How good is umars stamina?

[hswrestler]

Umar has some clean striking and good tdd but we've never seen him be the one getting pressured. I think Umar has enough tdd to ward off merab the first few times but if merab starts spamming takedowns like gamrot did against arman, I can see Umar gassing and falling to the takedowns.

Umar hasn't really shown dominant grappling like his cousins have.

 

[MarioLemieux]

looked perfect against sandhagen merab's is crazy though but Umar will still prob ud him with kick accumulation

 

[Subline]

He has 31 minutes of control time out of his 71 minutes in the octagon, 19 takedowns. I'd still say he's a dominant grappler with a good gas tank to wrestle hard for 5 rounds, not Merab level, but he can keep up.

 

[Brigfa2]

Not good

 

[Bork Neslar]

Pretty good.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Umars stamina to go 5 rounds vs Sandhagen was pretty elite, Umars stamina in a hard fought 3 rounds vs Saidyokub Kakhramonov was also excellent. Those are his two best opponents and most difficult fights outside of Merab. I think its less Umar having bad or suspect cardio and more Merab being one of the best pressure fighters ever with some of the best cardio ever in MMA. Also these Dagestanis don't fight well under pressure...Merab is a dog ass motherfucker who's every bit as tough and driven.

 

[fightfan70]

this post didn't age well

 

[fortheo]

Umars stamina to go 5 rounds vs Sandhagen was pretty elite, Umars stamina in a hard fought 3 rounds vs Saidyokub Kakhramonov was also excellent. Those are his two best opponents and most difficult fights outside of Merab. I think its less Umar having bad or suspect cardio and more Merab being one of the best pressure fighters ever with some of the best cardio ever in MMA. Also these Dagestanis don't fight well under pressure...Merab is a dog ass motherfucker who's every bit as tough and driven.

I think Yan might be a bad match up for Umar if umar can't backpack him. What do you think of that potential match up?

 

[Pious Augustus]

Umar has some clean striking and good tdd but we've never seen him be the one getting pressured. I think Umar has enough tdd to ward off merab the first few times but if merab starts spamming takedowns like gamrot did against arman, I can see Umar gassing and falling to the takedowns.

Umar hasn't really shown dominant grappling like his cousins have.

Cuz Umar is Muay Thai fighter first, he picked up wrestling later, as for gassing out, I thought the moment got to him big time and the broken hand pushed him towards more offencive wrestling than he needs to, imo.

 

[Lawrence]

He has 31 minutes of control time out of his 71 minutes in the octagon, 19 takedowns. I'd still say he's a dominant grappler with a good gas tank to wrestle hard for 5 rounds, not Merab level, but he can keep up.

Well that's exactly how it played out in my opinion.

Against anyone else Umar would have looked pretty fresh in the 5th round.

It was a great title fight between worthy elites... Mirab was just better.

 

[rollthedice]

Not good enough for Merab apparently

 

[MarioLemieux]

If Umar fought anyone but Merab his cardio would have looked good, but Merab's crazy cardio melts people with the pace he puts on.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

I think Yan might be a bad match up for Umar if umar can't back pack him. What do you think of that potential match up?

Yan vs Umar could be Fight of the Year... winner getting the winner of Merab vs Suga later this year. ( I don't see Merab chasing after another division belt like most champs )

 

[Dirty Frank]

Umar has some clean striking and good tdd but we've never seen him be the one getting pressured. I think Umar has enough tdd to ward off merab the first few times but if merab starts spamming takedowns like gamrot did against arman, I can see Umar gassing and falling to the takedowns.

Umar hasn't really shown dominant grappling like his cousins have.

Apparently not good enough for a cardio demigod like Merab. But then again, who is ?

 

[RockyLockridge]

Human-tier

 

[HuskySamoan]

I think Yan might be a bad match up for Umar if umar can't back pack him. What do you think of that potential match up?

