Prediction: Reinier de Ridder via Submission<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allen\u2019s got cleaner striking no doubt. He puts his combos together better, he\u2019s sharper on the feet, and he\u2019s been showing a lot more confidence lately in his kickboxing. But that doesn\u2019t mean much when you\u2019re constantly backing up and fighting off underhooks. De Ridder isn\u2019t trying to win kickboxing exchanges. He\u2019ll eat a couple shots just to grab a leg, pin you against the cage, and turn it into his kind of fight that’s ugly, heavy, and suffocating. The second he gets top position, you can pretty much feel the momentum shift constantly hunting position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allen\u2019s slick on the ground too, no question \u2014 but De Ridder\u2019s top game is different. He\u2019s not just technically sound; he\u2019s\u00a0mean\u00a0with it. He keeps that top pressure so tight that guys can\u2019t even build space to start their sweeps or submissions. Even if Allen tries to create scrambles, De Ridder\u2019s size and balance make that a nightmare. And if Allen starts trying to strike his way out of bad spots, he\u2019s just giving De Ridder more chances to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allen might have moments on the feet early, but once De Ridder gets his hands on him, it\u2019s probably a wrap. The pressure, the size, the jiu-jitsu \u2014 it all stacks too heavily in De Ridder\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prediction: Reinier de Ridder via Submission Allen\u2019s got cleaner striking no doubt. He puts his combos together better, he\u2019s sharper on the feet, and he\u2019s been showing a lot more confidence lately in his kickboxing. But that doesn\u2019t mean much when you\u2019re constantly backing up and fighting off underhooks. De…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ufc-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","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=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capmma.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}