Merab has dominated the best Banamweights with ease

[DOMMA]

The guy is far from beloved and has a ton of critics but has dominated the best Bantamweights; and never seemed to be in any danger. Clearly under-rated and lots of ATers thought Sean was going to catch him. Like Cejudo, Yan and Aldo...O'Malley was beat badly...with relative ease. Love him or hate him, Merab will be tough to beat. Father time might catch him, he is getting old, but no one on the immediate horizon poses much of a threat.

This is an impressive run - one of the best in Bantamweight history:

 

[payton]

DJ is the goat but that didnt save him from getting the boot. UFC is an entertainment business and there is nothing entertaining about a wrestler who has no intention of finishing his opponent.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Umar vs Merab will be fire... Then everyone will be going crazy about whoever wins that..

Im glad the pink hair era is one and done...maybe now O'malley can eat like an adult and move up to WW or LW or something ...


Dude was extremely one dimensional and had no answers for an opponent who was only going to fight one way....

I didnt find the fight boring at all...it was just very clear O'malley had nothing to offer Merab...

Clear dominant victory...

 

[Alpha_T83]

Cool story bro. Let's see him fight Umar now. He's already trying to duck him it seems. I'm not so sure Umar is going to feel the same way.

He's far from the only fighter to have an impressive run. Let's see him defend the belt at least 4-5 times, then we can talk.

 

[Estudante]

dominated aldo? i guess same as khabib dominating tibau. lol

 

[chinarice]

dominated aldo? i guess same as khabib dominating tibau. lol

Tibau arguably beat Khabib.

Aldo did not arguably win that fight.

 

[DOMMA]

Cool story bro. Let's see him fight Umar now. He's already trying to duck him it seems. I'm not so sure Umar is going to feel the same way.

He's far from the only fighter to have an impressive run. Let's see him defend the belt at least 4-5 times, then we can talk.

Merab has been the champ for 3 days and he is ducking already..... he pointed out that Umar has one top 15 win, which is true. Merab is to old for multiple title fights - his run to the championship belt was impressive and dominant and I expect he dominates whoever his next opponent is.

Umar might be the next generation, he is younger, but Merab beats him today.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Merab has been the champ for 3 days and he is ducking already..... he pointed out that Umar has one top 15 win, which is true. Merab is to old for multiple title fights - his run to the championship belt was impressive and dominant and I expect he dominates whoever his next opponent is.

Umar might be the next generation, he is younger, but Merab beats him today.

Definitely possible. I think we are going to find out.

I suspect Umar will want to fight Merab for the title, rather than sit and wait. Khabib will telling Merab to either vacate or prepare to fight Umar.

Edit: It's possible Khabib wants Umar to get another fight before Merab. In that case we could see Merab defend against Figgy first, with Umar fighting O'Malley or Petr Yan. But I really don't see Umar willing to wait even 1-2 years to fight for the title.

 

[13Seconds]

DJ is the goat but that didnt save him from getting the boot. UFC is an entertainment business and there is nothing entertaining about a wrestler who has no intention of finishing his opponent.

DJ? DJ was entertaining as fuck what are you talking about. It's like you wasn't even around when he fought. You wasn't huh?

 

[RockyLockridge]

DJ is the goat but that didnt save him from getting the boot. UFC is an entertainment business and there is nothing entertaining about a wrestler who has no intention of finishing his opponent.

shut up.


Anyways. Merab very Far along his way of being the best BW this sport has ever seen. He's beaten every BW fighter of Importance in the last little while. 2 or 3 defenses and the goat argument is closed.

DJ? DJ was entertaining as fuck what are you talking about. It's like you wasn't even around when he fought. You wasn't huh?

Very clearly he wasn't half the posters on here are just Hype Monkeys trying to hop one the latest thing the UFC is pedaling. With the amount of SEETHING that Valentina and Merab have casuals doing this past weekend makes 306 maybe the best event of all time.

mighty mouse had one of the highest finish rates of a champion, and also rounds won vs lost LOL and we're comparing him to merab and calling him boring, what a world.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Cool story bro. Let's see him fight Umar now. He's already trying to duck him it seems. I'm not so sure Umar is going to feel the same way.

He's far from the only fighter to have an impressive run. Let's see him defend the belt at least 4-5 times, then we can talk.

