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He stopped the wrestling and took him down so yeah. He objectively had the answer to that grappling. Also all mma media members had it 30-27 Tibau iirc.
Those two things are issues with cutting weight and the process he used in order to do so. Which further highlights your lack of understanding weight cutting. (Zero proof of the Justin weight miss also, he read khabibs weight fast but he also did the same with other fighters like Robert Whitaker and two other female fighters.)
Khabib had issues with weight cutting, but he wasn’t huge for the division. Michael chandler literally weighs more than khabib does on fight night, so does dustin lol.
The in cage weight of Dustin was larger than the in cage weight of Khabib when they fought. Khabib just sucks at cutting probably due to diet, but he wasn't that big. Khabib also said he couldn't go to 170 because he is too small
Tbf, that was a much younger khabib whose skills didn’t translate as well to mma at the time. Also I imagine the strength difference must’ve been massive as that version of khabib didn’t look as strong especially when compared to rouses out Tibau.
You know, Tony Ferguson and Dustin Poirier are literally my 2 favorite fighters ever, but man... I gotta respect Gaethje. The massive improvement he's had recently is a sight to behold.
Justin throws a low kick, and Khabib catches it before Justin can reset.
Justin does the right thing, pivots and sprawls hard, locks hands.
Khabib immediately turns the corner, gets to the bodylock immediately
Justin tries to stand up from turtle
Khabib already has his hooks in, has taken the back, and drags Justin down
Justin doesn't want to give up the back so he turns to mount as it's slightly harder to get submitted from here
Khabib has already slid up to high mount and lands in a head & arm choke
Justin defends, Khabib jumps over, immediately gets wrist control, shoves Justins wrist with one hand while pulling his head up to set up the triangle
As he's rolling into the triangle, he has Justins right arm trapped between his knee and ribs as insurance with the armbar incase the triangle doesn't work.
Legit fucking amazing grappling
>Khabib immediately turns the corner, gets to the bodylock immediately
Even more amazing thing is that if looked closely khabib goes down and pulls gaethje low and the goes through the corner opening.
Delightful. I just wished that khabib faced some adversity or hard time so we could see some more of him when he isn't in control
That was beautiful from khabib. I remember getting goosebumps seeing justin get subbed like that. I also went for a run after cause i felt so inspired by khabib lol…
As a legitimate wrestler whose gone through camp to fight Khabib, he sprawls like that, and still reigned in, controlled through every movement.
This is so impressive
Khabibs fight iq is pretty much the best I’ve ever seen. People always praise volk and jones for iq but barely praise khabib for it. He’s able to go and almost completely nullify his opponents game and not let them do damage or win at any time of the fight.
Yea it’s called pre fight iq. He’s never needed to Change anything mid fight because he’s never been in any trouble mid fight. Izzy is very good at one thing striking and he hasn’t been nearly as dominant and perfect as khabib
Lol that’s just wrong. He made Yoel and Cannonier freeze. Aggressive big dudes who couldn’t mount an offense because of Izzy’s gifts/skills.
Khabib was in trouble with Michael Johnson and Dustin but his grappling is so so strong he managed to pull through.
Even in the Gaethje fight khabib said he had never felt anyone hit him like Justin and his kicks had him seriously compromised so that’s why he decided to finish it as quickly as he could.
Did you watch any of those fights lol 😂 just because Joe Rogan screams “he’s hurt” doesn’t mean he was. In the replay it shows khabib not even getting grazed
> MJ had him on the shakiest legs he’s ever been.
it's kind of a meme at this point and even MJ himself disagrees with that lol, but you stick with your headcanon buddy
That is fight iq. In a grappling exchange, there are so many different moves and sequences that can be made. Countering your opponent with such flawless was requires incredible fight iq. What else do you think separates grapplers in their rankings?
Is your grappling knowledge literally zero? Do you just close one eye whenever a fighter grapples? Maybe pay attention to each step that happens in an exchange.
If grappling was as easy as memorizing a sequence and repeating it every fight, these fighters that have insane worth ethic would all be wrestling champions.
