Bantamweights
Cody Gibson (20-10, 2-5 UFC) vs. Chad Anheliger (13-7, 2-2 UFC)ODDS: Gibson (-198), Anheliger (+164)
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Gibson washed out of the UFC in 2015 after a short stint—against a level of competition that now looks much tougher than it did then—but he is carving out a niche a decade later. He’s under-athletic but tall and long for the division, and he tries to overwhelm his opponents with constant offense. He can hit an athletic wall—which doesn’t figure to happen in this assignment—but the worrying sign for Gibson is that he does tend to burn himself out with his own pace, setting things up for another fight where Anheliger can get a win over the finish line on the back of his gas tank. This should one should be close. Gibson does a better job of turning his wrestling success into offense than some of Anheliger’s other opponents who have tired themselves out, so he could build up too much of a lead for the Canadian to overcome. Yet the lean is that Anheliger can eke this one out via decision.
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