2014 Anthony Pettis would have beat 2024 islam

[FrenchHeavyWeight]

PETTIS vs ISLAM

 

[Carniusss]

Serious question what year did pettis lose to clay guida?

 

[HuskySamoan]

I'm not sure any LW in MMA history beats Islam and all the ones I think have a chance ars Russian IE Khabib, Usman N., Eduard Vartanyan, Arman Tsarukyan. Maybe prime Penn and Bendo would be interesting but that's about it.

 

[FrenchHeavyWeight]

worst match up that islam could have faced in a cage, the stand up was brutal i see these high kicks going through he had explosive combinaisons

And that american latino bjj a la tony ferguson or miguel very aggressive good triangles showtime was on a mission in 2014 his mental top notch

 

[Joshuaace]

I'm not sure any LW in MMA history beats Islam and all the ones I think have a chance ars Russian IE Khabib, Usman N., Eduard Vartanyan, Arman Tsarukyan. Maybe prime Penn and Bendo would be interesting but that's about it.

Confirmed anti-daggy fan as you know. I still think your list is too long. Beeb and Islam are on a different level, and I think I favor Islam there prime 4 prime.

 

[ArtardFiesta]

it's really hard to say. islam needs to defend his belt against a lw.

his best wins at lw are against olives (excellent win) and dan hooker. i dont give much value to the volk fights as volk is a 145 lber

 

[FrenchHeavyWeight]

it's really hard to say. islam needs to defend his belt against a lw.

his best wins at lw are against olives (excellent win) and dan hooker. i dont give much value to the volk fights as volk is a 145 lber

What do u think of the matchup

 

[fortheo]

I'm not sure any LW in MMA history beats Islam and all the ones I think have a chance ars Russian IE Khabib, Usman N., Eduard Vartanyan, Arman Tsarukyan. Maybe prime Penn and Bendo would be interesting but that's about it.

You're starting to sound like Rogan when he'd talk about Ronda lol.

Islam smashed prime pettis though.

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

PETTIS vs ISLAM

Pettis could catch Islam like Martins did, but odds would favor Islam to ragdoll Pettis worse than Guida did.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Rag-doll I’m afraid

 

[nostradumbass]

Pettis only had 1 fight in 2014, and then started a 3 fight losing streak 3 months later. He was only 27, so you can't really blame past his prime, and he lost to Guida and won a SD over Jeremy Stephens not long before he won the title. Guy would get ragdolled by Islam.

 

[FrenchHeavyWeight]

Pettis could catch Islam like Martins did, but odds would favor Islam to ragdoll Pettis worse than Guida did.

2014 pettis had 7 w by subs and was on a 2 streak sub

 

[svmr_db]

Lol trying to stick to 2014 Pettis so you could ignore what RDA did to him in 2015. RDA would've done the same thing to him a year earlier, and so would current Islam in this mythical prime vs prime matchup.

 

[Thesnake101]

2014 pettis had 7 w by subs and was on a 2 streak sub

2014 Pettis fought once, against Gilbert Melendez (who would go on to never win a single fight again) and dropped the first round due to being unable to keep Gil off of him. In his next fight RDA would go on to pressure him with a mix of striking and grappling to completely shut him down with ease.

No, 2014 Pettis would not have beaten Islam. Maybe he'd get an interesting sub attempt going ala Poirier/Khabib, but he's not going to win. Awful matchup for him.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

No.

 

[KarateYeah]

I agree, but in another sense. He wouldve beat his willy, if you get me sherbro

 

[kingmob6]

Pettis got battered by Tony who came back from torn ACL in 4 months. He has no shot against Islam. Be over in about 1 round, look something like Dan Hooker fight.

 

[ArtardFiesta]

What do u think of the matchup

i don't know. i think islam takes it into deep waters and breaks pettis.

 

[FrenchHeavyWeight]

2014 Pettis fought once, against Gilbert Melendez (who would go on to never win a single fight again) and dropped the first round due to being unable to keep Gil off of him. In his next fight RDA would go on to pressure him with a mix of striking and grappling to completely shut him down with ease.

No, 2014 Pettis would not have beaten Islam. Maybe he'd get an interesting sub attempt going ala Poirier/Khabib, but he's not going to win. Awful matchup for him.

Leading to 2014 prime ... You got me

 

[FrenchHeavyWeight]

Pettis got battered by Tony who came back from torn ACL in 4 months. He has no shot against Islam. Be over in about 1 round, look something like Dan Hooker fight.

come on you are talking about a post prime version