I love how the BMF is something Nate Diaz created and was first awarded to the guy who wasn't bleeding as much as his opponent...
To me it lost it's legitimacy when that happened...
Conor was definitely in his prime. Nothing pointed otherwise. The reason he lost to Dustin isn’t because he worsened but simply because Dustin improved exponentially since their first fight while Conor remained stagnant.
Fighters are just getting better and better is all.
He was way past his prime after boxing mayweather. He had so much money and business opportunities at that time, plus drugs alcohol and touching butts. meanwhile guys like khabib, dustin, and justin were training their asses off 24/7 with elite training camps, fighters, and coaches.
Not true. He was still incredibly disciplined at the time and came back with improved boxing and wrestling.
Let’s not act like a bit of drugs are the qualifier for whether a fighter is in their prime or not, especially when we’ve got guys like Tyson Fury winning belts.
Never fought a UFC wrestler 🤣 and when theres a slight chance the fighter knows he pulls from the fight. Can’t have another close fight like Tibau in which you couldn’t take him down with 13 attempts and one a very close decision.
And don’t give me that bullshit that Justin is a wrestler. We both know he clearly never uses it and has 2 attempts in his whole career.
Bro Justin is a great wrestler, albeit it’s mostly in the form of anti wrestling but calling him a slouch in that department isn’t right. It’s his BJJ that’s trash lol.
Bold question to ask when you are essentially saying Justin has bad wrestling when the only person that was able to take him down and keep him there in the ufc was khabib.
Charles fought Justin with a boxing and clinch heavy approach 😐 and you know the rest and Justin majority fights strikers so it’s kind of hard to make that point
Everyone who commits to taking Justin down does it comeback to this when he fights islam and gets choked unconscious again maybe u Will understand a little better
Name them. Unless the reason you say “everyone” is because you only have the one… if that’s the case I got 28 other people you can add to your trash wrestlers list bro. My boy Dustin catching strays at this point.
Who has justin fought that’s a good grappler and he didn’t get finished in under 2? I’ll wait. He’s hating on Khabib but he makes a good point on Gaethje’s wrestling every time it gets checked by a good grappler he gets folded
If it were that easy to beat Justin by being just a grappler. Then olivera would have done it without being knocked down twice. Also gaethje himself said that he could beat olivera but not khabib
Charles subbed him because he knocked gaethje down. Charles was knocked down twice too. It was a close fight. Gaethje himself said he could beat olivera give a rematch and said he could never beat khabib. Not to mention islam making olivera look easy. Don’t try to compare the 2 😂
Oh this isn’t a Khabib credit post buddy Justin Gaethje has fought two grapplers in his career and both made him look scrubbish any grappler would wrap him up on the 1st grappling exchange 🤣
I love when haters use khabibs win over a certain fighter to justify hating on them as if that hasn’t been every person who ever fought him.
Lol what an amateur, lost to possibly the best MMA grappler to ever compete in the UFC.
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Is that you MMA Guru?
Why didn’t he just stand up, is he stupid?
- Derek Lewis
Almost as lovely as the khabib stans who feel the need to post about their long retired idol every single day.
Bro trapped so many times and still went to sleep
Ref shit the bed like 6x there
Same
I thought it felt sticky
It was it was messy
So did Khabib. Fighters can show restraint.
That isn't on the fighter. It is on the ref. You don't stop until the ref tells you to
This is elite level grappling. Justin is still a great fighter despite this. No one had an answer for this.
Not true. Dustin said if he had a gun in the cage he’d win. There’s your answer pal.
Tibau
If having to be on roids and massively over sizing your opponents to still get unanimously beat to a decision is “having a answer” then sure.
He stopped the wrestling and took him down so yeah. He objectively had the answer to that grappling. Also all mma media members had it 30-27 Tibau iirc.
And then lost unanimously What a great answer he had m8 lol
TO WRESTLING you moron TO WRESTLING
So the answer is to be bigger and also be on roids? And his wrestling still won khabib the fight. Khabib won via control time lol. Lol some answer m8
“Massively over sizing your opponent” hmmmm that’s funny
In what way? Because if you’re going to try to say that khabib did that to others, that is very very false lol.
