The X Factor: Age, an iffy chin and some bad luck have left Pulver’s once promising featherweight tenure feeling like an “Alien vs. Predator” movie -- nothing more than wasted potential. However, if Pulver can force Grispi to fight him standing, he definitely has an edge on the grappling-centric style of his youthful counterpart. Pulver has put together miraculous career comebacks before; whether or not he has another one in him is anyone’s guess.
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The Bottom Line: Pulver has endured nothing but disappointment of late, and it does not figure to get any better against Grispi. He has the gusto and game to chase after a submission and avoid Pulver’s parries on the feet. Expect an entertaining fight, but Pulver’s declining skills will eventually cost him the fight, as Grispi snatches hold of a late submission in an evenly matched fight. No more of the Phoenix routine for Pulver, who looks to have squeezed every last drop of greatness he could from his long and storied career.