Literally what happenes in all charles oliviera fights happened. Gets rocked, goes down and then gets back up. But this time he was against someone who didnt give a fuck about his ground game and just went for it
You could tell Islam and team had drilled that exact moment. It looked like the 1000th time they drilled that, drop down, side control, immediately go for head&arm.
I've been trying to tell the Charles fans this. Gaethje, Poirier, etc -- Yeah, Charles one but after a brutal back-and-forth that he happened to come out on top of. These risky fights could have easily ended in a loss on any other night.
He's a worthy successor to Khabib in every way. Khabib's dad once said the true test of his legacy would be Islam getting a belt and he did it under Khabib's tutelage.
The year is 2037. Islam Makhachev is now 43-1-0. He retires at the age of 46. Conor McGregor is still posting videos saying he’d whoop his fooking ass.
Now we can put to rest this whole Charles v Khabib debate. Khabib is currently the lightweight goat and now I feel very confident he would have just Mauled Olivera the way he did everyone else.
I see a whole bunch of fighters/fighter wannabes flying to Dagestan in the future. That Dagestani sambo is just a different level of skills and strength... I have to say Islam made Charles look like he's maybe a number 5 contender.... that was dominance.
The conversation leading up to this fight was eerily similar to the conversations had before every khabib fight. Oh he’s just fought good match ups, this guy will embarrass him, he’s only padded his recons with a punch of cans.
I'll never forget people saying "Khabib retired because he was scared of Charles". Some people let hate blind them instead of enjoying the fighters and the sport. Now Champ really has a name...
I don't even think it's Coach Khabib. The dude was saying years before he retired Islam would surpass him and people don't understand how good he truly is.
When Khabib and Javier Mendez were advocating for Islam, as to how good he is, everybody was like, they are saying that to promote him, to get him a title fight....boy, did he shut those people up....
I predicted Islam dominating Charles, said it was easy money and I won +$1k off it. Yet the amount of people with recency bias I see using this to now say Islam is better than Khabib is hilarious. It's the same recency bias hype train that dominated this subreddit that lead to the complete delusion where 70% thought Charles would win on this sub and
When a grappler starts dropping elite opponents it gets scary. When Charles dropped Chandler that felt like he leveled up. Khabib dropping Conor is one of the biggest “Holy shit!” moments
Khabib post fight interview explaining how the UFC did not make the fight in Brazil, and explains how Volk should prepare against Islam but will lose anyway:
Now people will finaly realize that Oliveira would have literally no chances against Khabib. Poirier and Gaethje were too afraid to go on the ground after the knockdown, Islam went for it and Charles immediately tapped. Khabib is the lightweight GOAT for a reason but now Makhachev can dethrone him
Mma fans just don’t like Khabib cause he retired early. The first chance the community got to put the next big lightweight ahead of him a lot of ppl did. Never made any sense Khabib beat the same guys oliveira beat but he did way more dominantly.
I can imagine Makhachev will develop better technique than Khabib ever did, especially in terms of striking. But Khabib had an otherworldly athleticism that Islam doesn’t quite possess. Every one of Khabib’s opponents seemed shocked and unprepared for how physically strong Khabib was in grappling exchanges. It’s like he had extra strength from out of nowhere.
Yeah Khabib's clinch game and ground and pound is much better than Islam, I think that 1st round would look different if it was Khabib's prime in there.
Charles looked absolutely neutered in the striking, I wonder what was up with that. Difficulty with southpaws? He looked better against Dustin, but that was probably because Dustin was terrified of the ground game
I think it’s mainly because Islam was countering instantly off Charles’ pressure and angling off to disengage instead of going straight back which is what Dustin and Justin did
Umar and Ankalaev are next to take over their divisions. These top Dagestani fighters are simply on another level. They dominate every second of every fight, regardless if it's a scrub or a p4p fighter. It's time to accept they are on another level. Hell the lowest tier of dagestani fighters are better than 80% of guys in their division.
