Prime Chael Sonnen would have Demolished Adesanya!

Thats MMA math at its absolute worst. Maybe Adesanya would have landed something flashy in the first 30 seconds. Maybe his footwork is actually better vs wrestlers and chael couldn't get him down. Maybe he didnt overly worry about the take downs and his chin wasnt wide open. Maybe Adesanya packs more power when he lands? Pure speculation from both of you guys to look at a juiced up grappler fighting a different man almost a decade ago....to watching the striker vs striker years later. It doesnt even correlate. Everyone was shitting on andersons chances because he lost to bisping right?....well chael and bisping fought and chael said he got hit harder than hes ever been hit in his life lol.

IMO chael walking into something crazy and getting KTFO is just as likely as him winning a UD...we simply dont know

If you want something to take away from the fight how about the fact that it seems like he lacks true power and will have trouble with strikers in his division who arent over the age of 40.
I think you are forgetting how good and effective Chael was during his Middleweight run in the UFC. He has become somewhat of a novelty fighter and a joke recently. But he was a relentless wrestler back then and would've put Adesanya on his ass and kept him there.
 
Thats MMA math at its absolute worst. Maybe Adesanya would have landed something flashy in the first 30 seconds. Maybe his footwork is actually better vs wrestlers and chael couldn't get him down. Maybe he didnt overly worry about the take downs and his chin wasnt wide open. Maybe Adesanya packs more power when he lands? Pure speculation from both of you guys to look at a juiced up grappler fighting a different man almost a decade ago....to watching the striker vs striker years later. It doesnt even correlate. Everyone was shitting on andersons chances because he lost to bisping right?....well chael and bisping fought and chael said he got hit harder than hes ever been hit in his life lol.

IMO chael walking into something crazy and getting KTFO is just as likely as him winning a UD...we simply dont know

If you want something to take away from the fight how about the fact that it seems like he lacks true power and will have trouble with strikers in his division who arent over the age of 40.
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that stretch where chael was on TRT and steroids, no doubt. he was a beast between 2009 - 2012. he was a good fighter before, but with PEDs, he was something else.
 
Brunson is a better wrestler and a way better striker than chael, look what israel did to him.

Better wrestler? You have no idea what you're talking about.
 
Brunson isn't nearly as good at implementing his wrestling in an MMA match as Chael was. Stop being silly.

Exactly. If his wrestling was as good or better than Sonne's, he could've just repeated Chael's first 3 rounds against Anderson and won a non-controversial decision. And Brunson fought a much older, much worse version of Anderson after he had a really bad leg injury.
 
Better wrestler? You have no idea what you're talking about.
And you do? What part of chael wrestling is better? Is it because he's a fighter from the past and you can't accept the fact that the new generation is simply better?
 
He proved to be a level below what Anderson was back when Chael fought him. But Adesanya doesn't have the jiu jitsu skills that Handerson has, Chael would've pounded him mercilessly.

Yeah, I seriously doubt he could pull off a triangle in the 5th round after being taken down the entire fight. That's what separates legends from gatekeepers.
 
And you do? What part of chael wrestling is better? Is it because he's a fighter from the past and you can't accept the fact that the new generation is simply better?

No, unlike your mere assertion, I explained it in the above post. Brunson couldn't even decisively beat an old version of Silva who was about 30% of the fighter than Chael faced.
 
No, unlike your mere assertion, I explained it in the above post. Brunson couldn't even decisively beat an old version of Silva who was about 30% of the fighter than Chael faced.
That only prove silva tdd has improved over the years, and he did if you watch the Brunson fight. "prime" silva was getting takedown down by fighters like Travis lutter, rich franklin, and leites
 
That only prove silva tdd has improved over the years, and he did if you watch the Brunson fight. "prime" silva was getting takedown down by fighters like Travis lutter, rich franklin, and leites

So when you're over 40 and suffer a gruesome leg break your TDD improves? What medical school taught you that?
 
Yeah, I seriously doubt he could pull off a triangle in the 5th round after being taken down the entire fight. That's what separates legends from gatekeepers.
That's my point. And Anderson is phenomenal at neutralizing attacks from the bottom. Israel doesn't have, or hasn't shown, that part of the game.
 
So when you're over 40 and suffer a gruesome leg break your TDD improves? What medical school taught you that?
The leg break was before the nick diaz fight you fucking idiot. And fighters tdd and skills can be improved when they're getting older, like silva. Only their reflexes, speed and power decrease
 
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