UFC President, Dana White holds a strong opinion on both these fighters that could spell the end for the loser of this match up. Dana believes that Chris Leben should retire and that he doesn’t have anything left to prove after an exciting career in the UFC. Dana’s opinion of Urijah Hall isn’t so complimentary, stating on numerous occasions that he doesn’t believe that Hall has what it takes to be a fighter.
On Saturday night Urijah Hall will have the perfect opportunity to silence his critics and showcase the same explosive striking that generated so much hype during Season 17 of the Ultimate Fighter.
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OUR PICK FOR THIS FIGHT…
We really want Chris Leben to win on Saturday night, but it’s just not going to happen. This is an extremely bad match up for him…
Urijah Hall is yet to demonstrate the lethal striking that he used to finish his opponents on the Ultimate Fighter, but that’s not going to be the case in this fight. Chris Leben’s style will play right into the hands of the counter striking technique of Urijah Hall, which makes this match up an extremely unbalanced one.
Leben has fought 21 times in the UFC and has come forward and looked to engage his opponent in all 21 of those match ups. This is a dangerous tactic to use against a striker like Urijah Hall, who can literally knock out anyone, at any time.
Leben’s only chance of winning this fight is to turn it into a war and even then I don’t like his chances as Urijah will always be capable of landing a knock out blow. Urijah Hall is going to us his speed and striking advantage to end this fight quickly and violently.
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