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The 5’10 ½” Molina needed little more than his powerful jab and his long reach to defeat the shorter 5’6 Provodnikov in this fight. The odds-makers obviously didn’t take into account Molina’s 4 ½ inch height and his 5 inch reach advantage when they make their predictions in who would be the betting favorite. Molina looked like a middleweight in the ring against a light welterweight, and there was no way that little Provodnikov was going to beat a middleweight. As good as Provodnikov is, he’s not good enough to beat a rehydrated middleweight.
Molina, 33, rehydrated 20 pounds overnight after the weigh-in on Friday and came into the fight as a middleweight. The size advantage for Molina basically won the fight for him because he was both taller and heavier than the smaller Provodnikov. Provodnikov blew it by not asking for a rehydration clause in the contract to limit the amount of weight Molina could gain back. When you’ve got a fighter that balloons up in weight three divisions like Molina did tonight in coming in at 160lbs, it puts the smaller guys like Provodnikov at a disadvantage because he doesn’t rehydrate a lot. Provodnikov is one of those guys that fights right at his weight division because he doesn’t put weight on in between fights.
What do you think? I said multiple times, we need to go back to same day weigh ins... this suck. 20 pounds in one day? that's a cheat.
The 5’10 ½” Molina needed little more than his powerful jab and his long reach to defeat the shorter 5’6 Provodnikov in this fight. The odds-makers obviously didn’t take into account Molina’s 4 ½ inch height and his 5 inch reach advantage when they make their predictions in who would be the betting favorite. Molina looked like a middleweight in the ring against a light welterweight, and there was no way that little Provodnikov was going to beat a middleweight. As good as Provodnikov is, he’s not good enough to beat a rehydrated middleweight.
Molina, 33, rehydrated 20 pounds overnight after the weigh-in on Friday and came into the fight as a middleweight. The size advantage for Molina basically won the fight for him because he was both taller and heavier than the smaller Provodnikov. Provodnikov blew it by not asking for a rehydration clause in the contract to limit the amount of weight Molina could gain back. When you’ve got a fighter that balloons up in weight three divisions like Molina did tonight in coming in at 160lbs, it puts the smaller guys like Provodnikov at a disadvantage because he doesn’t rehydrate a lot. Provodnikov is one of those guys that fights right at his weight division because he doesn’t put weight on in between fights.
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