UFC ~ Lesner vs. Carwin predictions

[PatekPhilippe]

Tough call but I give Carwin the edge because of his punching power.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Lesner is a tough guy...no doubt about that...

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Well...Carwin almost got him....but that only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades. The Vanilla Gorrilla took him out with a triangle choke. No doubt they trained for that scenario when they spotted the weakness in the fight films.

 

[Montrovant]

What I got from that fight :

Carwin really is very powerful.

Lesnar has a chin.

Carwin couldn't handle a multi-round fight.

Those are two large men!

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Indeed....the vanilla gorilla is quite an apt name for lesner.

 

[eots]

Carwin will destroy him in a rematch

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Carwin will destroy him in a rematch

That fight will be a good one...no doubt. Then we will see how tough Lesners chin is.

 

[Montrovant]

I'm not sold on Carwin after seeing that fight. If he can work on his cardio and show that he can deal with multi-round fights, maybe. But if he has to win in the first round, I think Lesnar now knows how powerful Carwin is, has shown he can take the punishment and keep going, and has better all-around skills so would be able to make the fight go into multiple rounds and win again.

Of course, Carwin DOES have that incredible power, so at any time he has a chance of knocking any opponent out. I'd definitely like to see a rematch.

 

[topspin]

Lesner looked terrible boxing, I thought after the second mir fight he would box better. That said Vanilla gorilla is obviously the right name.
Also agree carwin needs to learn to pace himself, I agree with him going off half cocked and his adreniline burnt out in round 1. I remember Ali relaxing as foreman punched himself out on Ali's arms. Carwin was foreman.

 

[topspin]

He has the skill, but as said temperament can be extremely tough to control. Maybe watching the first round 100 times could calm his chi into knowing he can easily beat Brock if he can control his mind first.
Obviously Brock has the mental toughness edge exponentially.