Would Khabib get the takedown on Pereira?

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Ankalaev famously claimed that Khabib would dominate Alex Pereira with his grappling.

How do you envision this match going?

 

[kkthx]

the khabib who was almost crying from gaethje leg kicks?

i envision it ending in a coma

 

[Ibm]

Im sure Glover has tought him enough grappling by now to defend a simple takedown. A 250LB Poatan should have no problem defending a 150LB.

 

[MMAMidwit]

Pereira would beat the fucking shit out of Khabib.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Size difference is too much imo
It would be like Khamzat trying to take down Big Show. He would be squashed

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Ankalaev famously claimed that Khabib would dominate Alex Pereira with his grappling.

How do you envision this match going?

In a pure wrestling match? Sure

In a MMA fight? Poatan sends Khabib's head from Dagestan to Bolivia

 

[Xanzito]

Im sure Glover has tought him enough grappling by now to defend a simple takedown. A 250LB Poatan should have no problem defending a 150LB.

Im pretty sure khabib weighs half a DC nowadays. So, at least 200lbs.

 

[icerealm]

he should still be able to get a takedown or few he weigh around 95kg now but fat
but he has no chance of winning
perara probably walk around at 105kg, lol my blind estimate is fuckin good i went to google and got exactly

google search lol "That's no different ahead of UFC 320, as the former light heavyweight champion recently provided an update on his weight just hours out from the event. Pereira posted a video of himself stepping on the scales in the early morning of the event, with it reading a staggering 232.4 pounds."

 

[Greyscale]

If Pereira was a featherweight, then, absolutely

 

[Jose Beehive]

the khabib who was almost crying from gaethje leg kicks?

i envision it ending in a coma

Crying? He went for Option B out of sympathy

 

[Westbrick]

Maybe Tibau

 

[Koala]

Pantoja is the man to take down Pereira

 

[xhaydenx]

The same Khabib who was getting his tds stuffed in later rounds by Al Iaquinta and couldn't get Tibau down?

Alex would send Khabib back to the bathtub in a bodybag.

 

[Fury]

Size difference is too much imo
It would be like Khamzat trying to take down Big Show. He would be squashed

Khazmat would be trying so long Big Show would turn heel then back six times

Also, the much larger Brazilian would knock Khabib out

 

[wolffanghameha]

If there's ever a rematch Ankalaev should finally be wrestling heavy. It's like he needs to do the "go to Dagestan and forget" that Khabib says, even though he's from there.

I'm guessing Khabib can take him down. In a fight, pretty hard to close in. I'd guess he can if he gets him to the fence though.

Hard to tell where Potan's defensive grappling is at, when nobody really chases it with him. It's clearly not green any more and is up there with other ufc fighters.

 

[wolffanghameha]

Im sure Glover has tought him enough grappling by now to defend a simple takedown. A 250LB Poatan should have no problem defending a 150LB.

More like 180 and 230.

 

[Stagliano]

Size matters.

 

[fries in the bag]

Not Khabib, but his bigger countryman Tazhudinov

OLYMPIC champion at 97 kg

 

[Mask Of Winters]

I'm hoping none of the posters bashing and trashing Dagestanis live in western Europe for...reasons.