Prediction: Edmen Shahbazyan via TKO<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Muniz has that world-class jiu-jitsu, and when he gets guys down, he\u2019s a nightmare. He\u2019s long, he\u2019s strong, and he knows exactly how to use his size to lock up control and work towards submissions. That\u2019s always going to be the red flag when picking against him. But the thing is, every fight starts on the feet, and that\u2019s where Shahbazyan has a massive edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the feet, Edmen\u2019s sharper, faster, and far more dangerous with his hands. Muniz doesn\u2019t really invest in striking defense. He uses his striking mostly as a way to set up his grappling entries. That means when he\u2019s on the back foot, he\u2019s wide open, and Edmen has the tools to take advantage of that. If Shahbazyan pressures and keeps Muniz retreating, it makes the takedown setups way harder and forces Muniz into uncomfortable spots. That\u2019s where Edmen\u2019s straight shots and combinations can start piling up damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The key for Shahbazyan is just discipline. He can\u2019t give Muniz easy entries by standing still or backing himself up to the cage. If he\u2019s the one dictating and letting his striking flow, Muniz is going to have a rough night. And once Edmen starts landing clean, it\u2019s not going to take much to hurt Muniz, because Muniz doesn\u2019t react well when he\u2019s forced into defensive exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So even though Muniz has the exact style that\u2019s always been scary for Edmena , if Shahbazyan does what he should and keeps the pressure on, the striking gap is too big. That\u2019s why the pick is Shahbazyan by finish, even if betting it feels a little too risky with Muniz\u2019s submission threat always lurking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Edmen Shahbazyan via TKO Muniz has that world-class jiu-jitsu, and when he gets guys down, he\u2019s a nightmare. He\u2019s long, he\u2019s strong, and he knows exactly how to use his size to lock up control and work towards submissions. That\u2019s always going to be the red flag when picking…<\/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-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufc-320"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580","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=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}