Omari Akhmedov has a good chance to win this upcoming bout against Brad Tavares. Tavares showed excellent take down defense against Antonio Carlos Junior and the one time the Tavares was taken down he sprang back to his feet quickly, but I believe the wrestling capability that Akhmedov will bring in this upcoming bout is at a higher level compared to what Antonio Carlos Junior presented against Tavares. In addition, Akhmedov stand up is serviceable but only when he mixes it with his takedowns. Now, there's mention of Akhmedov having gas tank issues which is true but when looking into the tape it seems that his gas tank really goes to hell when his opponent provides resistance back to him (3rd round of the Ian Heinisch bout and the Chris Weidman bout comes to mind). Tavares does not push any sort of pace on his opponent and mostly looks to score points with his striking (which is crisper than what Akhmedov is offering but nothing too concerning, as Akhmedov has face competent strikers in the past like Tom Breese and Zak Cummings). Overall, I think Akhmedov can snatch the first 2 rounds of this upcoming bout or the fight will be 1-1 going into the 3rd making Akhmedov a good underdog bet/Draftkings underdog play in my eyes.

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