Media Umar Nurmagomedov throws shade at Henry Cejudo right in front of him

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[oski]

50-44 Umar.

 

[Travis Alexander]

Cejudo should have blast doubled him on the spot. Laughing it off with “brother brother I was hurt my friend” was an L.

 

[HNIC215]

Injured or not... Umar is spitting facts.

Merab took Cejudo down many times.

Takedowns:

Merab​	Henry​
5/11 45.5%​	1/7 14.3%​

 

[ArtardFiesta]

cejudo wrestling is overrated. aljo a bjj guy owned him in the wrestling as well , stole the first round and fight from cejudo because of his lazy mma wrestlign.

 

[Egészségére!]

Seems like Cejudo was resting on his laurels way too soon

He's 10-4 ufc

Dude should just throw his hat in the ring & fight 4-5 more times & let the chips fall

 

[Rataria]

Its the practicioner. Combat Sambo with Muslim work ethnic > Ameriqueen anything

 

[Luckyme]

In fairness to Cejudo, he won a gold medal like 18 years ago. He's older and hadn't been training wrestling at the same level when he fought Merab, who's bigger than him.

Olympic medalists can in fact be taken down by lesser wrestlers in MMA if they've stepped away from the sport for too long (see Yoel Romero).

 

[Willie]

The complete podcast for those interested.



Usman and Cejudo are so insufferable, I bet even when cejudo wakes up in the morning he will explain to you what you should take for breakfast and why. And Usman and his "I am the boss of the welterweight division, I am just taking a break" is just so cringe.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

In fairness to Cejudo, he won a gold medal like 18 years ago. He's older and hadn't been training wrestling at the same level when he fought Merab, who's bigger than him.

Olympic medalists can in fact be taken down by lesser wrestlers in MMA if they've stepped away from the sport for too long (see Yoel Romero).

Very true and good point, Yoel Romero wrestling is just very poor, the last time he had any effective takedowns was against Brunson, and that fight was so long ago. All his other fights his wrestling is so sloppy, his shots are sloppy and are never successful, he is forced to stand and strike all the time, luckily for him he has big power and is very explosive and fast so he can catch guys with the hands, but honestly his wrestling is really not very good, its a big struggle for him to get anyone down and 9 times out of 10 can't

 

[Dirty Frank]

Seems like Cejudo was resting on his laurels way too soon

He's 10-4 ufc

Dude should just throw his hat in the ring & fight 4-5 more times & let the chips fall

One of the worst business decisions in all of pro sports. Overplayed his hand.

 

[Luckyme]

Very true and good point, Yoel Romero wrestling is just very poor, the last time he had any effective takedowns was against Brunson, and that fight was so long ago. All his other fights his wrestling is so sloppy, his shots are sloppy and are never successful, he is forced to stand and strike all the time, luckily for him he has big power and is very explosive and fast so he can catch guys with the hands, but honestly his wrestling is really not very good, its a big struggle for him to get anyone down and 9 times out of 10 can't

IIRC, Romero had a neck injury that limited his ability to wrestle. He also came to MMA at an older age. But yeah, his mat wrestling wasn't good.

He couldn't adapt his wrestling to MMA very well because he lacked control - guys would pop back up almost immediately after he took them down - but his takedowns were beautiful. I remember he landed some really nice TDs on Weidman and Whittaker.

 

[laleggenda27]

cejudo wrestling is overrated. aljo a bjj guy owned him in the wrestling as well , stole the first round and fight from cejudo because of his lazy mma wrestlign.

1. Aljo is a wrestler, not a "bjj guy."
2. Henry is smaller than these guys at 135. He wrestled at 121 pounds
3. Henry's Olympic days are 16 years in the past. He's obviously still a great wrestler, but not what he used to be.

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

All jokes aside, is actually true.

There is no one "best" style — because people's body types, aptitudes, strengths/weaknesses are all different.

• Khabib would be ridiculous as a striker (in no way elite).
• Alex Pereira would be ridiculous as a wrestler (in no way elite).

And yet each is elite in their own way.

So "the best base" argument is moot.

The answer to this question depends upon each individual's unique strengths/weaknesses.

Some people can't do anything; others can do everything.

"The best" usually can do everything above average — but truly excel at some unique discipline.

 

[xhaydenx]

cejudo wrestling is overrated. aljo a bjj guy owned him in the wrestling as well , stole the first round and fight from cejudo because of his lazy mma wrestlign.

Cejudo hadn't fought in 3 years and clearly hadn't been training in that time. Dude was gassed within 1.5 rounds.

And how is Aljo a BJJ guy? His background is wrestling lol.

 

[DapperDave]

Seems like Cejudo was resting on his laurels way too soon

He's 10-4 ufc

Dude should just throw his hat in the ring & fight 4-5 more times & let the chips fall

Wait a tick!

Lemme get this straight.

You think "less talk and more action" might be a worthwhile consideration for martial artists!

Get OFF! That is a crazy good idea.

I'm in.

Let them fight!

 

[KO Shotz]

Ppl love triggering Cejudo on his own podcast.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

"Brother, I was hurt.... brother.... *sniff*"

 

[NoSmilez]

Umar didn't start out doing combat sambo. He is a standup guy that picked up combat sambo when he was a teen. His wrestling and grappling is good but it's not like Khabib or Islam. I am sure it has improved but you can watch those old AKA videos for an idea how good he is. Umar was competitive with high school kids while the other Dagis were dominating. It could be a size thing but the high school kid was still smaller than Umar.

 

[humdizzle]

brutal