Colby is an average fighter.
Well you're talking about a real deal, elite collegiate wrestler who was right there in contention for a D1 championship vs guys with good "MMA wrestling". It's a completely different class.
Believe me, the same thing would happen to Khabib if he was thrown in there with Colby. This isn't Rick Story or John Fitch we are taking about, there are many, many levels to wrestling, just like your average BJJ blackbelt is nowhere near the level of a Maia.
Actually, I completely disagree.
College, and even Olympic wrestling have failed to translate to MMA for many guys over the years.
I think that his success in using wrestling has less to do with his elite background; more important is how he adapted it to MMA.
he got tagged quite a bit in the first but he dominated the 2nd and third round where he came within inches of finishing maia.Didn't know that getting outstruck for 5 minutes and then stuffing takedowns for the next 10 counted as "dominating" but okay <45>