Both of them are nutters with wing tattoos on their back and endless cardio, would be a fight for the ages lmao.
On another topic, Khabib regularly trains with a guy named Abdulrashid Sadulaev, who is the #1 P4P freestyle wrestler in the world and a probable GOAT candidate at the age of freaking 22. His biggest rival, Kyle Snyder, is also arguably the best American wrestler ever and an all time great yet Sadulaev pinned him in less than 70 seconds in their rematch recently. He is an unbelievable grappler and said recently that he wants to move to MMA after the Tokyo Olympics in 2020
Imagine a middleweight or light heavyweight version of Khabib with literally orders of magnitude better wrestling (that is scary as hell to say out loud). Honestly if he can develop any sort of striking I think he could beat Jon Jones at LHW just by wrestlefucking him to death.
Wow dude how do you know all this stuff about wrestling ? Do you love the sport ? Do you practice it ? I've been wrestling for a few years myself.
You forgot to mention that Sadulaev moved up from 86kg to 97kg, Snyder is a bigger dude. They had a competitive bout in Paris finals in 2017 that Snyder won 6-5. Then one year later Sadulaev destroyed him in the rematch.
One thing about Khabib though is that he ain't just a wrestler. People often make that mistake. Khabib is a complete grappler. He's been wrestling since childhood, he's a multiple sambo world champ and a judo black belt. He did all that before starting his MMA career. MMA fans thought that Kevin Lee is a terrible matchup for Khabib since Lee is a great wrestler. Here's what I always thought. If Khabib and Lee have a wrestling bout, Lee might win. If they have a grappling bout, Khabib wins. And in a MMA fight, Khabib destroys Lee.
Some great fights last night. Kevin Lee being dominated by Al Iaquinta in their rematch was fucking sweet. Making that overrated douche humble. Barboza vs. Hooker was my favorite, tho. Hooker can sure take a beating and those kicks by Barboza. Fucking hell.
Al Iaquinta has always been the dark horse in that category in my books. Underrated as f***. People made fun of Khabib because he beat Iaquinta by decision (a dominant win nonetheless). Now that Iaquinta beat Kevin Lee who's ranked number 4 in the category, people start to give him his respect. The thing with Iaquinta is that he hasn't been active these past few years, dude is selling houses he's a real estate agent. But skills set wise, he's got everything to be top 5 or top 3 in his weight class.
Dan Hooker on the other hand was severely outclassed. He wasn't ready for elite competition.
