UFC on ESPN 51 Beforemath: Will Rafael Dos Anjos Be Big Enough for Vicente Luque? UFCVegas78 via BlaineHenryTFL
made mistake that Dos Anjos makes all the time. When entering the pocket, an ill-attempted takedown cost him the fight. Brown is very mobile and will enter the pocket from too far out at times. He reaches down for the knee but is a hair too far away. Luque throws a jab and sees that Brown dropped his hand for the takedown attempt and brings an elbow around to knock him down.
Luque will find these situations except that Dos Anjos will actually be looking for a clinch situation. With Luque now switching stances, he can actually create this situation for himself despite Dos Anjos knowing where to shoot from. Stepping back with his lead foot, going from orthodox to southpaw or vice versa, he can create space and land these types of strikes. But Luque will have to concede ground for this to happen, not something he’s known for.
Luque can overwhelm Dos Anjos like this with his footwork. He may not go to the body too often, but it doesn’t take all that much. Even if it’s a couple jabs or kicks to the body, getting Dos Anjos’ hands down is a big path to victory for anyone in fighting, much lessAgain, the biggest factor for Luque will be his mental state going into this fight. That is not something we go into but it will be a huge x-factor at the Apex this weekend.
But Dos Anjos will not be able to go blow for blow with Luque, who is a more seasoned fighter. As we talked about earlier, Luque is an avid user of the low kick. Dealing with that like he tried to against
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