I though that Hermansson had some advantage against Cannonier.
The ground skills of Hermansson was great and the only way he could win was if he could trap Cannonier with some leg locks or other sleek locks that we have not seen, to fight him on striking skills we saw the result already as he is a solid striker and powerful too as he is cutting too much weight to get to this division.
Anyone watched Bellator 228, i thought it would be an easy win for Gegard Mousasi against Lyoto Machida but i was wrong, it was a really close fight and Mousasi was holding back for a long time and finally it was a close split decision and someone won my bet.
I guess that is what's wrong with Hermansson, He is great with submission moves, but not as good as Khabib, but watching a lockdown win is very entertaining for me so I thought it will be the same as Hermansson and he may win against Cannonier, But thats OK with me as a Khabib fan I guess Hermansson needs more practice to improve his techniques.
Cannonier carries huge power and technical striking in terms of stand up. Hermansson definitely had an advantage on the ground but was unable to take him down. Hence the fight played out in a way that favoured Cannonier as nobody had a significant reach advantage.
I guess I need to move on from this loss, but will certainly still support him and see if he would improve with his techniques against fighters with a huge power output on their strikes, like Cannonier I guess he needs to focus on his defense more, and when the right opportunity comes he can then make his moves fighting in his favor.
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