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Light Heavyweight Championship bout:
Muhammed Lawal (5-0,2-0) (c) vs. Rafael Cavalcante (9-2,1-0)

Shane: King Mo???well, in his last fight I thought he looked horrible while still winning. He showed he can secure a takedown and then literally do nothing. Mousasi inflicted more damage from the bottom then Mo did during any point of the fight. ???Feijao??? Is a hard hitter. He also trains with the likes of Anderson Silva, NOG, Machida???to name a few. Mo loses his title quickly!

David: Gotta love it when a guy who lost to MIKE KYLE gets a title shot a little over a year later after beating a guy that is 11-4 and HIS best win is Carmelo Marrero. Needless to say- I???m not overly impressed with Rafael. King Mo gets to show off in this fight. I think he feels that he has shown he can wrestle and he has a tank, and now he wants to show that he deserves a headliner spot and wants a glory KO to end the show. I think he gets it. Mike Whitehead is not exacly a top 20 guy, but he has a solid chin. Rafael doesn???t.

Joseph: These are two big guys who aren???t afraid to slug it out. However, if he???s smart, Lawal will stick to Cavalcante like glue and use his far superior wrestling to ground and grind him to death. Feijao has never won with a submission hold from his back, so Lawal should be relatively safe there. In addition, while we???ve seen both fighters huffing and puffing before, Lawal was able to fight through it and pick up a win, while it cost Feijao his match with Mike Kyle. I see Lawal wearing Feijao down with his grappling for a few rounds, then catching him with a heavy strike in the championship rounds.

Winner
Shane: ???Feijao??? by TKO 3
David: King Mo KO Round 2
Joseph: Lawal, TKO, R4.


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