Who wishes it was Beneil Dariush instead of Moicano to fight for the title?

[Handsome Goku]

I know they had a fight lined up in the past but it was cancelled, but who would have rather he fought instead and would he have given Islam a better challenge?

 

[BEATDOWNS]

would have been the same result.

 

[El Fernas]

Dariush himself, thats it.

 

[chinarice]

Me. I would expect Islam to finish him later in the fight.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Islam would still finish, I don’t think via that same sequence but he would wilted Beniel eventually. Good chance via the same hold however


That new fore-arm grab darce he is slapping around though is gonna be extremely hard to defend. And he is always going to be able to front-headlock any LW/WW alive leading into the beginning of that head/arm hold

The way Islam jumped to it like lighting only tells me they drill the absolute fuck out of this move in camp/training and his 1st round squeeze pressure is probably insane with a life-time of squeezing mofos

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

I think Islam would have knocked dariush out in round 1, Dariush is so chinny now

 

[Luckyme]

I think Islam would have knocked dariush out in round 1, Dariush is so chinny now

I too see him finishing Dariush by KO if they ever fought. Dariush has good TDD so I think he would have put him more resistance against Islam's wrestling than Moicano but his chin and lack of athleticism would eventually catch up to him.

 

[Furious77]

Wouldn't have to wish if he'd won more.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Fight would have been better for sure. Islam probably still wins but he isn't getting caught in a choke first round

 

[OldBoy91]

Ehhh. I get people's thinking that the grappling would have been more competitive, but Dariush is just so slow on the feet, and chinny as all hell.

Islam probably gets Benny out of there in round 1 without even having to grapple.

 

[World eater]

If you made a poll before the fight, I bet it would have been a landslide win for Moicano.

 

[RockyLockridge]

I'd have like to see that it's a shame his title shot went to volk but volk earned and that's hard to debate

 

[Bend NvR Break]

I believe Dariush would've put up a better fight against Islam

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Islam would still finish, I don’t think via that same sequence but he would wilted Beniel eventually. Good chance via the same hold however


That new fore-arm grab darce he is slapping around though is gonna be extremely hard to defend. And he is always going to be able to front-headlock any LW/WW alive leading into the beginning of that head/arm hold

The way Islam jumped to it like lighting only tells me they drill the absolute fuck out of this move in camp/training and his 1st round squeeze pressure is probably insane with a life-time of squeezing mofos

Darce is my go-to as well, and you can get it from so many "common" positions. Add Islam's unreal grappling skill and his forearm variant (that he seems to cinch up *immediately*) and it does indeed look like he has a great signature choke.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Darce is my go-to as well, and you can get it from so many "common" positions. Add Islam's unreal grappling skill and his forearm variant (that he seems to cinch up *immediately*) and it does indeed look like he has a great signature choke.

I too am a darce chaser



I have super long arms in relation to my height, so I can figure-four on my bicep on most guys regardless of size

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

I too am a darce chaser



I have super long arms in relation to my height, so I can figure-four on my bicep on most guys regardless of size

Nice/slightly jealous. I don't have long arms, so against stalkier or bigger guys I often *cannot* cinch the bicep, so I actually end up doing something similar although not as low as Islam's, so I dig it. He does it with a weird angle and his grip seems extra low down his forearm, so I'll have to check it out and mess around with it this week

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

I know they had a fight lined up in the past but it was cancelled, but who would have rather he fought instead and would he have given Islam a better challenge?

Two fight losing streak not worthy of a title shot.

 

[DrRodentia]

I think Islam would have knocked dariush out in round 1, Dariush is so chinny now

Not just chinny, he likes to leave his chin hanging in the air to be hit while backing up. Islam would track that, for sure.

He's got power though and could potentially catch him in an exchange, but that's about it.

 

[Dorkman]

It likely would have been a similar result given how chinny and slow benny has been his last couple of fights. No point sending a man in there against the champ coming off 2 straight ko losses in his mid 30's.

 

[Captain Insano]

Beneil deserves it more IMO.

Still would have lost.

Wouldn't have lost as easily as Moicano did.