True I mean Oliveira just lost to a guy who hadn’t beaten a single top 5 fighter. So I think by default that means Oliveira isn’t top 5. The wait continues
that’s the thing, chandler gaethje and them would clamour about how he hasn’t about anybody in the top 5, like you are the top 5 and you won’t fight him.
Literally what happenes in all charles oliviera fights happened. Gets rocked, goes down and then gets back up. But this time he was against someone who didnt give a fuck about his ground game and just went for it
That transition into the head and arm choke and then how he held him in place was fkin beautiful
The speed in which Islam made Olievera tap is what’s frightening. He locks the submission and the tap was immediate
Charles seeing Islam jump on him “Wait you’re not supposed to do that”
You could tell Islam and team had drilled that exact moment. It looked like the 1000th time they drilled that, drop down, side control, immediately go for head&arm.
He did say I’m not afraid of his ground game
On the ground Islam was like "haha call an ambulance.. but not for me"
Taking too much damage and getting dropped every fight would catch up eventually. I got downvoted for saying this in the past.
I've been trying to tell the Charles fans this. Gaethje, Poirier, etc -- Yeah, Charles one but after a brutal back-and-forth that he happened to come out on top of. These risky fights could have easily ended in a loss on any other night.
Being able to see confirmed as worst base for MMA
Is there a procedure to reverse LASIK surgery?
Mythical fighter half blind Oliveira
What happened to the people who said Olivera would beat khabib? Lol. Khabib was just way ahead of everyone. And now his boy Makhachev is.
They are all gone. Remember the polls said that 65% of ppl were picking Charles to win. Where are they now?
Charles corner telling him to go for front kicks just seemed like such bad advice
Fully functioning eyes Oliveira isn't as good
New mythical fighter unlocked: Triple vision Oliveira
Dude nerfed himself when he chose to train against one person instead of two like usual.
Wait did he get laser eye surgery or something lol?
Man, Charles did pretty much nothing against Islam
I was really surprised with his stand up
Had 1 good upkick, other than that it was 1-sided
I was really expecting oliveira to have a huge striking advantage. Thats crazy
TONY V KHABIB was everything I expected and so much more. Worth the wait.
Seriously felt like i been waiting to see this fight for 10 years
Islam really is Khabib's protege. He didn't have a single top 10 win and just handled a top 3 P4P fighter in the world and made it look easy.
This is exactly how Tony vs Khabib would have gone
Damn
About as impressive a win as you can have.
Right. Holy sheeeet
Wasn't expecting it to be that easy. I'm gutted
the Chucky Olives era was fun while it lasted
I had islam winning but I didn't think I would feel this sad to see Charles lose...
Tbf Islam had no other choice than to win after that call out to Christ by Dariush
Islam vs Dariush in Jerusalem.
Islam v. Christ
Beneil va Islam would be great after how he looked vs Gamrot
"Allah needs me? woahhh" -islam makhachev
ALHAMDULILLAH
INB4 Khabib comes back to fight Islam
“Islam ego too big now. Gotta teach little shit lesson”
Greatest heel turn of all time
Brother v Brother u kno diss
Dana : even Vince couldn't write that
That would be the most unexpected thing in my 8+ years of watching mma
Not only outgrappled but outstruck Charles. Dropped CHARLES TO GET IN GUARD AND FINISH HIM
finished him in his comfort zone
Charles had nothing for him
"look at my past opponents. who has he fought" seems like it didnt matter lol
Made it look too easy.
When Islam lunged into the guard, I was seriously like bruh!
Khabib confirmed best base for MMA.
MKA - Mixed Khabib Arts.
I think it is more Abdulmanap best base for MMA
What a lovely gesture from islam to give khabib the belt
VACANT IS DEFEATED
“I don’t see this short guy bring him here”
Volk is such a good sport about it too haha
Send location
Islam might be the first protege to a an all time great to live up to the hype. Islam vs Daruish book it for more ridiculous grappling
He's a worthy successor to Khabib in every way. Khabib's dad once said the true test of his legacy would be Islam getting a belt and he did it under Khabib's tutelage.
