So what happened to JDM

[Prazeres]

JDM was somewhat of an unknown commodity coming into this fight, the best win in his career was a really close fight with Belal. This fight against Islam was supposed to show us how good he really is, and it did.

WW has been in a weird spot because nobody really believed Belal was the best WW, and nobody thought JDM was either. No one has been able to defend the belt much at all, and Leon himself got to defend against over the hill Colby lol. We've known for awhile that Shavkat was the real heir to the title, and even Garry is way more proven than someone like JDM. Gary had to beat Prates, MVP, Geoff Neal, Magny, and D-Rod lol.

This was more a case of building and hyping a fight, than actually knowing if JDM can hold a candle to a real top 5 PFP guy.


Jacks best wins:

1. Belal (rose to the occasion in a very close fight, great win and his best by a mile)

2. Burns (Beat near 38yo burns during the worst losing streak of his career)

3. Holland (Won a split decision against Holland, who's went 3-5 since)

The truth is JDM just isn't that Great, he's GOOD enough to beat a cocky champion and rise to a title. But Shavkat, Garry, Prates, Morales, even Leon. All of these guys are on par or better. I'm not saying he's not good and fairly skilled, but people liked him as person so they overrated his actual standing in the sport. Don't get caught in the hype, JDM isn't that great and will likely lose when he has to fight these killers coming up the division. No hate just facts.


It's actually sad when I see people saying JDM is like Conor, JDM isn't anywhere near Conor Mcgregor as a fighter.

This whole bunch of great welterweight contender all have 1 really good win each
Shavkat has Garry (best beside that are old Wonderboy, Neal and Neil)
Garry has Prates (best beside that is old MVP, Neal and Neil)
Prates has Leon (best beside that is Neal and Neil)
Morales has Brady (best beside that is old Burns and Neil)
Brady has Leon (best beside that is old Burns and Chiesa)

Moral of the story is that Burns, Neal and Magny are working overtime as gatekeeper giving prospect access to the ranking.

 

[chf]

I think he had a rib fracture or something, when Islam had shoulder pressure on him his face wasn't showing frustration or ow my leg hurts it was extreme pain.

 

[Gamer007]

Moral of the story is that Burns, Neal and Magny are working overtime as gatekeeper giving prospect access to the ranking.

haha, Magny in particular has been amazing in this regard. HE FIGHTS EVERYONE and still has never had more than a 2-fight losing streak in his UFC career, insane.

 

[jsbx45]

Smeshed.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

0 takedown defense, slow timing, not even attempting to move the hips back.

islams pressure was legitimate, and from the looks of it very uncomfortable.

you can get stuck in positions in grappling that are very uncomfortable. survivable, but very uncomfortable in that moment.

i think islam really put the squeeze on in certain positions and made it super uncomfortable.

realistically, not that many have the wrestling to hang.

the most interseting match up IMO, would be kamzhat vs islam. there is a little beef/misunderstanding there. that would actually be interesting.

everything else is second place.