Top 4: Topuria, Makhachev, Shavkat, Jones

[jackleeb]

Topuria, Makhachev, Shavkat, Jones.

These are the top 4 best p4p fighters in the world today.
(I would have included Pereira but his ground game sucks, and most people agree Shavkat > Leon)

What overlap in style do these guys have?
What can we learn from their skillset?

 

[hswrestler]

aspinall > jones

 

[LittleSmokey]

Sage Northcutt > Topuria, Makhachev, Shavkat, Jones

 

[Fergelmince]

Topuria, Makhachev, Shavkat, Jones.

These are the top 4 best p4p fighters in the world today.
(I would have included Pereira but his ground game sucks, and most people agree Shavkat > Leon)

What overlap in style do these guys have?
What can we learn from their skillset?

Let's not be stupid here. Pereira is 6-1 in the best MMA org in the world. If his ground game sucks, why can't anyone take him out and beat him on the ground??? Blachowicz and Prochazka are bigger and have legit ground games.

 

[F15]

I’m an Alex fan but I’m curious to see him against that idiot Ankalaev - assuming Ankalaev brain works at the right time and he tests Alex’s ground game instead of standing in front of him like a moron

 

[Saint_of_Killers]

Let's not be stupid here. Pereira is 6-1 in the best MMA org in the world. If his ground game sucks, why can't anyone take him out and beat him on the ground??? Blachowicz and Prochazka are bigger and have legit ground games.

Jiri is not bigger than Alex.

 

[jackleeb]

Let's not be stupid here. Pereira is 6-1 in the best MMA org in the world. If his ground game sucks, why can't anyone take him out and beat him on the ground??? Blachowicz and Prochazka are bigger and have legit ground games.

believe it or not, jan and jiri are not primarly grapplers. they are more reactionary (meaning they have training in it) but they aren't great offensively like setting it up, and executing from stand-up to getting the opponent to the bottom.

 

[Fergelmince]

believe it or not, jan and jiri are not primarly grapplers. they are more reactionary (meaning they have training in it) but they aren't great offensively like setting it up, and executing from stand-up to opponent on bottom.

But they have serious grappling skills compared to a career kick boxer with barely 7 real professional fights under his belt. Prochazka RNC'd fucking world class grappler Glover Teixeira.

 

[Fergelmince]

Jiri is not bigger than Alex.

Yes he is.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Islam, Aspinall, Leon.

 

[BonesWinckleJones]

Jones>Makachaev>Alex(only because no real takedown threat)

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Crazy how Jones can strangle all 3 of them at the same time.

Jones bless

 

[TITS]

Shavkat?



Top 4: Jones, Islam, Aspinall, Eblen.

 

[The-AxeMurderer]

Crazy how Jones can strangle all 3 of them at the same time.

Jones bless

They arent his wife and kids, they would fight back.

 

[Gamer2k4]

aspinall > jones

This is what's known as wishful thinking. Pavlovich was supposed to be better than Jones, and ever since he got KOed everyone's forgotten that he even exists. Heck, in the poll before the Gane fight, most of Sherdog thought Gane was better than Jones too. We all know how that went.

 

[STRAWBOSS]

Pereira after shame pelts

 

[Tokoloko]

Let's not be stupid here. Pereira is 6-1 in the best MMA org in the world. If his ground game sucks, why can't anyone take him out and beat him on the ground??? Blachowicz and Prochazka are bigger and have legit ground games.

Jiri was able take him down and also did score one takedown if i remember right. The problem was that Jiri wanted to finish Pereira on feet as he wanted to proove that he is best everywhere and funny fact is that Jiri had Pereira on shovel. He just needed to be little bit more patient and he was going to knock-out Pereira...sadly he rushed for finish and paid highest prize.

BTW Terrible stoppage by Goddard.

 

[Fergelmince]

Jiri was able take him down and also did score one takedown if i remember right. The problem was that Jiri wanted to finish Pereira on feet as he wanted to proove that he is best everywhere and funny fact is that Jiri had Pereira on shovel. He just needed to be little bit more patient and he was going to knock-out Pereira...sadly he rushed for finish and paid highest prize.

BTW Terrible stoppage by Goddard.

Yeah, if you have low fight IQ, Pereira will make you pay.

 

[fortheo]

Leon, Islam, Aspinall, Pantoja

 

[MrBlackheart]

I’m an Alex fan but I’m curious to see him against that idiot Ankalaev - assuming Ankalaev brain works at the right time and he tests Alex’s ground game instead of standing in front of him like a moron

I can’t understand the hate of Ankalaev. Dude just put away Johnny Walker like it’s nothing. He threw one illegal knee and he’s an idiot forever. And he did beat Jan.