I mean, I know bias is a thing, but Khabib clearly knows MMA and he's been saying Islam is fucking legit for years, before he even retired.
It’s crazy how fun khabib and islams wrestling is compared to everyone else’s. I hate wrestlefuckrrs but they are always exciting
Islam is not khabibs protege. He's abdulmanaps. He was already amazing before khabib became coach
Holy shit that didn't look hard at all. I'm scared for any other fighter going against Islam.
Bobby Green beats him in a rematch
Islam is holding the belt until he retires like Khabib. No one is touching him
He left no doubt. Absolutely dominant.
I love volk but I think this might be too much for him
There’s a reason y Tsarukyan/Gamrot/Fiziev all imagine fighting Islam for the belt. Even Volk said that’s the harder fight
Also tells us what khabib would have done
FFS
Yeah it’s Khabib all over again. The brawler crew won’t stand a chance, but like Beneil, Gamrot, Arman, there are exciting challenges in the division.
FATHERS PLAN
Abdulmanaps vision has been completed
Post fight had me legit crying
Islam just handled the best in the world with ease
Good luck Volk.
Other backed away when charles got on his back. Islam got in there and fucking submitted him like he predicted
I’ve been yelling into this empty circle jerk void that Islam is NOT these chumps who give Olives a free pass to lay down and rest.
People saying he’s nowhere near Khabibs level in shambles rn
The year is 2037. Islam Makhachev is now 43-1-0. He retires at the age of 46. Conor McGregor is still posting videos saying he’d whoop his fooking ass.
Meanwhile tony ferguson is still calling out khabib on instagram
I think Khabib has made his statement today
Now we can put to rest this whole Charles v Khabib debate. Khabib is currently the lightweight goat and now I feel very confident he would have just Mauled Olivera the way he did everyone else.
Chandler knew lol
I see a whole bunch of fighters/fighter wannabes flying to Dagestan in the future. That Dagestani sambo is just a different level of skills and strength... I have to say Islam made Charles look like he's maybe a number 5 contender.... that was dominance.
The conversation leading up to this fight was eerily similar to the conversations had before every khabib fight. Oh he’s just fought good match ups, this guy will embarrass him, he’s only padded his recons with a punch of cans.
People are dumb, they don't understand that you don't win the fight because you have the best resume, you win by being the best fighter.
I'll never forget people saying "Khabib retired because he was scared of Charles". Some people let hate blind them instead of enjoying the fighters and the sport. Now Champ really has a name...
Just how fucking good is Coach Khabib
He coached Belal into being an exciting fighter.
I don't even think it's Coach Khabib. The dude was saying years before he retired Islam would surpass him and people don't understand how good he truly is.
It was funny when Charles backed Islam up and got taken down right in front of Khabib who has the cheat codes
Father plan from beyond the grave
I’m sad lads, tonight one of the most exciting runs in UFC history was ended. Fair play to Islam, he dominated the fight.
When Khabib and Javier Mendez were advocating for Islam, as to how good he is, everybody was like, they are saying that to promote him, to get him a title fight....boy, did he shut those people up....
Outclassed him in every area of the fight. Crazy.
That's the worst for me.
"He doesnt have a top 5 win why is he getting a title shot??"
People were saying that because they knew deep down he would win the title. They just wanted to delay it for as long as possible
Holy shit
Islam did great striking against Olivera & that submission was beautiful
Now everyone can shut up about whether Charles would've been Khabib's boogeyman. What an answer by the Dagestanis.
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Islam beat Charles at his own game
The squeeze
Watching khabib carry on his dad's legacy as coach warms my heart
Just how good is Arman
The next generation is coming baby and I'm so hyped for it.
