Smith rocked Bivol right at the bell, that saved him. His legs were jelly walking back to his corner.
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, if Smith would have landed that shot about five seconds earlier, the entire fight might have ended differently. However, it is exceptionally rare for anyone to land a shot like that on Bivol and said shot, by subsequent evidence, seems to have been a freak fluke.
Beterbiev does not possess one shot KO power; his accumulation and timing is what breaks his opponents down. How is he going to do that against someone who rarely gets hit clean? That's the big question.
I'm sure many predicted dubois to best josh. Not like that though.
Josh had a 60% to 55% chance to win. So 4 out of 10 people probably thought ddd wins. But, again not like that.
Zhang, did you predict a 5th round stoppage or rather round 9 onwards for ddd?
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