Yea. Been saying for awhile now that Gaethje was the man to beat him.
Dustin only has a lucky punchers chance. Arman is well rounded enough so hes the last hope for Makhachev haters. Leon will get finished on the ground. Realisitically, there are no real threats stopping him from defending 2x...
So they went with this match up instead of Costa vs Imavov and Strickland vs Cannon II? yea, the UFC matchmaking is a pathetic joke. Jared is on a win streak, he shouldnt have to fight down in the rankings right now.
Imavovs striking and macro game is similar to Whittaker so this will be a...
Good interview with some new insights.
I thought Gaethje was the guy to dethrone him, but now that hes been derailed it seems Arman is the only interesting challenger in the LW division. If Islam beats Arman and Poirier then I got no issues with him moving up to WW.
Islam vs Leon/Belal/Shavkat...
BJ also lost to Frankie and Jens, both of whom were small. He just matched up well with Hughes, and Lyoto was a defensive decision machine. BJ gets too much credit for that loss to machida.
I would say what I really think but I dont want to get dubs. So Ill just say this - if I was a dominant champion that lost to a guy 3x, I would dabble in some of the dark arts in hopes of finding something to supplement my journey back to the top. <Neil01>
Wand had ploddy footwork with bad defense so he would have problems with Pereiras length and height. Its just a terrible match up on paper but Wand was a dog so cant count him out completely.
I see Gamrot as a chinny wrestler with bad top control. Sure he can secure TD on Charles, but he wont be safe anywhere the fight goes. If it does hit the mat, Charles will have space to work sweeps/reversals and plenty of opportunities to latch a sub as Gamrot scrambles due to his inability to...
He has the perfect kickboxing style to crossover into MMA, perfect size to match up well against the elites, perfect weight classes(every division above WW is trash low skill standard), and on top of it he has a high fight IQ and prepares well.
Makhachev detractors will dismiss this and continue to attack him for "cherry picking an easy title defense" against Poirier in the lead up to ufc 302 lol
Bo doesn’t nut shot Pickett, gasses himself trying to get the takedown along the fence, and gets finished round 2 in an alternate reality.
His MMA wrestling doesn’t look great. He doesn’t look confident shooting from space and doesn’t know how to cage wrestle. If Cody can survive the first...
Im not hating on him. Actually I think he will beat Pereira.
Hes a good fighter, but he doesnt have the skills to "style on" opponents, especially not a technical and calculated fighter like Ankalaev.
lol. imagine thinking Jamahal Hill styles on anybody, let alone someone like Ankalaev. Hill is a glorified brawler with some good physical attributes, which is apparently enough to get to the top of this shit division.
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