This weekend we have another UFC Fight Night from the city of Zagreb in Croatia. On Sunday the 10th of April, the two heavyweight contenders Ben Rothwell and Junior Dos Santos will fight for a potential title shot pending the absence of Cain Velasquez.
The Main Event
This is an interesting match-up as both men have crippling 1 punch knock out power, Dos Santos usually has a higher punch output than Rothwell and therefore has a higher chance of winning by KO/TKO. Dos Santos can submit people, however, he is much less likely to attempt a submission against Rothwell who is one of the divisions most dangerous Jiu Jitsu practitioners with his recent submission of Josh Barnett he is now only second to the champion Fabricio Werdum and possibly Frank Mir in his submission abilities.
My pick for the fight is hesitantly Ben Rothwell. This is because he's on a 4 fight win streak and he has more ways to finish the fight although I say it very hesitantly as Dos Santos has the ability to end the fight at any point and has demonstrated so many times. I don't think cardio is on the side of any particular fighter so I don't think that will be a winning factor, If the fight goes to the ground then I believe Rothwell will submit Dos Santos but Rothwell can also finish him on the feet.
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