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It is blatantly obvious that you haven't been following MMA for very long and are a huge Khabib fan.
Name one better wrestler than Khabib at LW.
this is starting to get frustrating. listen, listen close now.
khabib is a great wrestler as has been proven numerous times. if you don't think so i don't know what to tell you. watch his fights, i guess.
tibau was the only person he couldn't take down. that, and his statistics, prove tibau is a good wrestler as well. not on GSP's calibre, but still, good.
do you understand?
Would you say, right now in his present condition, that GSP is still the greatest wrestler in UFC history?
No, right? So why do you keep saying that? I'm not talking about Khabib vs prime GSP here. I'm talking about Khabib vs a 38 year old GSP. There is a HUGE difference. Reeelaax. Read what I'm writing.
What? I brought up the roids to show that Tibau was strong as fuck. I wasn't even making any comparisons with GSP there lol.
I will repeat what I said.
My main point here is that I am not comparing Tibau to GSP in his prime, I'm comparing Tibau to a relatively old GSP. Khabib has only gotten stronger since that fight, and GSP will have only gotten weaker/older since the Bisping fight.
That Tibau shit wasn't even my main point. It was just to deflect your statement that Khabib hasn't fought a single decent wrestler. Lol that's bullshit and you know it.
With that being said, Khabib is a great wrestler. But I will repeat myself again, the only decent wrestler he has fought is Gleison Tibau and he didn't look good doing it. Tibau is an average wrestler, nothing more.
If Tibau is the best wrestler Khabib has faced, and he could barely take him down, I think it's safe to say that it's a bit too soon to rank Khabib amongst the greatest MMA wrestlers of all time.
GSP has faced elite wrestlers and some of the best in MMA history. From Hughes to Kosheck to Hendricks. He has faced other grapplers like Shields etc..
Hendricks has placed 5th, 1st, 1st and 2nd in the NCAA
Kosheck has placed 4th, 2nd, 1st and 3rd in the NCAA
Who the fuck has Khabib ever beaten that comes even close to that?
Of course GSP in 2019 is not the same as the one in 2010. But your only argument so far is that GSP has gotten weaker/older with nothing to back it up.
We have already concluded that the Bisping fight is no indication of how he would look because of the time off and the weight gain. Nobody actually knows how GSP would look at his natural weight or lower so how exactly can you confidently say that GSP is drastically weaker or slower than he was?
Even a questionable 38 year old GSP does a better job than Tibau. There are levels to this.
To be clear, i'm not saying GSP would run through Khabib. I think either could win. But given GSP's track record and how proven he is, if there is a slight favor in this fight it would be GSP.