Ismael Londt Vs Jamal Ben Saddik, how does it go?

[samurai1]

I'm pretty pumped for this fight that is a clash of two big, strong fighters with huge ko power. Jamal it's still pretty young and seems he got back on the track lately.  Londt has bigger a experience and was more consistent over the years.


I personally think Londt is the favourite, but if Ben Saddik comes in the same form he was for Zimmarman and Bonjasky I think it's a 50-50 fight.  Jamal has one more tool over Londt; he can use his boxing to fight at range and outpoint Londt, just like he did against ben edwards before being caught in the last 5 seconds of that fight. Londt doesn't do to well at range and Ben Sadik proved that he can use very well his straight punches to fight from distance, also he is pretty tall which helps him a lot.

My prediction: Londt by Ko hook round 3.

[K1power]

I'm going with Londt. Based on who they faced in their last few fights Londt has had the more impressive results. Even if he didn't deserve the decision against Hesdy he did hold his own against a very strong looking Hesdy.

Having said that, even if I much prefer Londt over Zimmerman he is a similar type of fighter: Big strong guy who throws with huge power, but without precision and with a bad gastank. And here's the chance for Ben Saddik to defeat Londt in a similar way he did Zimmerman.

However, despite Londt having a tendency to be sloppy he has the ability to land very well timed power shots. For a recent example look at the first knockdown Londt scored on Kreshnik last year:



I happened to be there live, and that was a FAST punch for a guy of his size. The footage doesn't really do the speed of that punch justice.

Londt also does a lot of sneaky stuff that I feel a lot of people don't really notice. For example he sometimes throws an inside lowkick and pulls his leg to throw his opponents off balance and throws an uppercut just a split second later to capitulate on the balance rupture. That might seem like basic stuff when you look at lighter weightclasses, but I haven't noticed things like that at HW a lot.

So I'd say 60-40 in Londt's favor, probably by (T)KO.

[sg]

How the fuck did Kreshnik got up from this shot !? Is he having turtle shell instead of a head? Amazing. Perfectly timed shot, and fast as hell. I replayed the shot 3 or 4 times and it looked like a Formula 1 bolide. That was Badr Hari type of timing. Btw, he scored the knock down over Badreem in the same fashion, Badr was trying to time him down with the right hand, but Londt timing shot was faster and more precise. When he caught him, he managed to turn his nose in reverse and swollen his eye like a giant cookie in the same time. And that is with just one shot. Reconstructed his whole fucking face. He is also rotating his whole body + the legs to throw as much weight as he can to the punch. And the guy is heavy ... This results in horrible power. His problems are that he seems to not take his training seriously enough and some times he looks really sloppy, with low stamina and he is not calm enough, wild and too emotional at times. His style is that of a typical slugger.

As of Ben Saddik, he tends to have the shape of Londt and like 80% of his power, witch is again big power. The only difference are the styles, while Londt is more of a Slugger that always walks forward, Saddik is more of a technical fighter, he uses pretty good kicks, knees, moves around, mixes up punches and so on. In his last fight he seemed to be in good shape.

In the beginning of the fight i see Saddik walking backwards, outpointing Londt with kicks and straight punches, but as the time goes by, Saddik will be caught up on the ropes and murdered. 

[sparkles]

Saddik has a long reach and tremendous power in his shots. Londt is a stationary target, so I can see Saddik upsetting Londt and drop him early. The longer it goes, the more Londt will be able to get it to Saddik until he drops. So I favor Saddik in the early going, Londt as it goes longer.

That said, both can score a knockout at any given time.