Caio Borrahlo, Nassourdine Imavov, or Anthony Hernandez - Which Streaking Fighter Goes on to Become Champ at 185?

[Gabe]

If any. Discuss.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

borrahlo has the best chance, imavov gas tank and wrestling is very suspicious, he got taken down by allen and blanketed for a round, taken down by cannonier briefly and was looking tired in that fight too. Fluffy is very good but his striking isn't great and his wrestling isn't good enough to take down someone like whittaker or ddp imo. Caio is the only one on that list with good cardio, good striking, and great wrestling. Khamzat is the best fighter of the new generation middleweights though

 

[Kratos94]

As long as Chimaev stays at 185, neither of the listed fighters become champion. Imamov is okay, Borralho is average and Hernandez lol.

 

[Luthien]

None of them

 

[JoeRowe]

I like Hernandez to have a Merab/Belal surge to the top. No his striking isn't elite, but he's improving that area while having an absolutely insane takedown & cardio game. Also his durability has come a long way since the Holland fight.

Imavov is young and ever-improving. I think he's the best striker of this group & I feel like his poor cardio is overstated. He finished Cannonier late who had always had a great gas tank. He also won the final round against both Strickland & Allen. The Buckley fight was a bit of a 1-off imo, and I also think people are sleeping on Buckley. I think he will be Champ at 170 by this time next year.

I don't get the Caio hype. He's good & top-15 but I don't think his ceiling is very high. Beating Abus 29-28 & washed Cannonier by taking the last round don't really impress me too much. Once Robocop finishes Cannonier that win will age even worse, & ppl clamoring for Imavov/Caio #1 contender fight will need to do some serious self-reflecting.

 

[fortheo]

I like Hernandez to have a Merab/Belal surge to the top. No his striking isn't elite, but he's improving that area while having an absolutely insane takedown & cardio game. Also his durability has come a long way since the Holland fight.

Imavov is young and ever-improving. I think he's the best striker of this group & I feel like his poor cardio is overstated. He finished Cannonier late who had always had a great gas tank. He also won the final round against both Strickland & Allen. The Buckley fight was a bit of a 1-off imo, and I also think people are sleeping on Buckley. I think he will be Champ at 170 by this time next year.

I don't get the Caio hype. He's good & top-15 but I don't think his ceiling is very high. Beating Abus 29-28 & washed Cannonier by taking the last round don't really impress me too much. Once Robocop finishes Cannonier that win will age even worse, & ppl clamoring for Imavov/Caio #1 contender fight will need to do some serious self-reflecting.

The caio hype for me is that he went from a being great grappling prospect, to all the sudden showing much improved striking in each fight. He's been winning his latest fights without even using his A game. Either that or he's just another sad case of a grappler that fell in love with striking, which is very possible.

 

[Joinho10]

None of them. If I had to go with one I'd probably say Imavov as he seems to improve from every fight. Borralho looks good too but he lacks the X-factor and likely gets schooled by Khamzat and DDP.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

The caio hype for me is that he went from a great grappling prospect, to all the sudden showing much improved striking in each fight. He's been winning his latest fights without even using his A game. Either that or he's just another sad case of a grappler that fell in love with striking, which is very possible.

Agree.. I was pissed off he didn't grappled vs Cannonier at any point.

I get it.. you are tooling the guy but still.. take him down, get the finish and get the hype FFS.