Prediction: Josias Musasa via TKO<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thicknesse\u2019s only real path here is getting the fight to the ground and somehow holding Musasa there. Musasa, however, has shown time and time again that he\u2019s ready for the wrestling. His takedown defense is solid, but even when he does get put on his back, he doesn\u2019t just accept it. He\u2019s constantly working, scrambling, and finding his way back up. Controlling him for long stretches is easier said than done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the feet, this is where Musasa takes over. He\u2019s all about power shots, throwing with the kind of intent that makes every exchange dangerous. Yeah, he leaves himself open sometimes, and he can be clipped with counters, but he\u2019s got the chin to absorb it and keep marching forward. More importantly, he doesn\u2019t fade. Even if the finish doesn\u2019t come early, he keeps that same level of aggression deep into the fight, which breaks a lot of guys who can\u2019t handle that pace and pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So while Thicknesse needs a perfect wrestling heavy game to win, Musasa doesn\u2019t have to be perfect. He just has to keep stuffing shots, keep making Thicknesse work, and then let his power and volume do the talking on the feet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Josias Musasa via TKO Thicknesse\u2019s only real path here is getting the fight to the ground and somehow holding Musasa there. Musasa, however, has shown time and time again that he\u2019s ready for the wrestling. His takedown defense is solid, but even when he does get put on his…<\/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-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufc-perth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","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=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}