Tomorrow night during Bisping vs Rockhold, I am interested in another bout, which features the Wild Wolf aka Jumabieke Tuerxun. Jumabieke is from ethnic Kazakh background, but represents China. He will be fighting the Bama Beast aka Marcus Brimage, a strong fighter that parcticipated in the Ultimate Fighter.
Both the fighters are on a losing streak, so thy must both feel a sense of pressure to win in order to keep their UFC contract. It looks like Brimage has fought tougher opponents than Jumabieke. Brimage has lost to Connor McGregor, while Bieke's lost was to Lleando Issa. To Bieke's credit, I think he was winning that fight with his striking until he got caught in a submission in the third round.
Looks like everyone is expecting Brimage to easily defeat the Wild Wolf tomorrow night. Call it bias or wishful thinking, I feel like Jumabieke's striking looked good in his last fight against Issa. He made the mistake of trying to take Issa out with one big punch, which I think cost him the fight. The fight with Brimage, undoubtedly will be a tough one.
He has to use his wrestling background to counter Brimage's takedown attempts and land some solid punches if Brimage attempts to brawl. The exchanges during the brawl will be the opportunities for Jumabieke to land his power shots like he did against Issa.
The Wild Wolf reminds me of a smaller, Kazakh version of Dan Henderson. Hopefully he can prove all the online fight journalists wrong!
Both the fighters are on a losing streak, so thy must both feel a sense of pressure to win in order to keep their UFC contract. It looks like Brimage has fought tougher opponents than Jumabieke. Brimage has lost to Connor McGregor, while Bieke's lost was to Lleando Issa. To Bieke's credit, I think he was winning that fight with his striking until he got caught in a submission in the third round.
Looks like everyone is expecting Brimage to easily defeat the Wild Wolf tomorrow night. Call it bias or wishful thinking, I feel like Jumabieke's striking looked good in his last fight against Issa. He made the mistake of trying to take Issa out with one big punch, which I think cost him the fight. The fight with Brimage, undoubtedly will be a tough one.
The Wild Wolf reminds me of a smaller, Kazakh version of Dan Henderson. Hopefully he can prove all the online fight journalists wrong!
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