Hypothetical Fight - Will Brooks vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov - Who would win?

[mattandbenny]

So (former) Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks has finally signed with UFC, and fights Ross Pearson at the TUF finale. Assuming he wins that, you've got to think he has some big fights lined up. I would love to see him fight Khabib, maybe in a number 1 contender fight. Who do you guys think would win?

 

[Tormund]

ill will shill Brooks.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Can't choose.

Good fight.

 

[Straightcross]

The question you should ask is if Khabib will actually make it to the fight and not pull out injured

 

[Death By Samson]

Good match up. I'll take the Eagle.

 

[TheGOD]

ILL WILL WILL KILL
ILL WILL WILL KILL
ILL WILL WILL KILL

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Oh please...

 

[mattandbenny]

Would love to see some mma wrasslin with these 2

 

[beefcake180]

I think Brooks would implement a kicking and movement based gameplan like he did with Chandler the 2nd time around, generally I just find Will's game to be the more nuanced one here so I'm going with him.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Well it would certainly be a better fight than Habib's last.

 

[oaklandr8ersfan]

Eagle by UD

 

[Sgt Smith]

Will's striking keeps improving and his wrestling is damn good. He's going to likely shake things up at LW in a hurry. Tough call between him and Khabib. I think Will is the more complete fighter of the two. I could see him tagging Khabib when he shoots and he's also quite good at taking control on the ground. Would be fun to see who comes out on top, for sure.

 

[Myrddin Wild]

Ill Will is no Darrell Horcher... lol. He might be able to keep the Russian blanket off of him but I doubt it. I got Khabib




It's a big FU to Bellator saying that their champ isn't even worthy of fighting a ranked UFC opponent. Win or lose the UFC makes that statement... but if they could say "one of our fighterz not even in the top 15 beat your champion!" That would be a major FU. They probably offered Pearson a Gym Bag full of cash in back room pay "if he winz"... to motivate him.

 

[JohnyBrabo]

The Bibs, Brooks has nothing for him.

 

[Zarra]

Ugh

... Khabib.

 

[Andy Anderson]

 

[Lucifer Alpha]

I've said it for a while that Brooks has the best style to defeat Khabib.

 

[Akabignasty]

Khabib

 

[ArtemV]

Khabib, he is one of the best wrestlers in MMA.

 

[Organic Damage]

Brooks via being able to do something besides wrestling.