Cormier more active. Both guys land knees in the clinch. Cormier's punches are crisp. Barnett catches Cormier late with a nice knee and they finish the round cinched along the fence. MMAFighting scores the round for Cormier, Round 2: Barnett with a jab and Cormier with a counter flurry.
Barnett with a front kick. Barnett rocks Cormier backwards, but Cormier regains his footing. They clinch, and Cormier catches him with an elbow as they break. Shot to the body by Cormier registers. Cormier with a takedown midway through the round. Cormier in Barnett's guard. After a stalemate, Cormier lands an elbow that bloodies Barnett. Barnett goes for a leg lock, Cormier escapes, gets to his feet, then goes right back into Barnett's guard. Thirty seconds left. Cormier lands a couple shots as the round ends.
MMAFighting scores the round for Cormier, overall. Round 3: They clinch along the fence in the opening minute. Barnett tries for a single-leg, abandons it. Back to center cage a minute in. Cormier lands a Barnett misses a running knee. Cormier with a gigantic slam. Cormier has side control. Cormier tries for a choke as they get back up. They're standing. Barnett's face looks like it's been hit with a sledgehammer. He's not even showing hints of backing down, though.
Slower pace. Cormier staggers Barnett with a head kick and a big knee. Barnett in trouble but won't go down. Cormier defeated Jeff Monson by unanimous decision and mildly upset behemoth Antonio Silva with a knockout to get his shot at Barnett.
Cormier brings technical wrestling, a touch of striking and a tremendous heart to the cage, and he is going to need it on Saturday. But I believe Barnett will frustrate and beat Cormier all over the cage on his way to victory. Cormier has his counter-wrestling down to a tee, which we saw in his past two bouts. I see this fight going to the ground, and if it does, I see scrambles in abundance as I expect Cormier to use his ground skills to bounce back quickly and complement his KO power.
The key to Barnett winning will be to work a submission and I predict attempts at the triangle choke and kimura will be used plenty against Cormier if his counter-wrestling fails at any given time. A victory for Barnett over Cormier, an Olympic-calibre wrestler, would not only render him the tournament champion, but also open the possibility of another tour of duty in the UFC.
For some, the question leading up to this bout is can Barnett outwrestle the two-time Olympian, but I ask, can Cormier deal with the size, experience, and submission grappling abilities of Barnett? Sadly for Cormier, the answer to that question is no. Now, I am not underestimating Cormier, he has an incredible amount of skill as a freestyle wrestler, possesses dynamite in his hands and one day will be a serious contender.
But he is simply too small and too inexperienced to really challenge Barnett right now. At just under six feet tall, Cormier will forfeit seven inches of reach and around 20 pounds of beef to his battle-tested opponent. The prevailing chatter is pointing to the Chiefs as the place where Beckham will land. And since we first caught [more]. Marvin Bagley's agent slammed the Kings when the big man wasn't in the rotation.
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