Who's the all-time greatest MMA Wrestler?

[blaseblah]

GSP and Khabib are kind of hard to compare since they have entirely different types of wrestling. Khabib is not nearly as good at traditional takedowns as he is at getting takedowns against the fence, and vice versa for GSP.

 

[Goat St Pierre]

Bringing up Khabib's fight against Tibau is the same as GSP haters bringing up the Serra fight

Both were early in their runs, and are totally irrelevant to how good they were at their peak

There's a difference between getting a lucky finish than being outwrestled all 3 rounds

 

[Pierced7681]

Who would you remove for Brunson?

Askren. His ufc career was very short.

 

[Slatersan]

Khabibs wrestling wasn’t that good against tibau and GSPs wasn’t that good against Hendricks.

That works both ways.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Askren. His ufc career was very short.

Fair enough.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

There's a difference between getting a lucky finish than being outwrestled all 3 rounds

 

[Gosu]

Carlos Condit

 

[Goat St Pierre]

GSP was outwrestled vs Hughes 1 and Hendricks

Khabib is the GOAT MMA wrestler and it’s not close

Hendricks and Hughes would have beaten the shit out of Khabib

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Askren. His ufc career was very short.

Askren was a wayyy better wrestler than Brunson wtf

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Hendricks and Hughes would have beaten the shit out of Khabib

They're a weight class higher lol

 

[Pierced7681]

Askren was a wayyy better wrestler than Brunson wtf

We can agree to disagree. Askren was great in the smaller orgs against weaker competitors.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

We can agree to disagree. Askren was great in the smaller orgs against weaker competitors.

He was undefeated most of his career though and dominated everyone

We know Brunson isn't that good he has taken a lot of L's

 

[pick999]

Jon easy.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Note - GSP probably fought the most wrestlers of the nominees.... 3 listed above. But was also take down thru out his career...

 

[pick999]

There's a difference between getting a lucky finish than being outwrestled all 3 rounds

It wasn't lucky and had nothing to do with wrestling.khabib fought a roided tibau

 

[Striker Fox]

GSP was outwrestled vs Hughes 1 and Hendricks

Khabib is the GOAT MMA wrestler and it’s not close

Khabib was outwrestled by Tibau

Not sure why you'd say Hendricks since GSP had more takedowns

 

[Pierced7681]

He was undefeated most of his career though and dominated everyone

We know Brunson isn't that good he has taken a lot of L's

Yoel Romero went 0/4 in trying to takedown Brunson. Brunson is legit as they come at wrestling.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

DC or Khabib

 

[jeff7b9]

Looks like it's going to be a close race between GSP and Khabib.

GSP is a hell of a fighter, he is a great choice for #2 MMA wrestler, so no disrespect to him, but he simply did not dominate utilizing wrestling in quite the same way as Khabib.

You won’t find any video of Khabib in the octagon tapping to an armbar or mounted succumbing to strikes (both in the first round), or having his groin torn because he was overpowered in his guard.

Good luck even finding video of Khabib in his back being controlled AT ALL.


GSP was very smart. Very effective at utilizing all of the tools available and the strategies most likely to yield victory, including avoiding the ground and jabbing guys up. Hats off to him. And it is nothing short of miraculous how elite his wrestling was without an NCAA wrestling base or childhood wrestling experience.

But GSP had matches where the grappling was competitive. Khabib, particularly in his prime, was just absurdly dominant, making elite guys look like amateurs on the ground.

Remember that when comparing, one guy is going to have to be better, even if by a nominal margin.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

GSP was outwrestled vs Hughes 1 and Hendricks

Khabib is the GOAT MMA wrestler and it’s not close

I could see picking Khabib over GSP, but it's definitely really close with arguments for both

Khabib quit way earlier than GSP, he never fought guys that started MMA when he was already champ like GSP was against Hendricks

That would be like saying Anderson was outstruck by Israel, and using that against him as the GOAT striker