Media Arman Tsarukyan says Islam looked very bad against Dustin Poirier and that his wrestling and cardio was poor, do you agree?

[Sean Chowdhury]

The timestamp is 21:30, I thought Islam's striking looked great in the DP fight but Arman has a point when he says the wrestling and gastank of Islam seemed weaker than you would expect from one of khabib/abdulmanap's guys

 

[Luthien]

Praying Islam wins!! Not a fan^^

 

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[deanambrose]

Yes and No.
Dustin was motivated, it was his last hooray and was training wrestling very intense with Gamrot for entire camp. That's why he performed well. Even performed better than expected but Islam looked off somehow. Still it was only optics - just like in Volk in Islam first fight - despite looking good Islam still won.

 

[Willie]

Islam didnt win a split decision to Oliveira, just saying.

 

[MigitAs]

The forum looks bad rn, why?

 

[ssBaldy]

Arman is a very talented young fighter but I wish he kept his trap shut more.

 

[evergreenrider]

The forum looks bad rn, why?

Punishment for turning hostile and blocking 2fa

 

[TRYHARD 2001]

Not really.

On the other hand, Arman's cardio looked very bad against Islam the first time they fought which is the primary reason he lost. He's looked fit as a fiddle ever since though, so I'm comfortable chocking that up to no time for a real fight camp beforehand. His cardio looked great against Gamrot, even in a losing effort.

This is gonna be a damn good one.

 

[chinarice]

The forum looks bad rn, why?

Your device you're looking at the forum on must be trash. Don't look at the top of the page though.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Cant help but agree. biggest lay up a fighter like Islam can get, a 5:1 favorite still loses 2 rounds

Khabib made that look SO easy and Khabib fought a better Dustin.

Very bad is a stretch imo I had zero faith in Dustin winning and bet on Islam to win under 3.5 Islam really disappointed that night, but I wouldn't say his performance was awful. I don't think Dustin overperformed either.

 

[Last Falconry]

seems unnecessarily rude

 

[fortheo]

Didn't look bad, just didn't look as great as some fans like to think Islam is. I'm sure Islam fans have some type of excuse for that performance the way they do for every performance of Islam's where he met resistance. First Arman fight, Islam was sick. First volk fight, Islam didn't like Australia time zone and weight cut protocols. Dustin fight, Islam was probably sick again or something according to the fans. Idk.

 

[MigitAs]

The forum looks bad rn, why?

Your device you're looking at the forum on must be trash. Don't look at the top of the page though.

Same iPhone I’ve been using for years and never made the forum look this trash

 

[RockyLockridge]

Islam was probably sick again or something according to the fans. Idk.

Or maybe he's just human and Beatable.

I actually think it's hilarious that he's p4p number 1 fighter who goes 5 rounds with Dustin who is clearly not in his prime also almost loses to the fw champion and only has a decisive win against him on short notice. I really cannot figure out what it is people see in him that makes them think he's this unstoppable force, he's no khabib that is for certain.

Makes me wonder if it's because how dominance MMA won't do interviews with Ariel? Maybe the media plays extra nice with fighters like Islam and kamaru because if you don't rank him highly, it's no interviews and web clicks for you? I know it's just some stupid fantasy ranking but there are at least 3 fighters should be ranked ahead of him p4p

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Arman’s grappling weakness got exposed against Oliviera bad - almost guillotined and mounted in the first minute, almost Darce’d (well-defended but still locked in) in the last.

I mean sure it’s submission wizard Oliviera, but the way he was repeatedly leaving his neck out there was highly suspect.

His athleticism and will are almost unmatched, but he’s technically very wild and sloppy with a lot of his big offensive movements.

Probably one of the only guys who can physically match or even exceed Islam, but he’s a worse wrestler, grappler, and striker.

Epic fight though, he’s probably too tough to finish so his best path to victory is forcing a wild brawl early and surviving to gas Islam and take over late.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

Or maybe he's just human and Beatable.

I actually think it's hilarious that he's p4p number 1 fighter who goes 5 rounds with Dustin who is clearly not in his prime also almost loses to the fw champion and only has a decisive win against him on short notice. I really cannot figure out what it is people see in him that makes them think he's this unstoppable force, he's no khabib that is for certain.

Makes me wonder if it's because how dominance MMA won't do interviews with Ariel? Maybe the media plays extra nice with fighters like Islam and kamaru because if you don't rank him highly, it's no interviews and web clicks for you? I know it's just some stupid fantasy ranking but there are at least 3 fighters should be ranked ahead of him p4p

He finished oliveira who was on a 11 fight winning streak and ended volk's 12 fight winning streak, and the first volk fight was decisive. It was a bad look for Islam to get beat up at the end but there is no world where volk won that fight, round 1 and 2 he got rocked and hurt and round 4 he got blanketed so 48-47 win for Islam. Volk was p4p #2 or #1 at the time so even though it's a FW it's not a bad win.

 

[alchemy]

Then go and beat him, Arman. Should be very easy.

 

[188912345]

Cant help but agree. biggest lay up a fighter like Islam can get, a 5:1 favorite still loses 2 rounds

Khabib made that look SO easy and Khabib fought a better Dustin.

Very bad is a stretch imo I had zero faith in Dustin winning and bet on Islam to win under 3.5 Islam really disappointed that night, but I wouldn't say his performance was awful. I don't think Dustin overperformed either.

I actually think this version of Dustin probably benefitted from the experience of being in there with Khabib. Also the experience if training with Gamrot for years.

He probably would have done worse defending against the wrestling 5 years ago, but Dustin probably was more dangerous and explosive 5 years ago.

 

[Willie]

Didn't look bad, just didn't look as great as some fans like to think Islam is. I'm sure Islam fans have some type of excuse for that performance the way they do for every performance of Islam's where he met resistance. First Arman fight, Islam was sick. First volk fight, Islam didn't like Australia time zone and weight cut protocols. Dustin fight, Islam was probably sick again or something according to the fans. Idk.

You know that being sick or under the weather in any form, DOES hinder your performances, right ? In any jobs. But the problem is that "fans" expect Islam to be a replica of khabib, he's not and that's perfectly fine.