Prediction: Farid Basharat via Decision<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gutierrez has always had that glaring hole on the ground. When he gets taken down, there\u2019s no urgency to scramble back up and no real skill set to threaten off his back. He basically just accepts bottom position. Farid\u2019s top pressure is heavy, he\u2019s slick with transitions, and once he gets that body lock or a clean entry, Gutierrez isn\u2019t stopping it. Even if Chris is having success with the kicks or scoring points on the feet, it won\u2019t matter, because Basharat\u2019s wrestling is consistent enough to erase that and put him on the mat where he has a massive advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reality is Gutierrez needs this fight to stay standing and go perfectly for him to win, while Basharat has multiple ways to dominate. Whether he\u2019s neutralizing the striking by mixing in takedowns or just straight-up grinding Chris out on the ground, the path is clear. Basharat\u2019s pressure, grappling, and fight IQ should carry him here, and that\u2019s why I think he gets it done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Farid Basharat via Decision Gutierrez has always had that glaring hole on the ground. When he gets taken down, there\u2019s no urgency to scramble back up and no real skill set to threaten off his back. He basically just accepts bottom position. Farid\u2019s top pressure is heavy, he\u2019s slick…<\/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-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufc-320"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","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=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}