Khabib vs Islam vs Khamzat first 5 years in UFC Resume Comparison

[FrankDux]

Rank the resume's of Khabib, Islam, and Khamzat for the first 5 years of their UFC career:

Khabib 8-0 (2012-2016)
W's vs Shalorus, Tibau, Tavares, Trujillo, Healy, RDA, Horcher, Johnson
(2 fights away from title shot)

Islam 7-1 (2015-2019)
W's vs Kuntz, Wade, Lentz, Tibau, Johnson, Arman, Ramos
L vs Martins
(5 fights away from title shot)

Khamzat 8-0 (2020-2024)
W's vs Phillips, McKee, Meerchaert, Li, Burns, Holland, Usman, Whittaker
(next fight will be for title shot)

Who had/has the toughest first 5 years in UFC? Who's resume is tougher (pound for pound)?

 

[Pain4Pain]

Khamzat winning two back to back in 10 days while taking no damage was impressive. Really thought he would've been champ by now. His best wins were far out of their prime.

Khabib looked a lot more dominant than Islam. Don't forget the RDA he fought became champ a year later.

So it goes Khabib > Khamzat > Islam imo.

 

[McSpikes]

When you put it this way, clearly the answer is Khamzat

 

[Bullitt68]

Khabib 8-0 (2012-2016)
W's vs Shalorus, Tibau, Tavares, Trujillo, Healy, RDA, Horcher, Johnson
(2 fights away from title shot)

Spoiler

 

[chinarice]

Khamzat and he would smesh Islam or Khabib in a fight

 

[MarioLemieux]

Khamzat went life and death with a LW and got dropped several times (Burns)
Islam got KO'ed, dropped, lost many rounds, went life and death many times

All Khabib has is a close match with a juiced up Tibau when Khabib was 23 where he took no damage.

 

[markg171]

Jon Jones from the top ropes with 14-0 and a new record 6 LHW title defences that's more than Islam, Khabib, and Khamzat combined.

Then he did it for another 12 years and counting.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Khamzat but for some reason I like him the least.

 

[188912345]

Khamzat went life and death with a LW and got dropped several times (Burns)
Islam got KO'ed, dropped, lost many rounds, went life and death many times

All Khabib has is a close match with a juiced up Tibau when Khabib was 23 where he took no damage.

Sigh. Does Islam defend against a FW tonight? Holloway and Volk got KO'd by a Bantamweight, were they ever any good?

As a fan, I prefer fighters who take chances, even if they might get dropped or have a close fight.

 

[markg171]

Sigh. Does Islam defend against a FW tonight? Holloway and Volk got KO'd by a Bantamweight, were they ever any good?

As a fan, I prefer fighters who take chances, even if they might get dropped or have a close fight.

People seriously acting like Burns wouldn't be a tough fight for Islam lmao

 

[Nausicaa]

Rank the resume's of Khabib, Islam, and Khamzat for the first 5 years of their UFC career:

Khabib 8-0 (2012-2016)
W's vs Shalorus, Tibau, Tavares, Trujillo, Healy, RDA, Horcher, Johnson
(2 fights away from title shot)

Islam 7-1 (2015-2019)
W's vs Kuntz, Wade, Lentz, Tibau, Johnson, Arman, Ramos
L vs Martins
(5 fights away from title shot)

Khamzat 8-0 (2020-2024)
W's vs Phillips, McKee, Meerchaert, Li, Burns, Holland, Usman, Whittaker
(next fight will be for title shot)

Who had/has the toughest first 5 years in UFC? Who's resume is tougher (pound for pound)?

We get it bro, u love Khamzat. We love him too, when he fights lol

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Spoiler

Even all 3 Sherdog PBP had it for Tibau.

 

[Bullitt68]

Even all 3 Sherdog PBP had it for Tibau.
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I love and respect Khabib, but he straight-up lost that fight.

 

[chinarice]

Jon Jones from the top ropes with 14-0 and a new record 6 LHW title defences that's more than Islam, Khabib, and Khamzat combined.

Then he did it for another 12 years and counting.

GSP did about the same but didn't pop for PEDs 36 times so he wins

 

[markg171]

GSP did about the same but didn't pop for PEDs 36 times so he wins

GSP got finished in 2 different title fights in that period.

What the fuck are you talking about

 

[chinarice]

Jon Jones

GSP got finished in 2 different title fights in that period.

What the fuck are you talking about

GSP didn't pop for steroids 36 times is literally what I am talking about.

This thread wasn't even about Jones... lol

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

I love and respect Khabib, but he straight-up lost that fight.

He did, and the fact he was given 30-27s is nuts.
Equal strikes, Tibau was 1 for 6 on takedowns, Khabib was 0 for 13.

 

[Plissken]

Khabib easily has the highest average of quality. Khazmat beat two former champs to Khabib's one so he's a bit more top heavy, but most of his resume is pretty average. Islam easily has the worst resume of the lot.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Jon Jones from the top ropes with 14-0 and a new record 6 LHW title defences that's more than Islam, Khabib, and Khamzat combined.

Then he did it for another 12 years and counting.

And Messi won a world cup and was the best futbol player for a gazillion years... and what the fuck does is has to do with the thread?

 

[Daniel Henry]

Tibau beat Khabib...it wasn't even close go watch that fight.