Khabib is on tape outwrestling much bigger wrestlers, could he have been competetive with Khamzat?

[Intermission]

Khabib had no trouble outworking a wrestler at least one weight class above him ...and that guy wasn't bad at all .

Could Khabib have moved up and been competitive with Khamzat?

 

[blaseblase]

Khabib's never beaten a wrestler the caliber of Khamzat, not even at lightweight, which was lacking elite wrestlers during his run.

 

[SuperNerd]

I think Khabib really enjoys the weight cut, and spared the 170 division.

That sauna is just too tempting.

 

[joy2day]

Size matters.

 

[Greyscale]

No. The best he could outgrapple in real life and not on 7-second tapes were Horcher, a bunch of FWs and 0-2 cans.

 

[Benoitthegr8]

Weight classses matters

 

[SuperNerd]

Girth matters

 

[ThePimblettEra]

Given he was afraid to move to WW and damn near killed himself to make LW, imma say no, boss.

 

[13Seconds]

1. What tape?
2. Khamzat is a MW

 

[joy2day]

Russian lives matter.

 

[Istryker]

Khabib's never beaten a wrestler the caliber of Khamzat, not even at lightweight, which was lacking elite wrestlers during his run.

What elite wrestler is there now? Arman and Islam? Maybe old man Mike? Who can't even beat Oli or Dustin or JustinG?

 

[loisestrad]

155 vs 185 = no.

But please continue with the fairytales.

 

[MarioLemieux]

I saw tape of him ragdolling Luke, Belal, Islam and a few lesser known wrestlers.

 

[Brigfa2]

Khabib always admitted he would be too small for upper weight classes but his retarded fans think they know the guy better than himself

Some of them even think he can be the HW champ let alone WW and MW lol

 

[Bear Faced Liar]

He cant even beat Tibau convincingly and you think he can be competitive with Khamzat?

We dont even know the context of these "tapes". For all we know the bigger guys have just gone through a full workout before tussling with a fresh Khabib.

 

[MarioLemieux]

He cant even beat Tibau convincingly and you think he can be competitive with Khamzat?

We dont even know the context of these "tapes". For all we know the bigger guys have just gone through a full workout before tussling with a fresh Khabib.

Khabib did better against Tibau than Khamzat did against Burns and Khabib was only 23 way pre prime. Burns is an ex LW too and Khamzat did nothing with the grappling and got dropped a few times, plus Tibau was roided to the gills and had some of the best TDD in UFC history.

Tibau was the favourite against Khabib too and Khazmat was a massive favourite over Burns.

 

[Rataria]

Well, in pure grappling im sure he can hang with the big boys. But then when it comes to Mma with striking involved, different story

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Khabib had no trouble outworking a wrestler at least one weight class above him ...and that guy wasn't bad at all .

Could Khabib have moved up and been competitive with Khamzat?

Chimaev has wrestled at a much higher level than Khabib.
Khabib has done sambo at a much higher level than Chimaev.

In MMA, they both grapple like gods.

Is normal.

 

[Intermission]

He cant even beat Tibau convincingly and you think he can be competitive with Khamzat?

Anybody can have a bad day and he wasn't in his prime

 

[Bob Sagat]

can khabib beat cain velasquez?
no?
guess he was never good and a total fraud then