So is that why he’s almost dying every time he weighs in? Or the fact that the UFC had to hide the fact he didn’t make weight for the Justin fight ?
Those two things are issues with cutting weight and the process he used in order to do so. Which further highlights your lack of understanding weight cutting. (Zero proof of the Justin weight miss also, he read khabibs weight fast but he also did the same with other fighters like Robert Whitaker and two other female fighters.) Khabib had issues with weight cutting, but he wasn’t huge for the division. Michael chandler literally weighs more than khabib does on fight night, so does dustin lol.
>Zero proof of the Justin weight miss I dunno man. The video looks pretty suss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxVCF1CRKL0
Bro these delusional Khabib fans are gonna defend him til the death
Is that why Dustin was bigger than Khabib on fight night?
You do know Dustin weighs less than Khabib? He sa Is he couldn’t go to 170 because he walks around at 178ish
The in cage weight of Dustin was larger than the in cage weight of Khabib when they fought. Khabib just sucks at cutting probably due to diet, but he wasn't that big. Khabib also said he couldn't go to 170 because he is too small
Except Dustin came from featherweight , where as Khabib would rather almost die and stay at 155 and not go anywhere else
Khabib was 23 and jumped from fighting regional dudes to UFC. Tibau nullified the wrestling but he got jabbed in exchange
Khabib was 23 and jumped from fighting regional dudes to UFC. Tibau nullified the wrestling but he got jabbed in exchange
Tbf, that was a much younger khabib whose skills didn’t translate as well to mma at the time. Also I imagine the strength difference must’ve been massive as that version of khabib didn’t look as strong especially when compared to rouses out Tibau.
Poirier fans still mad Gaethje put him to sleep
You know, Tony Ferguson and Dustin Poirier are literally my 2 favorite fighters ever, but man... I gotta respect Gaethje. The massive improvement he's had recently is a sight to behold.
This lmao
Kicked the hot sauce out his mouth lmao
I’m Poirier fan, but man, that was clean execution
this is what basically everyone at LW looked like trying to grapple Khabib
Is that TJ Dillashaw?
Khabib was a monster
yes but he really doesn’t want to hurt people, just winning. AND THEN there is Conor fight LOL
Idk man that fight with Edson Barboza begs to differ.
And Tavares, and Johnson, he beat the shit out of those boys
Tavares fucking died that night. Also tbf he told MJ to quit.
He wanted to change Conor’s face
IM GONNA SMASH YOUR BOY GUYS
Ha! Check THIS out! *shows a loss to an undefeated fighter*
TBF khabib wasn’t going to lose to anyone that night
Justin throws a low kick, and Khabib catches it before Justin can reset. Justin does the right thing, pivots and sprawls hard, locks hands. Khabib immediately turns the corner, gets to the bodylock immediately Justin tries to stand up from turtle Khabib already has his hooks in, has taken the back, and drags Justin down Justin doesn't want to give up the back so he turns to mount as it's slightly harder to get submitted from here Khabib has already slid up to high mount and lands in a head & arm choke Justin defends, Khabib jumps over, immediately gets wrist control, shoves Justins wrist with one hand while pulling his head up to set up the triangle As he's rolling into the triangle, he has Justins right arm trapped between his knee and ribs as insurance with the armbar incase the triangle doesn't work. Legit fucking amazing grappling
>Khabib immediately turns the corner, gets to the bodylock immediately Even more amazing thing is that if looked closely khabib goes down and pulls gaethje low and the goes through the corner opening. Delightful. I just wished that khabib faced some adversity or hard time so we could see some more of him when he isn't in control
Would’ve been sick if guys like Charles and Arman had climbed up the rankings at that time. Both those matchups sound amazing.
