Is Chad Gable really that good?

[Portland8242]

I think there's pretty huge potential but at the same time it'd be pretty hilarious if he got KO'd by Waldo Acosta Cortes or Marcin Tybura even.

 

[cmw43]

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.

Yeah reminds me of how A-Level D1 NFL athlete Greg Hardy ran through his first 6 opponents (amateur and pro) in quick knockouts and everyone said he was gonna be too much for the HW division.

I know Gable is different with the wrestling background but he's still completely untested.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

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

meh, accolades are accolades. Yoel Romero is a Silver Medalist and couldn't even take Adesanya down once. 1 year later Jan the kickboxer Blachowicz ragdolls Adesanya to a UD.