wlad was overrated as f-uck. guy who was a fringe contender until he hooked up with emmanual steward and developed a "I'll clinch you every time you get close to me" strategy. also he had very weak opponents and a big brother to fight some of the guys that might have troubled him. stylistically ortiz destroys him easily. i said in 2014 that fury would beat wlad easily and so would ortiz. his foot movement would make the robotic wlad go crazy. he wouldn't be able to clinch him nonstop because of ortiz's much better movement. he wouldn't be able to hit ortiz with a jab eitehr because he only throws at stationary targets.if you thoguht wlad was scared to throw against fury how scared will he be to throw against the much faster and bigger puncher ortiz? oh yea and if you think wlad will be safe on the inside well he won't. one uppercut will have dr. glass jaw on the canvas.
Ortiz does have big power and can move for a guy his size but Wlad's style is permitted to not allow guys smaller than him to land anything solid first and foremost.
Ortiz has a good jab but he doesn't throw enough to offset Wlad's fight, however Wlad has to be weary when he clinches.
Ortiz can fight very well on the inside and throws some bombs of a uppercuts so that could be dangerous when he goes for the clinches.
I expect Wlad to jab his way to his most boring fight ever, maybe using only 2 clinches in the fight and just jab away.
Ortiz just won big over Jennings and it's awesome. Great win and there was nothing boring about it. He's a beast and deserves lots of credit.
However, it's very easy to jump the gun here. Wlad beat Jennings too and the fight was not close. Wlad has faced many guys with Ortiz's size and power. Yet, they couldn't do anything to him and were wore down eventually. Ortiz is much more exciting. There is no doubt and I really appreciate an exciting fighter. But you can have exciting and great or exciting and well, not so great. Ortiz stopped Jennings who was not a big name or highly respected. It's a big win for him, but in the grand scale of things, I think we need to hold back how he is the best heavyweight and will blow through the champions talk just yet. He's more exciting, but we've seen lots of exciting guys blow out one opponent after another and then step up and well, look very flawed. I like what I see from Ortiz, but I think Wlad handles him over the twelve. However, he's obviously dangerous at all times and would definitely have fans on the edge of their seats and Wlad fans sweating all night long. I hope to see this fight.
I would have agreed with you before Wlad lost to Fury but Wlad looked so bad losing to Fury that I think it's time for him to retire. Today I like Ortiz to beat Wlad and maybe all the rest of the heavyweights.
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