GLORY 79 - Rico vs. Jamal - Predictions

[samurai1]

So what are your predictions for this event. Pretty big event, with lots of good fights. Best event this year in my opinion.

Rico vs Jamal: Jamal suffered a back injury and had surgery. back injuries are no joke, so it's hard to say if he is back at 100%. But if his back healed well I would  say 55%-45% for jamal. Probably Ko round 2. Jamal can win on points too. Drops rico once and win or draw in other two rounds in the first 3 rounds of the fight. After the 3 round jamal will be in survival mode though. If it goes to decision it is most likely Rico's victory.

Benny vs Plazibat: 50%-50%. I was not impressed with benny perfomance against a sick and terribly out of shape Hari. If Hari did not start to swing like a moron with his hands down in the third round benny would have lost that fight by decision.

Saki - James: I'm not sold at all on James. His only note worthy win was against an incredibly inconsistent ilunga. But then again, saki is shot as fuck. It's a fair fight for both of them, but I still have to go with saki by probably decision. Anyway, I don't see saki breaking in top 10.

Donegi Abena vs. Sergej Maslobojev: I don't like abena style at all.  I think sergej is going to finish him, he is underrated in my opinion and probably the best LHW right now. I would even choose him over Vakhitov.

Mohamed Hamicha vs Samuel Dbili : Hamicha should win this with ease.  Now that doumbe seems to have left glory, I think hamicha is the best WW in glory.

[K1power]

A good old fashioned prediction thread! I've added a poll Let's see if some people are interested in doing their picks.

Definitely a much more interesting card compared to a month ago. Still weaker than Glory 78 IMO, but perhaps it overperforms. Feeling a bit bad for the American fighters being thrown into fights they have very little chance of winning. Also why do all of Hamicha's opponents end up getting injured?

Anyway, onto my predictions.

I have Rico over Jamal 55%-45%. Jamal has the power to end it early, but the longer it takes the weaker his chances. Rico, despite the late opponent change will be 100% ready for this, whereas Jamal hasn't fought in 3 years, has had injuries, switched gyms, personal issues (jail).

A few years ago Saki would have been the obvious choice over McSweeney, but at this point it's a toss-up for me. They're both past their primes and McSweeney actually has been the more active fighter in recent years. I'm rooting for Saki on this one, but what actually made me pick him is that Clyde van Dams in his recent podcast said he saw Saki looking surprisingly good in the gym. Notice that the Glory promo video's don't actually show footage of Saki training seriously, just some light bag- and padwork.

Hamicha defeats late substitute Dbili with no issues.

Maslobojev defeats Abena, who seems to underestimate his more versatile opponent.

I have Adegbuyi defeating Plazibat 60%-40%. Plazibat has his youth and a better chin, but Adegbuyi has better high level experience so I'm going with him.

Duut beats King. Kinda feel bad for King as he was very humble in what I've seen from the promo footage.

Nabiyev beats Jones. Another kind of pointless matchup, at least on paper.

Adamchuk beats Ulianov. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe he's had a lot more success against high level opponents.

Ozcaglayan defeats Baker.

Koprivlenski weathers Gazani's storm and takes a comfortable decision.

[Shadess]

Agreed on everything pretty much hahah

[K1power]

I'm cool with 8/10

In fact, I'd be fine with 0/10 as well.