Why is Nassourdine Imavov so under rated

[user93150]

This guy is seriously skilled. great boxing, sharp footwork, and he doesnt cut weights a lot, walking around 89 kg
His last loss was over two years ago, taken on short notice against a heavier Sean Strickland (97 kg) while he was just 88 kg.
He’s beaten Dolidze, Cannonier, Allen, and Adesanya, yet no one seems to be talking about him. Meanwhile, everyone’s focused on Caio, who has only one ranked win and hasn’t fought in over a year.

or “Fluffy” , who’s only beaten unranked opponents until last week

 

[TryggeTryggvar]

Probably because "everyone" hates strickland and wants to downplay his win. At least here on teh dog.

 

[pātrēärkē]

French

 

[CroCopsLHK]

Fluffy beat Allen before this. Wasn't he ranked?

And yeah Nassordine's win over Adesanya is super underrated. The way I see it it just seems beating Izzy is the cool thing to do or something

 

[Skarsgard]

Fluffy beat Allen before this. Wasn't he ranked?

And yeah Nassordine's win over Adesanya is super underrated. The way I see it it just seems beating Izzy is the cool thing to do or something

I think it's appropriately rated. It was looking like another beatdown for Izzy before he got caught at the end. Props to Imavov for digging deep and finding his moment, but it definitely wasn't some masterclass performance.

 

[Why did you]

its the name...
Belal knows it
He'd have better chances if he was Iassourdine Nmavov

 

[Ares Black]

Francophobia

 

[jnes]

I know he's one of the top guys at MW but for some reason I don't get very excited when I see his name on the card. If he beats Caio though he definitely deserves his shot at the belt.

 

[Harlekin]

Not underrated, just not very popular

 

[FrappeDuRocma]

He's a quiet guy who does not care about trash talk and wants to prove his value, inside the octagon. Sadly, the average MMA fan is retarded and would rather be entertained by fake drama...

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Who?

 

[RockyLockridge]

Strickland outclassed him like easy peasy.

 

[Mammothman]

Probably because he got punked by Strickland, another guy that beat Adesanya as well.

 

[Ayreon]

This guy is seriously skilled. great boxing, sharp footwork, and he doesnt cut weights a lot, walking around 89 kg
His last loss was over two years ago, taken on short notice against a heavier Sean Strickland (97 kg) while he was just 88 kg.
He’s beaten Dolidze, Cannonier, Allen, and Adesanya, yet no one seems to be talking about him. Meanwhile, everyone’s focused on Caio, who has only one ranked win and hasn’t fought in over a year.

or “Fluffy” , who’s only beaten unranked opponents until last week

That's because nobody likes the French

 

[Siver!]

I don't know if he's underrated, as @Harlekin says, I think he does get respect for his skills.

He's had a really tough run of opponents considering he isn't really one of the huge record middleweights.

I think the matchmaking alone speaks volumes of how appreciated his skills are.

But as someone who watches UFC events most weekends, I wouldn't be able to pick him out in a crowd.

For some reason he's a bit like wallpaper, and that's from someone who isn't big on this idea fighters should be social media darlings or wasting their time making shitty content with influencers.

 

[Tweak896]

I would be surprised if Izzy wins again or goes on a winning streak again. He's definitely not the same guy he was when he is on top. The whole top 10 MWs that haven't fought him likely steamroll him. Some guys are mentally checked out after losing the belt. Honestly don't see it as a great win. Since Cannonier he's only beat Alex, and he was getting destroyed and played possum to get that KO.

 

[Khaosan]

Welcome to the forum Nas! It’s always great to have actual UFC fighters post here.

 

[BowserJr]

He looked like trash vs SS who also doesn't look impressive.

MW has declined in skill level but at least a ton of guys are close to each other in skill level so there are a ton of interesting matches

 

[Muay Thai #1]

He lost every round against Cannonier until the finish, which was awful (I was there live, the boos were so loud and lasted so long)

He also lost all of the fight until the finish with Izzy.

Also, Allen easy took him down and controlled him in the 1st round of their fight.

Good for him to find ways to win, but he has looked pretty bad in a lot of his fights

 

[user93150]

He lost every round against Cannonier until the finish, which was awful (I was there live, the boos were so loud and lasted so long)

He also lost all of the fight until the finish with Izzy.

Also, Allen easy took him down and controlled him in the 1st round of their fight.

Good for him to find ways to win, but he has looked pretty bad in a lot of his fights

Good for them to get the trophy of winning rounds but at the end its about who wins

He ended up winning rounds 2 and 3, and dominated Allen on the ground by taking his back.

You are also forgetting that he beat a Brendan Allen who was full of confidence and on a 7-win streak. Same goes for Cannonier, who had beaten Vettori and Strickland.

The momentum of the fighters does matters , they were way harder to beat when Nassourdine faced them.

Against Strickland, he was preparing for a small southpaw Gastelum, and had to take Strickland on short notice, a very unorthodox orthodox boxer with a weird style with about 10 kilos heavier.