UFC197 Miesha Tate v. Holly Holm Predictions

[DogWithABone]

Tate and Rousey have completely different takedown games. Rousey is a judo specialist who uses leverage and opponents body movement against them. Tate is a wrestler who shoots in hard and takes the legs out from under her opponent. Holm has never fought a wrestler before, it's a completely different approach to takedown defense.

[Tiger80]

Holm will punch Tate pretty hard. This could be a bloody affair.

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[HumiliationOne]

Not sure about heels here but Cupcake getting towered over by Holly on top of Empire State Building.

[manchester101]

Holly was so impressive against Ronda, I can
Only see it going the same way against Tate.
Tho Meisha I think will give it a good go, could be
the last time she fights for the championship if
She loses.

[daveboxfan]

She will be knocked out
.

[Vicky_35]

Coming up this weekend...think some of you will be surprised/disappointed with the outcome.

[Vicky_35]

I like Miesha.I like her attitude, I like her personality. And I think her experience will show and allow her to persevere. Her main downfall in my opinion is she seems to have trouble finishing big fights. I am afraid this will go to the scorecards, and if it does, the champion will get the nod. I hope I am wrong. I truly believe Miesha is the better (MMA) fighter.i just don't know that she will be able to stop Holly.

[DoYouKnowWhoIAm?]

Holly in a complete beat down.  Tate is a very good wrestler and a very tough girl but she has never faced what she is about to face against Holm.  Holly is the next level female MMA athlete.  World champion boxer who has now dedicated herself to MMA and has the best coaching.  Her lateral and head movement, onothodox southpaw stance, FIVE ! inch reach advantage, snapping right jab and powerful left will all equal a bloodbath for Tate on the feet.  Not to mention Holly is a kickboxer. 
Tate will go in cautious trying not to make same mistake Ronda did.  Holly will also be cautious not wanting to get taken down.  Tate will begin to get walked down and start eating jabs.  When Tate tries to close distance with punches, Holly will use her amazing straight left counter punches.  Tate will dive in for leg takedowns and Holly will sprawl and make her pay on way in and out.  Repeat...
  Tate will be lucky to make it through 2 rounds .  Vegas has Holm favored 4 to 1.  I have it Holm 6 to 1.
   Looking forward to seeing Cupcake get KTFO

this one  will be quite a war, though I predict Holm will take Tate. The fitness is similar, but Tate simply has no answer for Holm's boxing and reach. Holly has great footwork and an ability to stay out at a distance that has always to me seemed twice what ought to be possible to her. combo of arm-reach and those long legs.  Holly can stay so far out, moves great and has what boxers call "ring generalship, she can move fighters around the ring where she wants to go with them.

Holly is something which has never been seen before in the UFC, either in the male or female leagues - a genuine world-class strike fighter.

Meisha is brave (and cute!) but a grappler has little chance of beating a world class boxer/kickboxer like Holly.

Little Cupcake is getting KTFO.

[HumiliationOne]

Fight night!! I stay with my original prediction.  Holly in a one sided humiliating beatdown that ends in the 2nd after Tate absorbs a barrage of lefts and kicks that melts her into canvass as Holm has hardly broken a sweat. 

[HumiliationOne]

Neither of those fights were fixed.

[hunter85]

What a borung fight it was.pity for my time.i hope Ronda or some other girl beat that Tate.she couldnt fight.i didnt expext this lose from Holy

[Driver47]

To me that was tactical not boring Miesha is not a boxer she is a wrestler so she is going to fight to her strength not her weakness. If you look at Holly she is just waiting to land a punch combo or kick just from her stance because she's a boxer primarily. Ronda fought outside of her strength thus she lost love her or hate her Miesha fought smart that's why she won. Do you think Ali could have beaten Forman if they had just stood in the middle of the ring and just slugged it out from the start no way. My 2 cents

[DogWithABone]

Upset as Miesha Tate defeats Holly Holm by 5th-round submission at 3:30 to become the women's 135-pound Bantaweight Division Championship. From what I heard that Miesha didn't do much until she had a 20 second sequence that has enough to win the match.

Then what you heard was BS. Miesha nearly finished her in the 2nd (potential 10-8 round) and was competitive, but losing, throughout.

I said before the fight that Holly had never faced a wrestler and that Miesha's takedowns are a completely different type than a judoka like Ronda uses. Miesha landed two takedowns and dominated on the ground after both of them. Holly is a phenomenal standup fighter, but Miesha is much better than Ronda on the feet, can take a punch unlike Ronda, and actually has coaches that can put together a real gameplan. Styles make fights and Miesha's style is exactly why I thought she had a chance.

With that said, now she gets Ronda again and I'm not sure if she's improved enough to beat Ronda as that's a lousy style matchup for Miesha.

[DogWithABone]

What a borung fight it was.pity for my time.i hope Ronda or some other girl beat that Tate.she couldnt fight.i didnt expext this lose from Holy

There was nothing boring about the fight. It was a great chess match between two fighters who excel at completely different aspects of the sport. I'll take that over two fat heavyweights clumsily stumbling around the cage throwing sloppy punches with no defense. That fight was an easy 4 star fight on a 5 star scale. Not epic, but very good and full of legitimate drama.

[krizanti]

If the fight appeared boring to some people...Holly is the one to blame for it. I am glad that she lost. Her fighting style is way too defensive, she appears like she does not want to lose rather than to win her matches and that does not make her fights look exciting at all. None of her matches were action filled, exciting fights. After the huge mistake Ronda made rushing in to win too quickly, it is totally understandable that Miesha was cautious. All other Miesha's fights were full of action and exciting. I am glad Miesha won. I believe Ronda will beat both these women when they have rematches.

[krizanti]