(1) The obvious ___________ between China's level of participation and other Asian states' requires some _____________.
(2) For years there has been talk Aldo's lazy performances had more to do with a brutal weight cut than any akill ___________. That's always been a pretty probable ____________, given the number of horrendous weight cuts MMA sees.

Options

A. Deviation, delineation
B. Discrepancy, explanation
C. Incongruity , cogitation
D. contrast, contemplation

Answer

B

Explanation

'Discrepancy, explanation' fits the two blank most appropriately.
Discrepancy means an illogical or surprising lack of compatiblity or similarity between two or more facts.