[burn-boy]

if josh gets in from the side mount Nog is in trouble due to size
and josh not been a plank. Good luck to him

[The Pancrasist]

*raises hand*

[sj samuraii]

me. go usa!

[Crimsonsabbath]

Eh, I think Barnett was definately underestimated comming into the OWGP but big Nog is one of my favorite all time fighters. Can Barnett win, yeah, will he, no. I expect a competitive fight ending in another great Nog sub.

[REDNOZE300]

Barnett can win this fight if he is smart . He just neads to take him down like Fedor did and Shogun did on his brother . Striking wont help them so mutch cuz they both got good chins . I think Nog is the better grappler but i dont think 15 min is enough to get a subb .Josh has better TD and is mutch stronger so if i was him it would be my gameplan to take him down over and over.

but i hope Nog wins this so we can see Nog vs Silva or Crocop . Barnett will fight Fedor no matter what .

WAR NOG!!!!!111

[Pele81]

How many submission specialist did Nog submit? Not many. Fact is most of the time he meets someone who is well versed in submissions he either fails to submit them or he gets submitted himself (against Ricco in ADCC).

Nog is NOT a great unstoppable submission machine that many dub him to be, his stand up is vastly overrated, he has no power behind his punches and his wrestling sucks. If he didn't have such a great chin he would be a HW version of Nino Schembri.

I can't wait for Barnett to expose the glaring weakness in his one dimensional grappling the same way Fedor and fat out of shape Ricco did.

[blood_fr3ak]

If Barnett comes in with good conditioning, he has a chance against anyone.

[Agent Cooper]

It's gona be a good fight. Both of the semi matches will be.

[pimmmp]

Barnett via drop kick.

[ERTboXer]

Originally Posted by Pele81

How many submission specialist did Nog submit? Not many. Fact is most of the time he meets someone who is well versed in submissions he either fails to submit them or he gets submitted himself (against Ricco in ADCC).

Nog is NOT a great unstoppable submission machine that many dub him to be, his stand up is vastly overrated, he has no power behind his punches and his wrestling sucks. If he didn't have such a great chin he would be a HW version of Nino Schembri.

I can't wait for Barnett to expose the glaring weakness in his one dimensional grappling the same way Fedor and fat out of shape Ricco did.

How often do you see submissions when decent grapplers matchup, not very often.
I dont think nog will submit barnett, but there is other aspects of groundfighting than subs.
And arguably nog is better standing. I doubt barnett can do the same as fedor on the ground, question is if he will even be able to get the score advantage in nogs guard.

Go nog, nog-mirko/silva will be the fight of the year.