Henry Cejudo Places His Cash on DDP over Poatan
Throughout a current episode of “Pound for Pound w/Kamaru and Henry,” former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo shared his perception that Dricus du Plessis’ preventing type would trigger Alex Pereira some issues.
“If he does get previous via a man like Khamzat Chimaev and Alex Pereira does get previous via Ankalaev, you bought to set each of those guys up,” Cejudo mentioned. “When you’re asking me now, Kamaru, if we do see a matchup between DDP and Alex Pereira, though I do imagine that Pereira’s gonna beat Ankalaev, I’ll positively put my cash on DDP.
“I feel DDP stylistically is an issue, dude. I do know DDP’s gonna go in there and f*cking wrestle. I feel with the grappling, I feel that may be very problematic.”
Cejudo admitted that du Plessis must be cautious of Pereira’s counter placing. He mentioned that DDP’s strikes look sloppy at instances, and that might go away the door open for “Poatan” to land one thing devastating.
Earlier than one can take a look at Pereira vs. du Plessis as a sensible battle, the reigning 205-pound king has enterprise to settle first. Pereira is scheduled to place his gold at stake in opposition to Magomed Ankalaev in the primary occasion of UFC 313 on March eighth. It’ll be a stern check for Pereira within the grappling division.
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