Is Chad Gable really that good?

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I hear Jon Jones parading him like the next big thing. Well hes 2-0 and very unremarkable opponents. Idk what's next for him or how he will come to UFC

Still regardless of his potential, the start to his career reminds me of Greg Hardy

But people think hed steamroll Tom. I just want to know what people see in him. Maybe he will be on the contender series lol
 
the answer is no one knows. he hasn't done anything yet. but hes american and an olympian, so people would like to use hyperbole that he could beat any hw because hws are that bad, which quite frankly is silly.

its nearly as silly as people thinking bo nickal would run over everyone when he was beating up nobodies. its a different sport.
 
He'll be lucky to attain "DC from the strikeforce GP" level results, both in skill and accolades imo.
 
I mean he's easily top 10 as soon as he signs with the UFC.

Arguably top 5.

He could be top 3 after 2 wins.

HW is pretty bad right now and it's full of guys that can't wrestle, so gable could do really well
 
Fedorgasm said:
I mean he's easily top 10 as soon as he signs with the UFC.

Arguably top 5.

He could be top 3 after 2 wins.

HW is pretty bad right now and it's full of guys that can't wrestle, so gable could do really well
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there are other aspects of MMA other than wrestling. I have no idea why people think that because a division lacks wrestling it must mean that wrestling is the key to beating everyone. Could it be that MAYBE wrestling isn't that dominant at the higher weight classes? Which historically speaking...is true? Striking has always comparatively done better at upper classes than lower ones.

Thinking that he is top 5 off of what hes done is really stupid. Like, it just is stupid. You could pick anyone from the top 15, and match them against Gable's opponents and they would do exactly what he did. Almost everyone in the UFC has done what Gable has done at the local level.

If his third fight was against someone like Volkov he would get absolutely wrecked. It wouldn't even be funny.

We dont even know anything about his ground game, so who even cares if he can wrestle? What is he going to do if he takes someone down, we literally do not know. Some fat guy like Lewis could possibly just get up and knock him out.
 
Doctor Grudge said:
there are other aspects of MMA other than wrestling. I have no idea why people think that because a division lacks wrestling it must mean that wrestling is the key to beating everyone. Could it be that MAYBE wrestling isn't that dominant at the higher weight classes? Which historically speaking...is true? Striking has always comparatively done better at upper classes than lower ones.

Thinking that he is top 5 off of what hes done is really stupid. Like, it just is stupid. You could pick anyone from the top 15, and match them against Gable's opponents and they would do exactly what he did. Almost everyone in the UFC has done what Gable has done at the local level.

If his third fight was against someone like Volkov he would get absolutely wrecked. It wouldn't even be funny.

We dont even know anything about his ground game, so who even cares if he can wrestle? What is he going to do if he takes someone down, we literally do not know. Some fat guy like Lewis could possibly just get up and knock him out.
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Nah, Volkov got held down by Jailton for the entire fight.

If Jailton could do that I'm sure an Olympic gold medalist could too.

This is similar to the brock situation. He didn't have much MMA experience either but due to timing and divisional weakness coupled with his wrestling skill he was able to win the belt.

So given that Gable is an even more accomplished wrestler than Brock, and the division is even weaker than in brock's era, I didn't think it's out of the question for gable to be in the top 5 very quickly
 
Fedorgasm said:
Nah, Volkov got held down by Jailton for the entire fight.

If Jailton could do that I'm sure an Olympic gold medalist could too.

This is similar to the brock situation. He didn't have much MMA experience either but due to timing and divisional weakness coupled with his wrestling skill he was able to win the belt.

So given that Gable is an even more accomplished wrestler than Brock, and the division is even weaker than in brock's era, I didn't think it's out of the question for gable to be in the top 5 very quickly
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Jailton is way, waaaay more experienced with ground game, transitions and control than Gable. A few seconds pin in wrestling is very different from controlling for whole minutes.
 
Doctor Grudge said:
there are other aspects of MMA other than wrestling. I have no idea why people think that because a division lacks wrestling it must mean that wrestling is the key to beating everyone. Could it be that MAYBE wrestling isn't that dominant at the higher weight classes? Which historically speaking...is true? Striking has always comparatively done better at upper classes than lower ones.

Thinking that he is top 5 off of what hes done is really stupid. Like, it just is stupid. You could pick anyone from the top 15, and match them against Gable's opponents and they would do exactly what he did. Almost everyone in the UFC has done what Gable has done at the local level.

If his third fight was against someone like Volkov he would get absolutely wrecked. It wouldn't even be funny.

We dont even know anything about his ground game, so who even cares if he can wrestle? What is he going to do if he takes someone down, we literally do not know. Some fat guy like Lewis could possibly just get up and knock him out.
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TIL Olympic wrestler DC wasn't successful at HW
 
I can confidently say with 100% certainty that i don't know. Maybe after he gets like 7-8 more fights in then i'll start saying dumb ass nut swinging things.
 
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