Do you really believe Islam is the next man up?

[Mr WorldWide]

Is he the next LW champion like Khabib says?

 

[Reydereyes]

He could get the belt with the right matchups but he will never be as dominant as Khabib because his chin is shit

 

[Pious Augustus]

he outgrapples everyone at the top 5 imo

 

[Joseph_McBride]

Not likely

 

[Mr WorldWide]

he outgrapples everyone at the top 5 imo

Even Diego Ferreira?

 

[Pious Augustus]

Even Diego Ferreira?

CDF isn't in the top 5 and yes I believe Islam can control him like he did with Ramos

 

[toowoomba]

Never
With that cookie chin, even Habib couldn't be a champ.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

 

[Normot]

Absolutely not. They are clearly trying to force it into reality but it just isn't it.

 

[Tevfik1907]

I think he has the top 5 material, but after that it's hard to tell.

 

[Goatbib]

Islam could definitely be the next champ as he has the potental. He won't be the next Khabib though, Khabib was truly once in a lifetime talent.

 

[Bojka]

Reminds me of when GSP said Rory would be the next champ tbh.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

**** no.

Let us Sherdog pray RDA rights this potential wrong.

 

[Jojomojo]

Na not really. I might be wrong but LW is still super stacked and he didnt look half as dominant as Khabib.
Its hard to say tho. He is vastly unproven.

 

[Travis Alexander]

...no

 

[Willek]

UFC still doing the "former world champion Rafael Dos Anjos" headline a Fight Night card to make casuals think it means something?

 

[Geribanana]

Khabib knows that he's much better than his competitor, he doesn't know that this applied to people around him also

 

[TFK20]

CDF isn't in the top 5 and yes I believe Islam can control him like did with Ramos

CDF is much better than Ramos off his back, and Islam only spent about 2 minutes on top of Ramos after dropping him standing.

Oliveira would choke Islam silly though

 

[Johnny_Knuckles]

Islam has done absolutely nothing to warrant any talk of title contention. His best win is a close decision against a child called arman on his ufc debut

 

[The Chosen]

His body of work is already impressive, I see him going far in the division