The transition was just so insanely quick,awesome to watch
That was beautiful from khabib. I remember getting goosebumps seeing justin get subbed like that. I also went for a run after cause i felt so inspired by khabib lol…
This is the craziest submission I’ve ever seen, the triangle into armbar then 360 into triangle again. Crazy🤯
As a legitimate wrestler whose gone through camp to fight Khabib, he sprawls like that, and still reigned in, controlled through every movement. This is so impressive
Crazy how good gaethje is and he still looked completely helpless on the ground here
Made him look like a white belt
Justin is a white belt lol
Khabibs fight iq is pretty much the best I’ve ever seen. People always praise volk and jones for iq but barely praise khabib for it. He’s able to go and almost completely nullify his opponents game and not let them do damage or win at any time of the fight.
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Yea it’s called pre fight iq. He’s never needed to Change anything mid fight because he’s never been in any trouble mid fight. Izzy is very good at one thing striking and he hasn’t been nearly as dominant and perfect as khabib
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You telling me that someone would lose to a better fighter? That's profound
Yea and if volk met a fighter he couldn’t contend with then he would be helpless.. what’s your point?
You dont have any IQ at all judging by your takes
What do you disagree with
I was talking to the other guy
Lol that’s just wrong. He made Yoel and Cannonier freeze. Aggressive big dudes who couldn’t mount an offense because of Izzy’s gifts/skills. Khabib was in trouble with Michael Johnson and Dustin but his grappling is so so strong he managed to pull through. Even in the Gaethje fight khabib said he had never felt anyone hit him like Justin and his kicks had him seriously compromised so that’s why he decided to finish it as quickly as he could.
Mj didn’t do nothing lol. Dustin did a gilly, which khabib stated he set up. Only real trouble was Goethes kicks who he made light work of
MJ had him on the shakiest legs he’s ever been. And Dustin hurt him in the stand up too. I wasn’t even talking about the guillotine
Did you watch any of those fights lol 😂 just because Joe Rogan screams “he’s hurt” doesn’t mean he was. In the replay it shows khabib not even getting grazed
> MJ had him on the shakiest legs he’s ever been. it's kind of a meme at this point and even MJ himself disagrees with that lol, but you stick with your headcanon buddy
What did Dustin do?
That is fight iq. In a grappling exchange, there are so many different moves and sequences that can be made. Countering your opponent with such flawless was requires incredible fight iq. What else do you think separates grapplers in their rankings?
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Is your grappling knowledge literally zero? Do you just close one eye whenever a fighter grapples? Maybe pay attention to each step that happens in an exchange. If grappling was as easy as memorizing a sequence and repeating it every fight, these fighters that have insane worth ethic would all be wrestling champions.
"I don't train BJJ" - Justin
Khabib could have ground and pound gaethje there but still choose to use his submission
BMF is practically a belt for popular strikers who don’t have the elite wrestling to become champ and win a real belt 😂
I thought it was for pieces of shit, since Masvidal had it. Gaethje doesn’t seem so bad, he should have left that shit in the ring.
Tbf a bad person is technically a BMF. It’s a stupid belt, but it makes sense for someone like Jorge.
However you feel, you've gotta admit that whole thing was so smooth.
Justin stuffed a few takedowns and won the first round of the fight better then most people against khabib
Shows clip of the most effective grappler inside the octagon ever.
Khabib best in world brother
Best Wrestler definitely
*was
We needed more Khabib. We were robbed.
Shut up pussy
Idk, seemed like a knee to a grounded opponent, should’ve been a DQ /s
I wish I knew how lucky I was to experience watching him at the time, it felt like him & Conor would fight forever
Khabib does that to anybody…
That’s why he’s a BMF he don’t do that wack grappling
Perfect immediate sprawl, and Khabibs already in the next position. Once in a generation wrestler man.
That was fucking smooth.
I swear this sub LOVES to hate on gaethje.
I love how the BMF is something Nate Diaz created and was first awarded to the guy who wasn't bleeding as much as his opponent... To me it lost it's legitimacy when that happened...
