[LIVESTREAM] Emmanuel Sanchez vs Jeremy Kennedy LIVE BELLATOR@272 BROADCAST DEC 3, 2021
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Event: Bellator 272
Date: 03.12.2021
Pennington’s grit isn’t to be underestimated, and it wouldn’t be too outlandish to see her plant Kianzad against the cage and control her way to an ugly decision. Still, Kianzad’s looked solid enough in recent outings to earn my confidence. She controls the standup at range to claim a comfortable decision.
Despite fighting her way to The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 28 Finale, Pannie Kianzad (15–5) struggled out of the UFC gate with two consecutive defeats. Subsequent efforts proved more successful, and she enters the cage this weekend having won four straight.
Two UFC newbies headline (at least as of now) the prelim portion on Saturday evening. VanCamp is taking this fight on very short notice, which is not conducive to winning (a fighter taking a fight on short notice only wins 40% of the time). Plus Motta is on a nice three-fight winning streak and is a bit of a knockout artist (eight in 12 pro wins).
My MMA Gambling Podcast co-host Gumby passionately argued against my pick of Tafon Nchuwki in this fight, which makes me a bit nervous. But I like Nchukwi’s youth (six years younger than Mike Rodriguez), the fact that he’s a more active striker, and that he’s a better grappler.
This fight will play out as a striker vs grappler matchup, and the grappler will be Tony Gravely. The physical wrestler will have his way with the wrestling in this matchup. Gravely is the more dangerous fighter in all aspects, while I believe his opponent to be more of a points based striker and not a high output fighter nor a real finisher. If there were to be a finish in the standup, it would be a true shock if it weren’t Gravely on the good side of it. Gravely seeks the finish if striking, but that simply leads to the takedowns. He’s completed at least three takedowns in all four of his UFC fights and that trend will absolutely continue in this fight.
Nate Maness is a tall bantamweight that tries to use straight shots to his advantage. I don’t see a power aspect to his game that will differentiate him in the UFC, so we are likely to see a good deal of decisions if and when his wins come. He is not helpless on the mat by any means but is simply at such a wrestling disadvantage in this fight that he will certainly be grounded multiple times. He will likely be able to find his way back to his feet before being mat returned a few times. His BJJ is not at the level where Gravely will be in submission trouble, so the control time will be the differentiating factor in the fight. Maness also does not strike with enough volume to steal rounds from the work Gravely will do on the floor.
We simply have a betting line not reflecting the round winning ability and finishing ability that Gravely has over his opponent. -190 is quite a value in a fight that will not be the most exciting of the night and will be one sided.
Time for another live dog, this time in Pannie Kianzad. She should be able to absolutely piece up Raquel Pennington on the feet on Saturday. Plus she’s on a hot streak, winning four straight while Pennington has only won two of her last five.