Two April welterweight matchups had to be changed because of accidents, and for the current MMA Odds and Ends I will give my thoughts on the two new struggles. Tim Means vs. George Sullivan, UFC on FOX 15 Due to an injury to Kenny Robertson, Tim Means will step in on short notice to battle George Sullivan at UFC on FOX 15, which is set for April 18 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Means vs. Sullivan will broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass. If Means can continue to keep this battle standing, I really don’t see how he loses. Sullivan is a good striker for sure, but Means is one of the best in the welterweight division at mixing in all his limbs, and so if that fight stays standing he is likely to win it. If Sullivan could get Means up against the fence and land some vital takedowns, he can definitely steal a decision on the judges’ cards, but Means has shown awesome takedown defence at 170lbs and it’s going to be very hard for Sullivan to do that. Means is taking this fight on short notice, and historically he’s a guy who doesn’t get a lot of love from bettors, but I think he has a really good shot here to either knock Sullivan out or win a determination and I’m actually leaning towards Means to get the victory here, even thinking about the fact he’s carrying it on short notice. Chris Clements vs. Nordine Taleb UFC 186 Claudio Silva is out of the UFC 186 welterweight bout against Nordine Taleb and now Chris Clements will take on Taleb within an all-Canadian event. UFC 186 takes place April 25 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Clements vs. Taleb is slated for its Fight Pass preliminary card. Silva vs. Taleb was likely going to be a dull, grinding affair between two men who like to push up their opponents against the fence before they gasoline outside, so at least with Clements in now in place of Silva there’s a chance this could be entertaining. Clements, a striker, is always in enjoyable, back-and-forth standup charms and when he could keep Taleb off of him, he’ll likely have the ability to stand in the center of the Octagon and hurt his foe. Taleb, however, is one of the men that sticks to his opponents like glue, and when he can push Clements up against the fence and property a few takedowns, he could win this fight according to his wrestling independently. As a result, the key for Clements is going to be to stop the takedowns, and when he continues to show developments in his wrestling just like he did in his last outing against Vik Grujic, at which he stuffed the takedowns and then outstruck his opponenthe can win. I anticipate Taleb to be a favorite here, however, don’t sleep with the short notice, even on Clements inside this spot.
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