Hatsu Hioki has a 9 inch reach advantage over Ivan Menjivar. Fighting an opponent with a 9 inch reach advantage in a small weight class, is like trying to fight a guy with a baseball bat. It’s a hell of a lot easier for them to hit you, than it is for you to hit them!
The reach advantage is a big problem for Menjivar because he gets hit a lot, even against similar sized opponents. He also doesn’t have knock out power, which means that his opponents can strike without the fear of getting knocked out.
Ivan Menjivar’s main strength has always been his wrestling and takedowns, but Hioki has better all-round grappling. His take down defence is good enough to deal with Menjivar’s takedown attempts and his takedown success rate isn’t bad either.
Menjivar is tough as nails and for that reason, I can see this fight going to a decision. But Hioki is definitely winning this fight in one of two ways. He’s either going to pick apart Menjivar with striking and win via unanimous decision, or he’s going to grind out a dominant decision win on the ground. Either way you should be placing your bets on Hioki to win and also for the fight to last longer than 2.5 rounds.
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OUR BET: 10.00 UNITS ON HATSU HIOKI TO WIN AT 1.30 | -333 | 3/10
OUR SECOND BET: 10.00 UNITS ON THE FIGHT TO LAST LONGER THAN 2.5 ROUNDS AT 1.57 | -175 | 57/100
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