How AgentMMA breaks down Pavel Andrusca vs Mahammadali Osmanli
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Mahammadali Osmanli lost his last fight on a knee he landed. Pavel Andrusca kept his unbeaten record with a unanimous decision over Nathaniel Wood. When they meet in Riyadh, watch what happens to Osmanli’s straight left the first time Andrusca gets low enough to grab his lead leg. Osmanli caught Ilimbek Akylbek with an illegal knee while Akylbek was down and got disqualified in the opening round.
- Osmanli landed the knee against Akylbek and lost the fight.
- Andrusca took Nathaniel Wood the distance and kept his unbeaten record.
- Osmanli’s lead foot can open the left hand or invite a shot.
The opening round could break open on the way up from a failed shot, when one man lets go to punch and the other is still reaching for a grip.
That fight tells us little about how much snap Osmanli would have left in his punches after a few rounds of digging for underhooks. Andrusca at least had to keep working all the way to the final horn against Wood. Here’s where their feet come in. Osmanli is a southpaw, so if he gets his right foot outside Andrusca’s left, he has a clean lane for his left hand and room to turn out after he throws.
If he leans over that front knee to squeeze a little more reach out of the punch, though, Andrusca has a leg right there for the taking. Andrusca goes after enough takedowns that even a failed shot is worth watching. If Osmanli pulls his leg free but has to hop all the way back to the fence to do it, where does he find the space to throw that left again?
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Mahammadali Osmanli lost his last fight on a knee he landed. Pavel Andrusca kept his unbeaten record with a unanimous decision over Nathaniel Wood. When they meet in Riyadh, watch what happens to Osmanli’s straight left the first time Andrusca gets low enough to grab his lead leg. Osmanli caught Ilimbek Akylbek with an illegal knee while Akylbek was down and got disqualified in the opening round.
- Osmanli landed the knee against Akylbek and lost the fight.
- Andrusca took Nathaniel Wood the distance and kept his unbeaten record.
- Osmanli’s lead foot can open the left hand or invite a shot.
The opening round could break open on the way up from a failed shot, when one man lets go to punch and the other is still reaching for a grip.
That fight tells us little about how much snap Osmanli would have left in his punches after a few rounds of digging for underhooks. Andrusca at least had to keep working all the way to the final horn against Wood. Here’s where their feet come in. Osmanli is a southpaw, so if he gets his right foot outside Andrusca’s left, he has a clean lane for his left hand and room to turn out after he throws.
If he leans over that front knee to squeeze a little more reach out of the punch, though, Andrusca has a leg right there for the taking. Andrusca goes after enough takedowns that even a failed shot is worth watching. If Osmanli pulls his leg free but has to hop all the way back to the fence to do it, where does he find the space to throw that left again?
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