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Tuco Tokkos is fighting to keep his UFC career alive after dropping two straight, and this matchup with Ivan Erslan might be exactly what he needs. Tokkos bounced back in July with that slick arm triangle finish over Junior Tafa in Nashville, showing he's still got that submission game working. But before that? He got choked out by Oumar Sy in under four minutes and lost a decision to Navajo Stirling. The pressure's on.
If Tokkos gets this to the ground in rounds one or two, that's when he's most dangerous with the submission threat.
Erslan's in the same boat, honestly. The Croatian from American Top Team Zagreb is riding a three fight skid, all losses. He got submitted by Jimmy Crute in Perth, dropped another decision to that same Navajo Stirling guy (who seems to be everyone's problem), and lost a split decision to Ion Cutelaba in Paris. Dude's been in there with legit competition but can't get his hand raised. Here's what makes this interesting: both guys are orthodox strikers who can grapple, but Tokkos has shown he can actually finish fights on the ground.
That Tafa submission was nasty, and he's got decent wrestling when he commits to it (landed 3 of 9 takedowns against Stirling). Erslan's more of a volume striker, threw 129 strikes against Stirling and landed 63 against Cutelaba with solid accuracy. But he's gotten caught with his back taken twice now, and that's a problem against someone who hunts submissions. This is a straight up must win situation for both guys. Loser's probably getting cut, winner gets to breathe for another fight.
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Tuco Tokkos is fighting to keep his UFC career alive after dropping two straight, and this matchup with Ivan Erslan might be exactly what he needs. Tokkos bounced back in July with that slick arm triangle finish over Junior Tafa in Nashville, showing he's still got that submission game working. But before that? He got choked out by Oumar Sy in under four minutes and lost a decision to Navajo Stirling. The pressure's on.
If Tokkos gets this to the ground in rounds one or two, that's when he's most dangerous with the submission threat.
Erslan's in the same boat, honestly. The Croatian from American Top Team Zagreb is riding a three fight skid, all losses. He got submitted by Jimmy Crute in Perth, dropped another decision to that same Navajo Stirling guy (who seems to be everyone's problem), and lost a split decision to Ion Cutelaba in Paris. Dude's been in there with legit competition but can't get his hand raised. Here's what makes this interesting: both guys are orthodox strikers who can grapple, but Tokkos has shown he can actually finish fights on the ground.
That Tafa submission was nasty, and he's got decent wrestling when he commits to it (landed 3 of 9 takedowns against Stirling). Erslan's more of a volume striker, threw 129 strikes against Stirling and landed 63 against Cutelaba with solid accuracy. But he's gotten caught with his back taken twice now, and that's a problem against someone who hunts submissions. This is a straight up must win situation for both guys. Loser's probably getting cut, winner gets to breathe for another fight.
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