Khabib seemed so unique, but we already have two who do it better

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Progress in sports can be strange. There is a long period of stagnation, then somebody comes and shows a new way and shortly thereafter the sport is full of guys doing that same thing.

Khabib was thought to be unique in his grappling dominance, but now there's two guys that are more dominant than Khabib ever was at any point in his career: Khamzat Chimaev and Islam Makhachev.

Khabib was a decision machine, grinding out boring decisions and late subs. He found a way to win all fights, but kinda like late career GSP he never made them look like they didn't belong in the same cage with him. He retired with an undefeated record, which is arguably unheard of in MMA.

Islam and particularly Khamzat are collecting early finishes that are much more dominant than what Khabib ever did in his career. Early Khabib was fighting cans, but didn't make it look anywhere near as easy as what Khamzat is currently doing. Khamzat seems to combine Khabib's grappling and pressure with explosive striking and much more brute strength. Islam is Khabib 2.0 with more aggressiveness and finishing ability.

Crazy how quickly the level that Khabib brought was surpassed.

 

[Pious Augustus]

Too early to tell

 

[dildos]

Islam gets knocked out by old Brazilian black belts.

 

[TJ Dillashank]

Islam is not close yet IMO but Khamzat would probably KO them both same night

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Stopped reading after "boring decisions".

 

[DestinedAussie]

Progress in sports can be strange. There is a long period of stagnation, then somebody comes and shows a new way and shortly thereafter the sport is full of guys doing that same thing.

Khabib was thought to be unique in his grappling dominance, but now there's two guys that are more dominant than Khabib ever was at any point in his career: Khamzat Chimaev and Islam Makhachev.

Khabib was a decision machine, grinding out boring decisions and late subs. He found a way to win all fights, but kinda like late career GSP he never made them look like they didn't belong in the same cage with him. He retired with an undefeated record, which is arguably unheard of in MMA.

Islam and particularly Khamzat are collecting early finishes that are much more dominant than what Khabib ever did in his career. Early Khabib was fighting cans, but didn't make it look anywhere near as easy as what Khamzat is currently doing. Khamzat seems to combine Khabib's grappling and pressure with explosive striking and much more brute strength. Islam is Khabib 2.0 with more aggressiveness and finishing ability.

Crazy how quickly the level that Khabib brought was surpassed.

Both have a long way to catch up to khabib. Finishing was never Khabib's thing. His never really trying to finish and prefers accumulation/low risk fighting. IMO it cost Khabib and probably why a) took him so many fights to get to UFC and b) so many UFC fights to get a title shot.

Lets see how Islam and Khamzat go against the top competition before making these declarations!

 

[DestinedAussie]

Stopped reading after "boring decisions".

To be fair his title fight v Raging Al while dominant was a bit of a snoozefest.

 

[HHJ]

Troll thread

 

[Hatorade]

Khabib finished 5 of his last 7 fights and completely dominated in those
fights. What are you rambling on about?

Also, Islam has flat out said that Khabib is better than he is. They're teammates dummy.

 

[Question]

Decisions? Dude he subbed every opponent in each of his title defenses.

1/10 troll thread. Better luck next time.

 

[Kumason]

Stopped reading after "boring decisions".

Stopped reading after seeing who made the thread.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

You make the most dreadful threads ever

 

[Joinho10]

Weak attempt bro. Regroup think and do better.

 

[Goosemen]

Islams own coach doesn't think he's close to being as good as Khabib.

Khamzat is a 6 foot 2 MW/LHW who has fought noone.

 

[Quietus]

He's not unique. He simply never fought one single bad style matchup since losing to Tibau. He realized that if he can't ragdoll an opponent in grappling, he can't guarantee winning, so since that loss he ducked anyone he couldn't manhandle on the ground. There's a reason he avoided guys like Oliviera even though they were in the same division at the same time.

 

[Goosemen]

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[SteelEz]

Khabib was a decision machine, grinding out boring decisions and late subs. He found a way to win all fights, but kinda like late career GSP he never made them look like they didn't belong in the same cage with him.

So the UFC most dominant champion ever and the guy with most 10-8 rounds in the history of the UFC never made them like bla bla bla whatever?

Man ..

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

So the UFC most dominant champion ever

What do Jon, Silva and GSP have to do with this thread?

 

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jesus what a disgrace

Hopefully the mods will put him in the forever box soon enough.

 

[maximus__]

He's not unique. He simply never fought one single bad style matchup since losing to Tibau. He realized that if he can't ragdoll an opponent in grappling, he can't guarantee winning, so since that loss he ducked anyone he couldn't manhandle on the ground. There's a reason he avoided guys like Oliviera even though they were in the same division at the same time.

I am the first one to say that Khabib fought barely anyone until he got the belt, but that's a bit ridiculous to be honest. He signed to fight T Ferg multiple times who was thought ot have a much better ground game than Oliviera.
Oliviera couldn't get over the hill until he lost to Felder. Whatever he did from there was when he became who he is today. Before T Ferg went on his skid, he would have been thought as having a massive advantage over Oliviera on the ground if they fought. Criticize Khabib, but he did sign to fight the best grappler in his weightclass multiple times.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Progress in sports can be strange. There is a long period of stagnation, then somebody comes and shows a new way and shortly thereafter the sport is full of guys doing that same thing.

Khabib was thought to be unique in his grappling dominance, but now there's two guys that are more dominant than Khabib ever was at any point in his career: Khamzat Chimaev and Islam Makhachev.

Khabib was a decision machine, grinding out boring decisions and late subs. He found a way to win all fights, but kinda like late career GSP he never made them look like they didn't belong in the same cage with him. He retired with an undefeated record, which is arguably unheard of in MMA.

Islam and particularly Khamzat are collecting early finishes that are much more dominant than what Khabib ever did in his career. Early Khabib was fighting cans, but didn't make it look anywhere near as easy as what Khamzat is currently doing. Khamzat seems to combine Khabib's grappling and pressure with explosive striking and much more brute strength. Islam is Khabib 2.0 with more aggressiveness and finishing ability.

Crazy how quickly the level that Khabib brought was surpassed.

What a garbage post from a garbage account.
Calling Khabib a decision machine and calling Islam more aggressive than Khabib. You have disqualified yourself from ever being taken seriously again, but you'll be banned soon anyways.