Has there ever been anyone that set a pace as crazy as Merab for 5 rounds?

[RemyR]

He does zero damage so he expends minimal energy.

You have clearly never wrestled before. There is a reason why wrestling matches are only 6 minutes.

 

[HwoarangStyle]

It's clearly not natural

His EPO levels are nearing prime TJ Dillashaws

 

[MisfitsBR]

they showed a stats that say that only Merab, Rafael dos Anjos, Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington have more than 100 sig. strikers with more than 10 takedown in a single fight, something like that

looks like the answers here match

 

[Bork Neslar]

GSP vs Penn 2. Robby Lawler vs Rory MacDonald 2. Both extremely suspicious performances...


But still I'm glad Merab won.

 

[bjjwar]

it is an outrageous level of cardio, dude is not the most skilled but tosses the kitchen sink nonstop, you can only dodge so much

It really is insane. Also not saying Umar's cardio is off the charts, but these Dagestani guys train like animal's, have super clean lifestyle's, so to have that much difference in cardio than someone like that is even more impressive.

Even EPO's Dillashaw's cardio wasnt that crazy. Merab must have been on some next level amount of PED levels for that fight. No wonder he has the typical roid rage in every interaction lately and wants to fight everyone lol.

 

[Koya]

It's clearly not natural

TJ Dillashaw-esque in his performance Joe

 

[Tweak896]

Max (for striking) or Tony I think. Merab is special with his cardio, it's a shame he only has a couple years left before he really fades. After Umar, there really isn't anyone in the division. Would like to see Merab vs Topuria eventually.

 

[chinarice]

Dude just spams takedowns and pins against the wall the whole fight, mediocre striker, mediocre grappler, terrible fighter, but insane cardio. Crazy how in 2024 you can have no skill, only cardio and be a champ in the biggest org in the world lol.

Imagine how garbage Umar is to lose to a skilless fighter that can be skilless for 25 minutes.

Fucking pathetic. Are the Nurmagomedovs even good? You have me convinced now that they're absolute dogshit. Send Umar back to the regionals. BJJWar of sherdog just implied Umar is complete shit as a fighter

 

[AmonTobin]

Dillashaw kept a pretty good pace.

Funny that.

Boxing. Not wrestling. Merab hasn’t failed any test.

 

[blunttruth]

who is beating this guy ?

It is just going to take someone who isn't intimidated or overly concerned about Merab's cardio, or having to go 5 rounds with him. It is just going to take someone coming in there and chasing him down early and punching him hard in the chin a couple times without breaking any of their own bones.

 

[Ares Black]

Dude just spams takedowns and pins against the wall the whole fight, mediocre striker, mediocre grappler, terrible fighter, but insane cardio. Crazy how in 2024 you can have no skill, only cardio and be a champ in the biggest org in the world lol.

Is this satire?


Because this post is hilarious!

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

Some may say Colby but Merab came and made Colby become Temu.
Age will only be his weakness, amazing cardio.

Dude just spams takedowns and pins against the wall the whole fight, mediocre striker, mediocre grappler, terrible fighter, but insane cardio. Crazy how in 2024 you can have no skill, only cardio and be a champ in the biggest org in the world lol.

The Aldo vs Merab fight showed it all.
Aldo stuffed every takedown. Took no damage and still lost a decision.

 

[ZCrz]

CEO of EPO

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

His pace is amazing and he has as much energy in round 5 as round 1 or 2. Impressive

 

[deanambrose]

Gamrot/Arman fight comes to mind.

 

[Squall Leonhart]

Sean Sherk used to!

 

[evergreenrider]

Dude just spams takedowns and pins against the wall the whole fight, mediocre striker, mediocre grappler, terrible fighter, but insane cardio. Crazy how in 2024 you can have no skill, only cardio and be a champ in the biggest org in the world lol.

Goes to show how other fighters may not be utilizing training correctly. I feel alot of them only train hard during fight camps, then take months off.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Holy smokes, he just willed his way through Umar the further the fight went.

Guys fighting spirit and cardio are amazing.

He's not spamming takedowns but max fights at a higher pace.

Prime Colby's also got a good argument.

 

[Wreckless]

As much as people hate him, Covington could put on a crazy pace for 5 rounds. Khabibi used to have an impressive pace too.

 

[CrimsonFan]

He reminds me of Frankie Edgar.

I love how fearless he is in the exchanges against more dangerous strikers.