You're a jackass and you keep doing it LOL

lets see him defend the belt 4-5 times, he's already beaten 4 UFC champions, and 2 title challengers while having ZERO defenses LMAO

No bantamweight in the history of the UFC has 4-5 defenses, yet that's the amount needed to "Talk"


you're a dejected hater AND a retard.

 

[UFConFOX]

Tibau arguably beat Khabib.

Aldo did not arguably win that fight.

How do you win a fight through takedown defense and getting controlled on the cage?

What's that argument exactly? If you want to say in no world did Aldo win - I 100% agree. No need to muddy the waters.

The guy is far from beloved and has a ton of critics but has dominated the best Bantamweights; and never seemed to be in any danger. Clearly under-rated and lots of ATers thought Sean was going to catch him. Like Cejudo, Yan and Aldo...O'Malley was beat badly...with relative ease. Love him or hate him, Merab will be tough to beat. Father time might catch him, he is getting old, but no one on the immediate horizon poses much of a threat.

This is an impressive run - one of the best in Bantamweight history:
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It's a remarkable, historic, run. The way he made elite guys like Yan and Cejudo look is absurd. He made Yan look like he was 5 years past his prime only for Yan to go out and get a W over a young contender in his next fight.

He's weaponized cardio just like Belal. Only, the names on Merab's list are even more impressive than the name's on Belal's. Same story though. Take one other-worldly attribute and dominate through it.

 

[Lawrence]

You're a jackass and you keep doing it LOL

lets see him defend the belt 4-5 times, he's already beaten 4 UFC champions, and 2 title challengers while having ZERO defenses LMAO

No bantamweight in the history of the UFC has 4-5 defenses, yet that's the amount needed to "Talk"


you're a dejected hater AND a retard.

I get what your saying... But Dom defended WEC & UFC belts when WEC was the premier ORG and then stepped right into the UFC and did the same... Came back after injury, won the belt and defended again.

While competition is better today, Dom was beating the best in the world.

Honorable mention Miguel (surprise van) Torres who had three defenses.

 

[Estudante]

Tibau arguably beat Khabib.

Aldo did not arguably win that fight.

Both were fights where basically nothing happened and the winner was awarded the victory off failed takedowns and wall n stall. Though, tibau did have more offensive moments so you are right. But my point still stands

 

[chinarice]

How do you win a fight through takedown defense and getting controlled on the cage?

What's that argument exactly? If you want to say in no world did Aldo win - I 100% agree. No need to muddy the waters.



It's a remarkable, historic, run. The way he made elite guys like Yan and Cejudo look is absurd. He made Yan look like he was 5 years past his prime only for Yan to go out and get a W over a young contender in his next fight.

He's weaponized cardio just like Belal. Only, the names on Merab's list are even more impressive than the name's on Belal's. Same story though. Take one other-worldly attribute and dominate through it.

Because what Khabib did vs what Merab did is not the same.

Did Merab get taken down by Aldo like Khabib did vs Tibau? Merab landed more strikes in one round than Khabib landed the entire fight. Tibau outlanded Khabib in strikes. Merab landed more than double what Aldo did.

They are not the same fight. Similar but Merab did more than Khabib by a lot.

 

[RockyLockridge]

I get what your saying... But Dom defended WEC & UFC belts when WEC was the premier ORG and then stepped right into the UFC and did the same... Came back after injury, won the belt and defended again.

While competition is better today, Dom was beating the best in the world.

Honorable mention Miguel (surprise van) Torres who had three defenses.

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I will never EVER detract from Dominic Cruz, but those defenses aren't exactly consecutive. He's an amazing anomaly for sure but to hold a man to the standard of goat status before we can "talk" is just insane

 

[Deceasedxo]

DJ is the goat but that didnt save him from getting the boot. UFC is an entertainment business and there is nothing entertaining about a wrestler who has no intention of finishing his opponent.

DJ was also always infinitely more entertaining than Merab tbh.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

This is an impressive run - one of the best in Bantamweight history:

Was thinking the same thing... HECK of a run!!

Umar sends his apologies in advance.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Hes a decision machine and pillow fisted but I dont find him as boring as a lot of people seem to. His gas tank is ATG tier, he is very durable and his takedowns are explosive as fuck. Hes also clearly got a few screws loose.

If he doesnt fight Umar in a timely fashion though? no defending that.

 

[Streeter]

Umar is his kyrptonite and he knows it