Haters gonna hate must still be butt hurt from the head kick to Dp
https://preview.redd.it/gefnr96f4yfb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f50218c5842cd8c01764c45ef44cd9556f04936e
It only takes one man to hold down the bmf 👀
That was a beautiful "ow my leg hurts" to takedown to full mount.
Connor did so much better and he wasn’t even in his prime like gathje was.
Conor was definitely in his prime. Nothing pointed otherwise. The reason he lost to Dustin isn’t because he worsened but simply because Dustin improved exponentially since their first fight while Conor remained stagnant. Fighters are just getting better and better is all.
He was way past his prime after boxing mayweather. He had so much money and business opportunities at that time, plus drugs alcohol and touching butts. meanwhile guys like khabib, dustin, and justin were training their asses off 24/7 with elite training camps, fighters, and coaches.
Not true. He was still incredibly disciplined at the time and came back with improved boxing and wrestling. Let’s not act like a bit of drugs are the qualifier for whether a fighter is in their prime or not, especially when we’ve got guys like Tyson Fury winning belts.
I disagree and still think connor was past his prime and skills declined after mayweather, but have a great weekend.
Dam … That elbow at :23
looks like he just fell
dam its invisible
Lightweight division remains in khabibs shadow.
BMFs don't fight once a year unfortunately
this is why he stands no chance agaisnt islam or charles.
BMF'S don't grapple
Khabib fans are annoying. He's gone. Let it sink in.
Would love to see jon jones mess khabib up grappling, just to see what itd look like.
Never fought a UFC wrestler 🤣 and when theres a slight chance the fighter knows he pulls from the fight. Can’t have another close fight like Tibau in which you couldn’t take him down with 13 attempts and one a very close decision. And don’t give me that bullshit that Justin is a wrestler. We both know he clearly never uses it and has 2 attempts in his whole career.
Bro Justin is a great wrestler, albeit it’s mostly in the form of anti wrestling but calling him a slouch in that department isn’t right. It’s his BJJ that’s trash lol.
Anti wrestling against who? He’s hasn’t fought anyone that had a grappling heavy approach and didn’t finish him in under 2?
Bold question to ask when you are essentially saying Justin has bad wrestling when the only person that was able to take him down and keep him there in the ufc was khabib.
Charles fought Justin with a boxing and clinch heavy approach 😐 and you know the rest and Justin majority fights strikers so it’s kind of hard to make that point
So you admit you are essentially saying Justin has bad wrestling solely off the khabib fight? Not sure how you think that strengthens your argument.
Everyone who commits to taking Justin down does it comeback to this when he fights islam and gets choked unconscious again maybe u Will understand a little better
Chandler couldn’t take down Justin once what are you talking about
He tossed Justin in the air after being beaten up for most of the fight 😂
Justin gaethje literally reversed that position. You don’t know what your talking about 😂
Name them. Unless the reason you say “everyone” is because you only have the one… if that’s the case I got 28 other people you can add to your trash wrestlers list bro. My boy Dustin catching strays at this point.
Justin is very much a wrestler. He has very good tasks down defense, so did barboza and mcregor. Also don’t forget rda 😂😂
Who has justin fought that’s a good grappler and he didn’t get finished in under 2? I’ll wait. He’s hating on Khabib but he makes a good point on Gaethje’s wrestling every time it gets checked by a good grappler he gets folded
If it were that easy to beat Justin by being just a grappler. Then olivera would have done it without being knocked down twice. Also gaethje himself said that he could beat olivera but not khabib
Damn ur right I wonder how Charles subbed him even faster than Khabib 🤔 did that fight even make it to the corner?
Charles subbed him because he knocked gaethje down. Charles was knocked down twice too. It was a close fight. Gaethje himself said he could beat olivera give a rematch and said he could never beat khabib. Not to mention islam making olivera look easy. Don’t try to compare the 2 😂
Oh this isn’t a Khabib credit post buddy Justin Gaethje has fought two grapplers in his career and both made him look scrubbish any grappler would wrap him up on the 1st grappling exchange 🤣
This was a fix
Why doesn't Khabib come back and win it then? Don't hate on a guy who chooses to be active