\u2019t show high level skill, he showed toughness, and while that\u2019s respectable, it\u2019s not enough when you\u2019re going against someone who actually has the tools to pick you apart. Since…<\/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-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufc-noche"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","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=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}