This has been the matchup that first comes to mind for me too, when it comes to Umar. I don't know...I've stated a billion times that pressure and forcing exchanges is a weakness in the Abdulmanap crew, he was pretty clear in how he developed his fighters to avoid that zone as he felt it left the highest margin for risk..thusly they aren't the most comfortable or skilled there but are good at avoiding it. Yans fantastic in the pocket but can his footwork trap Umar reliably enough? Or will Umar be hard to find, the younger, longer, quicker Umar with a great kicking game which we saw throw Yan off a lot on the feet vs a much less skilled striker in Aljo. Also Yan still gives up the first round so I don't love his chances in a 3 round fight, in a 5 rounder (which it should be) I really do wonder. I favor Umar though. Umar is good at slowing a pace down and controlling it, plus figgy took him down I think Umar might too.

Would love to see it. I also wouldn't mind Umar taking a step back first to boost morale, fight a Montel Jackson/Kyler Phillips/Martinez bout then get back to contenders.

 

[fortheo]

This has been the matchup that first comes to mind for me too, when it comes to Umar. I don't know...I've stated a billion times that pressure and forcing exchanges is a weakness in the Abdulmanap crew, he was pretty clear in how he developed his fighters to avoid that zone as he felt it left the highest margin for risk..thusly they aren't the most comfortable or skilled there but are good at avoiding it. Yans fantastic in the pocket but can his footwork trap Umar reliably enough? Or will Umar be hard to find, the younger, longer, quicker Umar with a great kicking game which we saw throw Yan off a lot on the feet vs a much less skilled striker in Aljo. Also Yan still gives up the first round so I don't love his chances in a 3 round fight, in a 5 rounder (which it should be) I really do wonder. I favor Umar though. Umar is good at slowing a pace down and controlling it, plus figgy took him down I think Umar might too.

Would love to see it. I also wouldn't mind Umar taking a step back first to boost morale, fight a Montel Jackson/Kyler Phillips/Martinez bout then get back to contenders.

I do think Umar would get his takedowns early, but I think yan would be able to get back up and get back in his face. I wonder if he could break umar like that. I agree, though, a step back in competition would be good for umar. Someone like Montel jackson, or maybe even bautista since bautista basically tries to imitate Merab's approach these days.

 

[MarioLemieux]

Umar, Yan and Merab are all BW GOAT quality fighters fighting in the same era but Merab's cardio is the X factor. The only strategy to beat him is to stop him or take the first 3 rounds... rounds 4 and 5 will always be his until he ages and slows down. We have never seen cardio like this in UFC history. He is a freak of nature and an anomally.

I thought Umar took the first 3 rounds but the third was too close. Merab dominated the last two rounds. Hard to beat a defending champ who puts a stamp on the end of every fight in judges eyes.

The only sure fire way is to get him out of there in a hurry which is never usually a high % chance gameplan.

 

[fightfan70]

what are you guys even talking about.

its a well known fact on sherdogg that no one, and i mean no one, will fight umar.

he needed a belt around his waist to get any fights.

This has been the matchup that first comes to mind for me too, when it comes to Umar. I don't know...I've stated a billion times that pressure and forcing exchanges is a weakness in the Abdulmanap crew, he was pretty clear in how he developed his fighters to avoid that zone as he felt it left the highest margin for risk..thusly they aren't the most comfortable or skilled there but are good at avoiding it. Yans fantastic in the pocket but can his footwork trap Umar reliably enough? Or will Umar be hard to find, the younger, longer, quicker Umar with a great kicking game which we saw throw Yan off a lot on the feet vs a much less skilled striker in Aljo. Also Yan still gives up the first round so I don't love his chances in a 3 round fight, in a 5 rounder (which it should be) I really do wonder. I favor Umar though. Umar is good at slowing a pace down and controlling it, plus figgy took him down I think Umar might too.

Would love to see it. I also wouldn't mind Umar taking a step back first to boost morale, fight a Montel Jackson/Kyler Phillips/Martinez bout then get back to contenders.