Prediction: Macy Chiasson via Submission<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yana has definitely leveled up her striking. Her footwork is sharper, she\u2019s mixing in kicks, and she\u2019s strong enough to make it really hard to just grab hold of her and drag her down. Early on, that\u2019s going to be a problem for Chiasson. She\u2019s going to have to eat some shots, deal with the movement, and work through the strength advantage Yana brings in those opening exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the difference here is the gas tank and the mindset. Chiasson doesn\u2019t care if she\u2019s tired. She\u2019ll keep pushing, keep clinching, keep chaining attempts until something sticks. That willingness to grind no matter how she feels is exactly what\u2019s going to open this fight up for her. Yana\u2019s hard to control at first, but the more you make her defend, the more openings you start to get. Chiasson has the bigger grappling advantage once she finds her positions, and with her cardio she\u2019s way more likely to keep building momentum as the fight goes on instead of fading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So yeah, Yana can absolutely make the early rounds tricky with her improved striking, but as long as Chiasson doesn\u2019t get discouraged and just keeps pushing the pace, she should eventually break through. Once she starts chaining her wrestling together and keeping Yana on the mat, she will truly start to dominate and with the way she stays relentless even when she\u2019s exhausted, I could definitely see her grinding her way to a late finish once Yana\u2019s slowed down. This is Chiasson\u2019s fight if she just stays true to her style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Macy Chiasson via Submission Yana has definitely leveled up her striking. Her footwork is sharper, she\u2019s mixing in kicks, and she\u2019s strong enough to make it really hard to just grab hold of her and drag her down. Early on, that\u2019s going to be a problem for Chiasson. She\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufc-320"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","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=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}