Goodbye Bobby Knuckles, it’s was a good run for quite a few years

[Vampire life]

Welcome to gatekeeper status my friend

 

[Siver!]

Bit dramatic when he's been beating guys like Vettori and Costa lol

Not exactly any more elite than RDR.

 

[evergreenrider]

Bit dramatic when he's been beating guys like Vettori and Costa lol

Not exactly any more elite than RDR.

RDR will implement the hairlips approach and immediately target the lower jaw.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Bit dramatic when he's been beating guys like Vettori and Costa lol

Not exactly any more elite than RDR.

I think RDR is much better than Vettoei and Costa. It's no shame for Bobby, he's arguably sticking around more efficiently than Izzy even after being khamzat'd

 

[Contempt]

Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Will be interesting to see how he looks on is return.

I am sure he is getting the best medical care that money can buy to fix that jaw issue.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Whittaker always seems to come back from great adversity. He is not a fighter to count out.

 

[188912345]

I think RDR is much better than Vettoei and Costa. It's no shame for Bobby, he's arguably sticking around more efficiently than Izzy even after being khamzat'd

I think so too. Costa is the Chandler of MW so we really don't know where he stands at the moment compared to the top 15.

 

[Ube]

Is he a gatekeeper, or a guy always a fight and two away from a title fight?

 

[theincognito]

Props to RDR for already taking another booking. That's the kind of activity the sport needs a lot more of.

 

[Leonard Haid]

Agree, but he's a gatekeeper for the stars. Some gatekeepers are gatekeepers for fighters who are showing promise but aren't quite there yet. At least Whittaker is a gatekeeper for potential title fighters.

 

[shorinryu86]

RDR is such a dangerous opponent for Bobby Knuckles.

 

[infinite666]

reaper will make easy work of rdr there are levels to this and reaper made a career of beating up grapplers

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Welcome to gatekeeper status my friend

RDR will implement the hairlips approach and immediately target the lower jaw.

There is only one Khamzat, Robert will knock out RDR.

 

[MMAFanCal]

Agreed. He has never been the same since the Dricus fight. He recently admitted he doubts everything now. RDR is going to run through him, unfortunately. I really like Whittaker. Whittaker is the real deal. Such a great human being and champion.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Yeah I don't see Rob beating RDR. Rob's blitzing style is terrible into a guy like RDR who wants you to be close to him so he can clinch you up and take you down..

 

[Vampire life]

Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Will be interesting to see how he looks on is return.

I am sure he is getting the best medical care that money can buy to fix that jaw issue.

I’m surprised he’s fighting so soon

That was serious

 

[Vampire life]

reaper will make easy work of rdr there are levels to this and reaper made a career of beating up grapplers

He did? Like who

 

[Vampire life]

Bobby was an undersized MW we all know it

RDR is huge

We saw Bobby reaching to try to hit Izzy and Izzy doesn’t grapple
It’s going to be awful for Whitaker and will gatekeeper him forever
- he doesn’t stand a chance bad matchup

 

[Vampire life]

There is only one Khamzat, Robert will knock out RDR.

He won’t be able to get close enough and if he does he will be on his back or in the clinch and being undersized that’s a really bad place to be for him

 

[Pequeño Corey]

reaper will make easy work of rdr there are levels to this and reaper made a career of beating up grapplers

I agree. Khamzat is just a freak. Not really a lot of dudes, if any, who can just manhandle Bobby like that. I don’t think RDR has the physicality to force grappling on a good counterwrestler like Bobby. This fight plays out on the feet, and Bobby will just get on his bicycle and dot RDR up.