In short notice fights Islam has finished Volk, Bobby and Hooker in under 9 minutes combined

[ExitLUPin]

Volk - head kick KO 3:06
Bobby - GNP TKP 3:23
Hooker - Kimura 2:25

Bobby and Hooker are ranked LWs right now about to fight in a 5 rounder. Volk is top 3 P4P and best FW.

Short notice Islam is a PROBLEM

Fighters who take short notice fights like this and perform like this should be lauded. Many others either don't take fight or perform much worse without a training camp and gameplan. This is fuck the gameplan let me fight you on the fly and figure it out. TRUE WARRIOR.

 

[JoeRowe]

Islam had full-camps for each of those lol. Not the same "short-notice" as his opponents

 

[blaseblase]

Islam had full-camps for each of those lol. Not the same "short-notice" as his opponents

Seems like the lesson should be don't take a short notice fight if your opponent had a full camp.

 

[Egészségére!]

It's not like Islam was the "short notice fighter," he had a camp. But still, when you don't drink or smoke or binge eat you're going to have an advantage over those who do that's rightlfully earned.

 

[markg171]

I for one am shocked that the dude with the full camp destroyed guys without one.

 

[Reign009]

Islam had full-camps for each of those lol. Not the same "short-notice" as his opponents

I like Islam, but fair point, lol.

 

[Liverkick-king56]

Lesson of the day. Don't take a short notice fight against a elite wrestler with high level counter striking.

Islam isn't as relentless as Khabib but he's far sharper and these quick finishes are showing it. You CANNOT make any mistakes against Islam or he will capitalize and hurt you badly he reminds me a ton of Olivera with his ability to find and flow into finishes. To beat either guy you would need to be perfect and these just wing it short notice mind sets seem to get these guys taken out quick against the champ.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Islam had full-camps for each of those lol. Not the same "short-notice" as his opponents

Fastest /thread of the modern era, Joe.

 

[Poirierfan]

I like Islam and think he's great, but that's nothing you should be bragging about on Islam, Islam had the advantage for those fights.

 

[nostradumbass]

Seems like the lesson should be don't take a short notice fight if your opponent had a full camp.

Does Bisping still have an account on here? Someone should tell him and Nate Diaz what a mistake it was for them.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Does Bisping still have an account on here? Someone should tell him and Nate Diaz what a mistake it was for them.

Bisping's only chance at a title shot and Nate's only chance at a money fight =/= meaninglessly taking a rematch on short notice that could have been the defining trilogy of your career and cemented your GOAT status had you won.
Every fight is an opportunity, a fighter just has to realize whether that's an opportunity for him or his opponent.

 

[maximus__]

Volk - head kick KO 3:06
Bobby - GNP TKP 3:23
Hooker - Kimura 2:25

Bobby and Hooker are ranked LWs right now about to fight in a 5 rounder. Volk is top 3 P4P and best FW.

Short notice Islam is a PROBLEM

Fighters who take short notice fights like this and perform like this should be lauded. Many others either don't take fight or perform much worse without a training camp and gameplan. This is fuck the gameplan let me fight you on the fly and figure it out. TRUE WARRIOR.

Islam hasn't taken any of those on short notice and the only fight that he was actually also not going to have a camp for was the RDA fight at 170 but that never happened after he called him out. Stop trolling.

 

[blaseblase]

Does Bisping still have an account on here? Someone should tell him and Nate Diaz what a mistake it was for them.

Bisping got KO'd into retirement for taking a short notice fight

 

[nostradumbass]

Bisping's only chance at a title shot and Nate's only chance at a money fight =/= meaninglessly taking a rematch on short notice that could have been the defining trilogy of your career and cemented your GOAT status had you won.
Every fight is an opportunity, a fighter just has to realize whether that's an opportunity for him or his opponent.

What was the "opportunity" for Islam? To fight a guy he already beat for a belt he already had? None of that has anything to do with their performance anyway. They both stepped in and finished guys that they lost to when they had full camps.

The opportunity was Volk's to avenge a loss and a chance to win another belt while Islam was training for a completely different opponent. He could lose to Topuria and never get the chance again, and he's 35 years old.

Hooker and Green could have had a 10 year training camp and it wouldn't have been close.

 

[nostradumbass]

Bisping got KO'd into retirement for taking a short notice fight

Bisping of course did have a training camp before that, plus an additional 2 weeks. Nobody's even claimed he lost because he didn't have a full camp, they said he lost because he fought 2 weeks after getting concussed and choked out.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Volk - head kick KO 3:06
Bobby - GNP TKP 3:23
Hooker - Kimura 2:25

Bobby and Hooker are ranked LWs right now about to fight in a 5 rounder. Volk is top 3 P4P and best FW.

Short notice Islam is a PROBLEM

Fighters who take short notice fights like this and perform like this should be lauded. Many others either don't take fight or perform much worse without a training camp and gameplan. This is fuck the gameplan let me fight you on the fly and figure it out. TRUE WARRIOR.

Islam has never fought on short notice. He offered then backed out with rda.

He's really good at beating up guys who are on short notice with no camp tho.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

What was the "opportunity" for Islam? To fight a guy he already beat for a belt he already had? None of that has anything to do with their performance anyway. They both stepped in and finished guys that they lost to when they had full camps.

The opportunity was Volk's to avenge a loss and a chance to win another belt while Islam was training for a completely different opponent. He could lose to Topuria and never get the chance again, and he's 35 years old.

Hooker and Green could have had a 10 year training camp and it wouldn't have been close.

The opportunity for Islam was to close out that rivalry with a 2-0 knowing he was in better shape, what do you mean? People were saying before the fight and the fight itself showed that Volk should not have taken that fight. If you don't see a difference in why Nate or Bisping taking their fights on short notice were good things while Volk's was a bad decision, then I don't know what to tell you, friend. With how close that fight was, he would have inevitably gotten the rematch with Islam no matter what, win lose or draw with Topuria, plus or minus a fight at 155 beforehand.
Volk took the fight because he has some issues a sports psychologist could maybe help him with. I'd be willing to bet even CB staff was against him taking the rematch how he did.
When it comes to Hooker and Green, I agree, both of them lose that fight 95/100 times, which is why their fights against Islam were opportunities for them, not him.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Does Bisping still have an account on here? Someone should tell him and Nate Diaz what a mistake it was for them.

For every lucky winner there's 99 guys without camps get the shit beat out of them and an L.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

I for one am shocked that the dude with the full camp destroyed guys without one.

Yeah look how conor handled nate... oh wait

 

[laleggenda27]

Seems like the lesson should be don't take a short notice fight if your opponent had a full camp.

This should be obvious, yet fighters keep making this mistake. Now we have Aspinall going in unprepared against Pavlovich; hopefully he doesn't suffer the same fate.

The Bisping-Luke and Nate-Conor fights tricked fighters into thinking that "dare to be great" is a solid game plan. It's not.