Tom Zaffino Analyzes Shevchenko vs. Weili: Best Bets

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00:00All right, so we're kicking it with Tom Sofino right now.

00:03Tom, what do you think about the Shyshenko fight?

00:06Everybody seems to like her.

00:07The original sharp betting market has slammed Valentina in this fight,

00:12as we see with the movement.

00:14She's pretty much a minus 140 favorite right now.

00:17You spoke earlier about how you're looking at, like in the underdogs,

00:21has this number moved enough that you're like, wow, I mean,

00:25this is sort of overwhelming,

00:26but this is exactly what I was just talking about coming out of the last

00:30break in the last segment.

00:31People think that Valentina's, that the size difference is going to be too

00:36tough to overcome.

00:39Yeah, man, I'm a big Valentina fan.

00:42I've backed her pretty much every fight she's ever had.

00:45I remember when she, you know, she came into the UFC,

00:48she was fighting at the bantamweight division, and I looked at her and said,

00:52man, if they ever opened up a 125 weight class,

00:55this girl's just going to run ship over everybody.

00:58And they did.

00:59And that's exactly what happened.

01:01I have seen her slow down.

01:04She's shown a little bit of wear and tear, you know, in recent fights.

01:08You know, obviously she lost Walt.

01:09She got it back.

01:11But man, Wei Li is about as good as it gets.

01:14I mean, in terms of a grappler, I think she's right at the top of the division.

01:19You know, she's obviously moving up, but from her division to the 125 division,

01:23I really think she's as good a grappler as you're going to find.

01:28You know, Valentina has very good grappling.

01:30She can, you know, her offensive grappling is good, but she can also be taken down.

01:35We've seen her have issues with grapplers in the past.

01:37Not a lot.

01:38I mean, she's as good as it gets.

01:40But I think Wei Li is very live in this spot.

01:43You know, the more the line moves, the more I kind of like the Wei Li side.

01:48I like both fighters.

01:50You know, like I said, I've been a Valentina backer from day one.

01:54She's got everything.

01:55You know, her whole life is dedicated to this sport.

01:58And, you know, she's got a championship mentality.

02:01But I feel like Wei Li's kind of got the same thing.

02:04She's a very good grappler.

02:05She's very strong.

02:06She can strike.

02:07You know, obviously, we've seen her get, you know, head kick KO'd, which, you know,

02:11Valentina obviously has those head kick KOs.

02:14So that's kind of a threat, you know, a risk there.

02:16But I think this is going to be another great fight.

02:20I think they're going to go back and forth.

02:21I think Wei Li's going to have some success in the grappling.

02:24I think on the feet, you know, Valentina has the advantage.

02:28But I think Wei Li's, you know, she's no fish out of water on the feet either.

02:32I think it's going to be a great fight back and forth.

02:34Another one, you know, I do kind of like the Wei Li side here as the dog.

02:40But it's another one I'm looking at.

02:42I want to kind of look at live and see.

02:44But, yeah, I mean, I think this is a great fight.

02:46It's going to be a fun watch.

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