Media Looks like Makhachev has been putting on the weight well

Conan the K-9 said:
For an athlete that doesn’t compete at heavyweight, he looks like retaining a lot of water and fat.
I seriously thought he wanted to avoid the water cut, but it looks like he didn’t want to diet down to low bf and is still cutting a ton of water.
They sure love their tiramisus.
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It’s not about dieting down to low body fat, the cut to 155 was so steep for him that he would start a soft cut several weeks out from the fight, then water load the week of. That’s why he always looked shredded in camps. The benefit of 170 is he doesn’t need a soft cut, he can just go into weight cutting mode on fight week since he’ll only be cutting 12’ish lbs max. Which means that he’ll be much healthier and much less miserable on fight week. But he should look ripped on the scales.
 
volcom5 said:
178 in the cage.

heavier Moiciano was somehow “smaller” than Makhachev when they fought.

It’s a myth that Makhachev walks around at 200lbs or over, sometype of propaganda.
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It is a myth. I've seen numerous of his interviews where he said he could never get over 182lbs off camp. Paddy, Chandler to name a few get comfortably over that.
 
moosaev said:
It’s not about dieting down to low body fat, the cut to 155 was so steep for him that he would start a soft cut several weeks out from the fight, then water load the week of. That’s why he always looked shredded in camps. The benefit of 170 is he doesn’t need a soft cut, he can just go into weight cutting mode on fight week since he’ll only be cutting 12’ish lbs max. Which means that he’ll be much healthier and much less miserable on fight week. But he should look ripped on the scales.
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Sounds better, but from that condition is a long way to being ripped on Friday. That Russian creatine is sure something special.
 
I expect jack to have virtually no size advantage over Islam by the time they stand in front of each other. Jack better hope his TD defense is on point. Because Islam isn't going to be willing to brawl like Belal was. Belal felt he had something to prove. Islam just cares about winning. And jack will be very outclassed if he finds himself on the bottom for any extended period. And that's not even to say he's safe on the feet. We've seen Islam is an extremely capable kick boxer. Jack starts focusing on take downs too much and Islam can sting him. We saw Charles and Volk succumb to it.
 
Conan the K-9 said:
For an athlete that doesn’t compete at heavyweight, he looks like retaining a lot of water and fat.
I seriously thought he wanted to avoid the water cut, but it looks like he didn’t want to diet down to low bf and is still cutting a ton of water.
They sure love their tiramisus.
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haha, tiramisu or not , so far they were able to beat the shit out of their opponents.

I am with Islam here but Jack is one hell of a fighter and can KO anyone.
anyway, lets wait and see
 
Dorkman said:
I expect jack to have virtually no size advantage over Islam by the time they stand in front of each other. Jack better hope his TD defense is on point. Because Islam isn't going to be willing to brawl like Belal was. Belal felt he had something to prove. Islam just cares about winning. And jack will be very outclassed if he finds himself on the bottom for any extended period. And that's not even to say he's safe on the feet. We've seen Islam is an extremely capable kick boxer. Jack starts focusing on take downs too much and Islam can sting him. We saw Charles and Volk succumb to it.
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Belal shot like ten times. If that's someone willing to brawl, I wonder what he'd look like trying to wrestle.

Kind of agree with your main points, though. Jack needs to level up again to get this one I think
 
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fortheo said:
Belal shot like ten times. If that's someone willing to brawl, I wonder what he'd look like trying to wrestle.

Kind of agree with your main points, though. Jack needs to level up again to get this one I think
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So, one shot every 2.5 minutes is a lot?
 
islam natural weight is probably 81kg+, he bulked up to 87kg and lots of water weight

JDM natural weight is around 87kg, there is definitely a size difference and not going to be easy for islam

islam game plan will be straight forward just wrestle and submit jdm, if jdm can stuff the take down, it is probably over for islam

with all the extra weight he put on for the grappling, he will get outclass stand up by JDM
 
I find it funny how people try to rewrite reality by straight-up lying about Bilel’s fight approach. Like, sure, Bilel supposedly wanted to make a point by showing his “Canelo hands,” and that’s why he didn’t go for the takedown and its for sure, like 100% - trust me bro, not because JDM denied all takedown attempts in the first three rounds... No, Bilel didn’t even really try to take him down in that moment—it was just a muscle-memory mistake. Midway through the motion, he remembered his “Canelo hands” and stopped executing it.

In reality, Bilel tried to take Giacomo down, failed, and realized it would cost him far too much energy to keep trying. That’s why he went with Plan B and not because he wanted to.

Bathtubbers just can’t admit when their guy lost fair and square. They have to make up reasons why he lost, "even though it was just bad tactics, bro." "Really, he just made a dumb decision—otherwise, he would have completely humiliated him. Trust me, brah!"​
 
Not much to go on in the video... but my experience with Creatine is the same as what is widely known, in that it will add 10lbs of water weight to the muscle. This is different than "retaining water" or inflamation etc... It's very useful muscle weight that will enhance muscle growth.

Point being that he should fit nicely into this next weight class.
 
Dorkman said:
I expect jack to have virtually no size advantage over Islam by the time they stand in front of each other. Jack better hope his TD defense is on point. Because Islam isn't going to be willing to brawl like Belal was. Belal felt he had something to prove. Islam just cares about winning. And jack will be very outclassed if he finds himself on the bottom for any extended period. And that's not even to say he's safe on the feet. We've seen Islam is an extremely capable kick boxer. Jack starts focusing on take downs too much and Islam can sting him. We saw Charles and Volk succumb to it.
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same here , don't think that Belals gameplay was to take him down immediately.
Belal tried to prove his striking which was a big mistake for him.
he realised Jack was a far better striker but it was already to late. Belal already took tons of damage.

doesnt matter what Belals gameplay was , Jack was the superior fighter that night and we will find out Saturday who is the better fighter between him and Islam
 
Dorkman said:
I expect jack to have virtually no size advantage over Islam by the time they stand in front of each other. Jack better hope his TD defense is on point. Because Islam isn't going to be willing to brawl like Belal was. Belal felt he had something to prove. Islam just cares about winning. And jack will be very outclassed if he finds himself on the bottom for any extended period. And that's not even to say he's safe on the feet. We've seen Islam is an extremely capable kick boxer. Jack starts focusing on take downs too much and Islam can sting him. We saw Charles and Volk succumb to it.
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I think problem will be, can he get back up without exposing his back?

He got up against Belal but unless my memory sucks ass he repeatedly exposed his back to do so. If he does that vs Islam he's going to get backpacked continuously.
 
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