Media Islam Makhachev wins UFC's Submission of the Year

I missed watching this fight at the time even though I'm a fan of both. I only saw the submission highlight.

But for several weeks I kept reading thread headlines on here and sherpig posts about the fight which lead me to believe it was close.

I finally watched the fight a couple weeks ago and I was surprised it was kinda pure domination from Islam, ending in the choke. Wtf were you guys talking about? But then I realised it was the usual Islam hate/US fighter bias at work.

Never paying attention to you tards about a fight I haven't watched again.
 
svmr_db said:
It's just stating the facts. Rob came into the fight with a pre-existing injury. Rob was surviving the grappling just fine until his teeth got crunched.
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Have no problem admitting that Khamzat was doing fantastic work out grappling Rob until that position too but it wasn't some super human display of strength getting an instant tap on the face crank, that's the main thing.
 
markg171 said:
He submitted a guy who's infamous for getting submitted in title fights.

While taking the longest out of anybody to do so.

Anything to appease the Dagis though I guess.
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What's your alternative choice for best submission of the year then?

Chimaev did outstanding work vs Whittaker but as has been discussed to death by now it has something of an asterisk on it considering Whittaker's condition.
 
Gamboal said:
I missed watching this fight at the time even though I'm a fan of both. I only saw the submission highlight.

But for several weeks I kept reading thread headlines on here and sherpig posts about the fight which lead me to believe it was close.

I finally watched the fight a couple weeks ago and I was surprised it was kinda pure domination from Islam, ending in the choke. Wtf were you guys talking about? But then I realised it was the usual Islam hate/US fighter bias at work.

Never paying attention to you tards about a fight I haven't watched again.
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What are you talking about?

It was a competitive fight. Poirier won round 2 and 4 on two scorecards. Going into the 5th round, many believed the fight would be decided by the 5th round, and it seemed Poirier had the momentum. (This turns out to not be true as Poirier was down 3-1 on two cards, but it felt like it could have been 2-2.) It was a great fight where Poirier fought like a warrior.

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svmr_db said:
What's your alternative choice for best submission of the year then?

Chimaev did outstanding work vs Whittaker but as has been discussed to death by now it has something of an asterisk on it considering Whittaker's condition.
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DDP/Izzy is easily a better choice considering Izzy had never been submitted and was likewise a title fight. Also hilarious that seconds prior Izzy tried to Holloway point to the centre of the octagon.

Ortega/Yair 2 is also a better option as Ortega was returning from his injury loss from a submission attempt by Yair and returned the favour by subbing him back. And again Yair had never been submitted before.

And yes there's Khamzat/Whittaker though I agree the pre-existing injury does put an asterisk on things, though that's on Rob for fighting without having fixed it. And Rob hadn't been subbed in 13 years.

Islam/Poirier makes zero sense except for the usual Dagestani dickriding.
 
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markg171 said:
DDP/Izzy is easily a better choice considering Izzy had never been submitted and was likewise a title fight. Also hilarious that seconds prior Izzy tried to Holloway point to the centre of the octagon.

Ortega/Yair 2 is also a better option as Ortega was returning from his injury loss from a submission attempt by Yair and returned the favour by subbing him back.

And yes there's Khamzat/Whittaker though I agree the pre-existing injury does put an asterisk on things, though that's on Rob for fighting without having fixed it.

Islam/Poirier makes zero sense except for the usual Dagestani dickriding.
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Yair & Izzy are guys with minimal ground game, it's hard to shine those wins up as "Submission of the Year" when the gap in abilities between the opponents is so vast imo.
 
svmr_db said:
Yair & Izzy are guys with minimal ground game, it's hard to shine those wins up as "Submission of the Year" when the gap in abilities between the opponents is so vast imo.
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Yair and Izzy had never been subbed before despite both having significantly long careers. It was significant that they finally were subbed.

As opposed to Poirier who's:

- been subbed 4x, more than everybody else combined
- subbed in every title fight
- subbed by Islam's own coach
- previously brabo choked before

Islam/Poirier is nowhere near deserving of being SOTY unless you're being biased. And likely was chosen entirely because Islam's fighting in 2 weeks and helps promote that.
 
markg171 said:
He submitted a guy who's infamous for getting submitted in title fights.

While taking the longest out of anybody to do so.

Anything to appease the Dagis though I guess.
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Poirier had a full camp against BSD before that fight who was another southpaw.
Then Poirier had a second training for southpaw and wrestling with Gamrot and Bo.

He came well prepared and that was felt. He came to win but Islam was on another level.

Who win without adversity, triumph without glory. This is greatness fool !
 
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