Safarov is the GOAT, man. Don't talk shit unless you want the Safarov Squad to walk you down.
Imadaev could lose to Griffin without 'sucking'. Griffin isn't a dude who's the 'you belong in the UFC' gatekeeper, he's more towards the 'You have ranked potential' end of the scale. I'd take Griffin as a even-money play against the majority of the UFC WW division, above a lot of mediocre space-fillers in there.
Nothing in Imadaev's tape suggests that he'd be a favorite without blind Caucaus hype.
The tape suggests that he has power, leg kicks, decent cardio, high pressure , decent ground game and fast hands. Zelim can finish a fight late as well.
Griffin has problems with leg kicks, mediocre grappling and he has cardio issues. Thiago has slow hands and he was still able to pressure him and even hurt him. Zelim will knock him out if he lands the same punches. Max is the type of dude that shoots for a takedown after hurting Thiago Alves in 2019 lol. He had a competitive grappling match with a shot Muay Thai striker.
Man, I was also on the Griffin is solid train and bet him twice (vs Millender & Alves lol). He had a good round against Millender and gave it away later (No, I’m not comparing him to Zelim). Max has solid power and a chin (Can’t be as good today after all the shots he took. He does the Barboza Bambi circling with his weird facial expressions in every fight lmao.) Despite that he is basically straight punches and circling. You can hurt him, you can pressure him, you can outwrestle him.
We can summarise all this to one thing: I don’t think you have to be that great to beat Griffin. It seems like we overrated Griffin because he has fought tough competition in the UFC but maybe he was just a durable motherfucker ? lol. He took a lot of ass whoopings where other guys would have go to sleep.
I don’t get why you guys act like this is such a insane mismatch lol. Taking a shot against Griffin as the favourite is worth a thought.
Anyway it was fun. Can’t wait to see what happens tonight. Safarbeg is the GOAT at least we can agree on that.