zabit is overrated
Here are all bouts both official and targeted/rumored for UFC 227 so far:
TJ Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt II
Georges St. Pierre vs. Nate Diaz (Targeted/Rumored)
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Luke Rockhold (Targeted/Rumored)
Yair Rodriguez vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov
Derek Brunson vs. Antonio Carlos Jr.
Kyung Ho Kang vs. Ricardo Ramos
UFC 227 may turn out to be one crazy ass card.
are you serious. yes he fought tougher competition than zabit, but penn is badly washed up and frankie humiliated him. he hasn't win against much good competition, if any. he seems to only have some flashy kicks, while zabit has an all around game, although doesn't seem to have the best cardio ever. it will be an upset if yair will but that won't happenedgar and penn the 2 goats of the lw division and hes 1-1 vs them.
What-have-you-done-for-me-lately-itis.Really don't see why people seem to just be counting Yair completely out of this fight.
I like what I've sen of Zabit so far, but we've only seen him against poor competition. His last opponent wasn't amazing and Zabit still couldn't get it done in 3 rounds and was gassed at the end (to be fair, his opponent was pushing a crazy pace for the entire fight).
Yair's fought and beat way, way better competition than Zabit has to this point. Not saying Zabit won't get it done, but damn that Edgar loss totally destroyed everyone's opinion of Yair it seems.
What-have-you-done-for-me-lately-itis.
The last thing people remember about Yair is getting sonned and his hypetrain derailed by Edgar in epic fashion. Fastforward 1 year, during which time we've seen and heard exactly nothing from him. Whereas Zabit has been putting in work (albeit against lesser competition) with a skillset similar to Edgar's, if not more dangerous.
Who would you bet on?