@MAZDHARMMA He did as good as any lightweight can against Khamzat and you know it. the only way for me to judge Topuria's ground game is looking at instances of people trying to wrestle him, and out of 3 or 4 (against low level comp btw) that we have I'd say Arman breaks him under 4.
@MAZDHARMMA We know Arman can steamroll mid fighters, go back and forth with the best wrestlers in the sport (Islam/Khamzat), on the other hand Ilia hasn't shown Usman or Whittaker TDD in the cage in fact he got held down by Bryce and almost quit in the Zalal fight after wrestling for 2 rds
@MAZDHARMMA I do lol, but Khamzat prior to Usman/Whittaker has also fought hooker level fighters too, the back and forth in the Islam fight alone is very telling of Arman's wrestling level
@MAZDHARMMA No way Mazdhar is turning into one of those "Khamzat best win is a split decision robbery against Usman on short notice , how is he supposed to beat DDP π" typa people lol
@Concentration_9@MAZDHARMMA Yeah obviously a fight is a fight and anything can happen, I was one of the few that were saying (prior to last night's fight) that Arman beats Ilia, Arman isn't striking with ilia the way he did with Hooker
@d3n1el_pvp@MAZDHARMMA Garry had Shavkat's back and almost choked him out, Ank beat Pereira over 5 rounds when he was not fighting injured, Leon, well after what Brady and Belal did to him I am not sure about that tbh lol
@MAZDHARMMA They are similar height. It's Islam vs JDM v2 but probably ends with a finish since Topuria won't accept staying on his back and Arman has hellish GNP.
@d3n1el_pvp@MAZDHARMMA Doesn't matter, DDP's striking is better than Khamzat, JDM's boxing is better than Islam, Leon's striking is better than Brady's....
@MAZDHARMMA He doesn't need to be a Khamzat level wrestler to take Topuria down and maul him, he's a young, short, stocky high level wrestler with great kicks and amazing gnp. I'd say definitely better than BW Brice Mitchell.
@MAZDHARMMA Khabib still believes that waking up super early to shoot a thousand double leg, running 10 miles and hitting pads with coach Jav is the key to success in mma in big ol' 2025 π