Dricus Du Plessis vs. Kamaru Usman breakdown, prediction for UFC OKC

Former champs fight it out in Oklahoma City. Dan Tom here with MMA Junkie to help you break down the main event for UFC fight night 281 between Drikus Duplessis and Kamaru Usman. Usman who is the former welterweight champ is moving up to middleweight to take on the former middleweight champ and Duplessis and well Usman showed he still has some gas left in that proverbial tank when he was able to beat Joaquin Buckley last time out over five rounds. Whereas Duplessis, well he was last seen with this title But he did not leave with this title as well He was on the wrong side of a five-round domination by now former champ Hamzat Chemaev. At the time of this video the odds makers and the public are siding with the former middleweight champ in Duplessis in the neighborhood of minus 250 with the comeback on your underdog the former welterweight champ Usman in the neighborhood of plus 190. Now seeing Usman as a dog here doesn't surprise me and you could very easily argue that Duplessis is the deserved favorite He is the bigger man The more active fighter and you know, even though he used to be a former welterweight, you know There's no denying like I said again his size and the youth as well with Usman being 38 years old But it was that activity that really jumps out of that grouping for me with Usman only having two fights in the last 33 months which sounds wild and is wild and gets a little scary as you get up there in age I still believe Usman's been hard at work and he has the skills particularly the wrestling that we saw in Duplessis last fight to make Him a certified live dog. He came through as a live dog for me last time with Joaquin Buckley But is there enough juice there for me to take him this time? Well, you're gonna have to check out my in-depth breakdown over at MMA junkie comm for more analysis stats And of course my official pick