![]() ![]() ![]() Cormier will most likely have to corner Gustafsson in order to get dominate him. can get Alex down a round or two,” Cruz said.Ĭruz also said that if mixed martial arts champ Gustafsson can manage to do the right set of techniques, there’s a possibility that he can get the whole thing work in favor of him. So I see Alex being a little harder to get ahold of than D.C. The balance is weird with long, lanky guys. “The bigger they are, the easier their legs touch the ground. With Gustafsson’s physique, Cruz pointed out that the downside of it is that it may not be easy to control inside the octagon especially when being used to counter Cormier’s preferred method of defeating his opponents. The good thing is, everything that Alex does kind of gives that single-leg up,” Cruz said during a recent interview with MMAjunkie Radio.Ĭruz added that this is where physicality could be useful and make a huge difference. He needs to take him down and keep him there. If he can do it to them, he can definitely hold down an Alexander Gustafsson, and that’s what’s really going to make the difference in the fight for D.C. We saw him do it against Anthony Johnson we saw him to it to (Pat) Cummins. really only has to take down Alex one time and D.C.’s go-to is riding people out. If he can hit it on Jon Jones the same way on Alex, Alex is going to have a long night. He’s talking about Alex being tall, and how much easier it is for him to take him down. “(Cormier has) got to close range – we know that, and he’s got to look for underhooks and look for the wrestling. Main card fights will be televised live after the prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. ![]() Both of these great fighters will go head to head this coming Saturday at UFC 192 held in Houston’s Toyota Center. Daniel Cormier, on the other hand, has a record of 16-1 MMA and 5-1 UFC. Gustafsson currently has an MMA record of 16-3 MMA and 8-3 UFC. The top MMA promotion company may actually look like it’s on the rocks if this is the best strategy that they can do to promote the event.ĭominick Cruz, a former UFC bantamweight champ and now a FOX UFC analyst, is not into creating commercials for the UFC, but he is fairly certain that height will play a huge part in Gustafsson’s second chance at going for the title against current champion Alexander Gustafsson. A lot of MMA fans and longtime MMA spectators had some thoughts about what the UFC did to promote UFC 192 wherein they featured Alexander Gustafsson’s height of 6’5”. ![]()
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