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They say it's all about timing in life, or in sports. Gotta be at the right place and right time. Whether it's life choices, sporting competition, and what not.
I feel like in MMA luck might play some role in people's success. *Rizin 15 spoiler alert next sentence*
King Mo, in my opinion, I followed his career from the debut, was a spectacular prospect, and if you ask my personal opinion, as good as it gets. He has very high level wrestling, he was an offensive wrestler at the highest level of freestyle competition, he was taking guys down, a notch and notch above Khabib in Russia, and making it look easy. And it looked like he had the cockiness, the power, explosiveness, and everything.
On the other hand, Khabib Nurmagomedov has never lost a fight yet. And he also never ever in his life had to face a high level NCAA wrestler, which if you think about it, is little crazy. Back a decade ago, if Khabib competed at lightweight division back then, he might have had to go through guys like Guida, Sean Sherk, Gray Maynard, Edgar, Bj Penn, Diego Sanchez, Benson Henderson, Varner, Shane Roller, Melendez, Gomi, Tyson Griffin, and so on
Guys like King Mo or Hendricks would molest Khabib Nurmagomedov in wrestling, and in pound for pound sense, Khabib would literally get destroyed by them by guys with far superior wrestling and striking, a guy who couldn't even take down Tibau, ped or not, but look how their careers have panned out. Khabib is being heralded as the next coming of War-God, and Hendricks has retired to knuckle boxing, and King Mo's career might be coming to an end.
Khabib in a way reminds me Miguel Torres or Tyson Woodley, both of whom I never felt like deserved the hype behind them, and they did have massive hype behind them, and I say that with all due respect, because I never want to kick someone when they are down, and I am not trying to be disrespectful, just staying consistent. But, look where their worshippers have disappeared to. They are all but gone.
It makes me wonder. We can't overcome the fate, can we, in life or in sports.....
I feel like in MMA luck might play some role in people's success. *Rizin 15 spoiler alert next sentence*
King Mo, in my opinion, I followed his career from the debut, was a spectacular prospect, and if you ask my personal opinion, as good as it gets. He has very high level wrestling, he was an offensive wrestler at the highest level of freestyle competition, he was taking guys down, a notch and notch above Khabib in Russia, and making it look easy. And it looked like he had the cockiness, the power, explosiveness, and everything.
On the other hand, Khabib Nurmagomedov has never lost a fight yet. And he also never ever in his life had to face a high level NCAA wrestler, which if you think about it, is little crazy. Back a decade ago, if Khabib competed at lightweight division back then, he might have had to go through guys like Guida, Sean Sherk, Gray Maynard, Edgar, Bj Penn, Diego Sanchez, Benson Henderson, Varner, Shane Roller, Melendez, Gomi, Tyson Griffin, and so on
Guys like King Mo or Hendricks would molest Khabib Nurmagomedov in wrestling, and in pound for pound sense, Khabib would literally get destroyed by them by guys with far superior wrestling and striking, a guy who couldn't even take down Tibau, ped or not, but look how their careers have panned out. Khabib is being heralded as the next coming of War-God, and Hendricks has retired to knuckle boxing, and King Mo's career might be coming to an end.
Khabib in a way reminds me Miguel Torres or Tyson Woodley, both of whom I never felt like deserved the hype behind them, and they did have massive hype behind them, and I say that with all due respect, because I never want to kick someone when they are down, and I am not trying to be disrespectful, just staying consistent. But, look where their worshippers have disappeared to. They are all but gone.
It makes me wonder. We can't overcome the fate, can we, in life or in sports.....
