Matias v Dalton smith predictions?

Nomatias has predicted Smith is going to quit. He might well beat Smith but either he doesn't realize Smith is British or he's never fought a Brit in his life because if I've literally never seen a Brit quit in my life he sure as hell hasn't ever seen one do so

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The 2 undoubted No Mas ATG Kings are

1. Nomaschenko
2. Nomatias

Loma made 4 world class fighters, 2 of whom undefeated world champions, 1 of whom a P4P top 4 genius, pull a no mass in B2B fights and he did so not via size, strength or savage power but via the application of otherworldly skills and technical wizardry whilst being a demon on offence and a ghost on defence.

Nomatias had a five string of B2B no mas wins, 4 of whom over undefeated world class opponents, which is highly impressive but he did so via relentless suffocating pressure, volume and power and he's big for the division and obviously he isn't near as skilled and defensively sound as Loma and he had to eat an awful lot of leather on route to winning the battle of attrition vs them

So Nomaschenko is clearly the No Mas Goat

That being said, no Brit has ever quit vs him because Brits don't quit

 

No Brit has ever quit against him, because he's never fought a Brit.

Dalton Smith will be the first to do both.

 

I was talking about the British opponents of Loma not quitting vs Loma

Even though I pick Matias to beat Smith and think his relentless pressure style should be a nightmare matchup for the low volume Smith, as it is for most fighters, I'm not completely writing off Smith's chances as he is a classy operator when he lets his hands go and he can punch and Matias might be on the downward slope now after all the wars he's been in

 

I should've read it closer, I'm still bleary eyed from putting together the monthly Fight List on Kirk's tread.

 

Bleary eyed is my normal state unfortunately

On paper Matias should win but I just have a funny feeling Smith could pull it off with the right game plan and if he can avoid getting overwhelmed by the relentless pressure which is a big if. If he can hurt Matias that will drastically increase his chances of doing so. Still going with Matias but I'm less confident of him winning than I used to be. It's more based on a funny feeling than logic

 

Smith going the distance with glass jawed Mathieu Germain was a troubling sign for Dalton, who tends to be a little too passive and low output for his own good. We've never seen what he's like when put under real pressure, and if Paro's power couldn't dissuade Matias, I have a hard time seeing Dalton keep him at bay. So I think it's going to be a vintage performance from him. Although crazier things have happened.

 

Sometimes boxing math just doesn't add up

Smith is low volume and whilst he does look classy when he does let his hands go he likes to fight at his own pace

He's making a big leap up in class vs an opponent with a nightmarish relentless pressure style and one which is even nightmarish for fighters who are much higher volume than Smith and can fight at a faster pace

And Ponce, Ergashev, Dadashev, and Jukembayev were all undefeated, quality fighters and good or very good punchers and Matias stopped all 4 of them. Ananyan and probably Hawkins too were good fighters as well. I believe some of those guys would've become world champions had they not fought Matias

And he's fighting Matias in his backyard

That being said, Smith is a classy operator, he can punch, and Matias is easy to hit and can be hurt and Matias might have tipped over the other side and be on the downward slope now as he's taken a lot of punishment and a lot of what I said applied to Paro before he beat Matias too. I was more impressed with Paro prior to him fighting Matias than I have been with Smith so far but the timing could be right

Theoretically Matias should win and I'm picking him to do so and via stoppage but I just have a strange feeling Smith could pull it off if he gets it right and can hurt Matias