Lightweights - Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens
Odds - Fisher -220
Stephens +180
This is going to be a slugfest. Both of these guys are known to
stand up and bang it out, and I expect nothing less from this
bout. Spencer has some submission skills, but I never see him
pursuing the takedown and trying to pull off a submission. There
isn't much else to say about this fight. Someone is going down,
or it's going to be a slugfest to decision. I'm going TKO/KO
Fisher.
Prediction - Spencer Fisher TKO/KO Round 2
Amir Sadollah vs. CB Dolloway -
Winner is declared "The Ultimate Fighter 7"
The first bout between CB and Amir was pretty exciting, but it
showed huge gaps in both of their arsenals. CB Dolloway's stand
up needs some serious work. He throws his punches hard , but he
also lets his hands flail and never brings his fists back to his
face/ leaving his chin wide open for counter strikes. Tim
Credeur was able to capitalize on this a few times in his fight
with Dolloway, landing crisp jabs and crosses square on the chin
of CB.
Of the two fighters, Amir obviously has the better stand up . He
is more fluid on his feet and his combinations are crisp. Amir
likes to throw flying knees and superman punches, and was taken
down numerous times for his efforts in his first fight with
Dolloway. He has to watch out for that this time around. Luckily
for Amir, Dolloway sat in Amir's guard and never did a lot of
damage, aside from the one elbow that split Amir open. Amir was
constantly looking for submissions and eventually pulled a very
slick arm bar off.
I think that Amir is the all around better fighter of the two.
Dolloway has more power and better wrestling, but his stand up
leaves much to be desired and his ground and pound was not
vicious enough to neutralize the very active guard of Amir. I
think we are going to see a more patient Amir Sadollah in the
finale. I think he will work punch/kick combinations without
attempting the superman punches and flying knees in the clinch.
I have to believe that he is drilling his sprawls and take down
defense hardcore. If he can neutralize CB's take downs, this
fight is his for the taking. Both of these guys are good, but
Amir just impresses me all around.
Prediction: Amir Sadollah - Unanimous
Decision
Odds - CheckBack
Televised Bouts:
-Evan Tanner vs. Kendall Grove
-Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti
-Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens
-Amir Sadollah vs CB Dolloway
Larry Vollmer Jr. is a mixed martial arts blogger for the
Journal News. Check out his blog at
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