Prediction: Jamie Mullarkey via Decision<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mullarkey has the more complete offensive toolset, plain and simple. He\u2019s not just a guy who throws volume. He\u2019s constantly moving, using his footwork to stay safe, defensively aware with his head movement, and sharp with his counters. The times we\u2019ve seen him lose, it\u2019s either been because he stood still too long and got clipped, or he was dealing with someone who was just clearly the better striker. Bedoya doesn\u2019t really check either of those boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Bedoya does bring is pressure and aggression. He\u2019s in your face, he throws, and he doesn\u2019t shy away from exchanges. But that same pressure comes with massive openings. He\u2019s all offense, little defense, and that\u2019s tailor made for a guy like Mullarkey who thrives on reading those mistakes and firing back. Every time Bedoya rushes in, Mullarkey has the tools to make him pay, whether that\u2019s with counters up top or takedowns when the timing is right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Takedowns are another piece of the puzzle that tilts this toward Mullarkey. He can mix it up whenever he wants. He\u2019s not dependent on wrestling, but it\u2019s there to break rhythm and bank control time if he needs it. Add in the fact that Mullarkey\u2019s cardio has never been in question\u2014he can push a high pace for all 15 minutes and it\u2019s hard to see Bedoya winning unless he lands something huge early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stack it all together, Mullarkey should be the guy having the bigger moments over and over. He\u2019s got the defense, the mobility, the counters, and the ability to blend in grappling. Bedoya\u2019s aggression might make things wild in spurts, but Mullarkey\u2019s the one with the answers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Jamie Mullarkey via Decision Mullarkey has the more complete offensive toolset, plain and simple. He\u2019s not just a guy who throws volume. He\u2019s constantly moving, using his footwork to stay safe, defensively aware with his head movement, and sharp with his counters. The times we\u2019ve seen him lose, it\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufc-perth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","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=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}