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Petr Yan actually is doing the same - he is (or probably was) in Thailand, training in Tiger Muay Thai. That is Petrs problem, he is to confident in himself, he gets same camps. That is why he looses by split decisions. Thanks to his skills two last fights were split decisions instead of unanimous. I think he is surrounded by wrong guys partially. He should try changing his fight plan instead of relying much on striking only. Aljo read him like a book with that in their second find and was controlling him smiling. Merab is going to do the same. If Petr wants to win, he should rush from the beginning, stop his usual slow start and increased tempo, otherwise Merab would win because he would take first two rounds, show some control during third round and win. P.S. Will it be 3 or 5 round fight ?
Coming from 2 consecutive losses Petr Yan is in a must-win situation, and he can not lose 3 matches in a row right now so this is really getting into him he may be questioning himself why did he lose to Aljamain Sterling and why he lose agaisnt Sean O'Malley, while Merab Dvalishvili is coming from a great win agaisnt the Legend Jose Aldo, for me, Merab Dvalishvili has a good position in winning this even though Petr Yan is pretty badly needing to win in this fight I think all the pressure is all on Petr Yan's shoulder so I am really doubting if he can really take on that heat,
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Gane is good on the stand, but it's definitely not enough to beat Jones. From the very beginning, it was clear how Jones fearlessly goes to him, this guy has enough confidence. As a fighter, Jones is very good, but how stable is he, how long will he last until he again gets into some kind of story with illegal drugs, or something else?
If only Ciryl Gane keep the pressure with the stand-up fight he could get a chance and might get Jon Jones clueless and think of ways how he can escape that pressure, but at the start of the fight Ciryl Gane was more than pressured enough to execute anything it was always a punch goes back and it was extremely backing down that the distance was very far away that he can not make a follow-up, Jon Jones even punch him hard that creates an opening for Gane to strike but surely he doesn't take it, it was really an utterly lose but Ciryl Gane still have another chance,