Boy, Arman went full three rounds with Islam and even took him down on several ocassion....Arman sarukiyan is an upcoming star...watch out
Arman put on a grappling show against Islam for 3 straight rounds on his ufc debut.
Arman deserves to be top 10 it's a shame he isn't
One of the few guy who can actually say people were ducking him.
I predicted Islam dominating Charles, said it was easy money and I won +$1k off it. Yet the amount of people with recency bias I see using this to now say Islam is better than Khabib is hilarious. It's the same recency bias hype train that dominated this subreddit that lead to the complete delusion where 70% thought Charles would win on this sub and
HE BOOMED HIM
He's so good, he's so good
Arm triangle. Dead.
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When a grappler starts dropping elite opponents it gets scary. When Charles dropped Chandler that felt like he leveled up. Khabib dropping Conor is one of the biggest “Holy shit!” moments
When charles tapped
Too fucking easy.
Welp, we got Tony vs Khabib
BEAUTIFUL
Well now we know who woulda won between Khabib and Oliveira. Buries that argument for good lol
This Islam guy looked great, but he hasn't beaten anyone yet 🙃
Moment he went down I knew he was done. Unlike everyone else, Islam actually has the skills to make Charles pay for getting knocked down.
Do Bronx 😥😥
that is the reason why everyone ducked him haha
Khabib 3 -0 tonight.
but guys, he hasn't beaten any top 5 guys yet
Anyone who has watched the Tsarukyan and Ramos fight knew he never needed another test
IF SAMBO WAS EASY THEN YOU KNOW WHAT MOTHERFUCKERS
Sambo literally just is the ongoing meta in MMA and these devs won’t patch it!!!!
☹
Wanted to see more…too easy
Same.
ufc
cheeto eating redneck drunks/bar bros in shambles lol
Holy shit, Islam made that look easy. Unreal.
Hydraulic press vs bjj
Passing of the torch from Abdulmanap to Khabib is unreal
Yeah, Khabib said in one of the interviews today that he wanted to put the belt on Islam today and told Dana to let him do it.
Would be nice but he wouldn't be surprised
Khabib would have fucked him up😂
Fr I don’t think theres a world where khabib doesn’t dominate him
Alhamdullilah
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He already proved it, now we can shut up about who would've won between Khabib and Oliveira
Man... this card sucked for me.. well done Islam.
I just like seeing Khabib be happy tbh
I fucking love the idea of him picking up where his dad left off.
Khabib post fight interview explaining how the UFC did not make the fight in Brazil, and explains how Volk should prepare against Islam but will lose anyway:
Love how this sub was full of people talking about how Charles is Better than Khabib yesterday. He didn’t even last 2 rounds with Islam.
Fedor Khabib Islam
Tony v Khabib - Your just a cheap fucking knock off.
Tony - Khabib would've been even more onesided than this one.
Conor/Dustin: - "Ah shit"
So that’s what happens when you follow him after rocking him
AND NEW
Now people will finaly realize that Oliveira would have literally no chances against Khabib. Poirier and Gaethje were too afraid to go on the ground after the knockdown, Islam went for it and Charles immediately tapped. Khabib is the lightweight GOAT for a reason but now Makhachev can dethrone him
Mma fans just don’t like Khabib cause he retired early. The first chance the community got to put the next big lightweight ahead of him a lot of ppl did. Never made any sense Khabib beat the same guys oliveira beat but he did way more dominantly.
There’s a reason y Dustin felt he made mistakes vs Charles, but would probably never be able to close the gap vs Khabib
I can imagine Makhachev will develop better technique than Khabib ever did, especially in terms of striking. But Khabib had an otherworldly athleticism that Islam doesn’t quite possess. Every one of Khabib’s opponents seemed shocked and unprepared for how physically strong Khabib was in grappling exchanges. It’s like he had extra strength from out of nowhere.
Brather you know this
Khabib would’ve murdered Charles
100% and its baffling for people to think otherwise.
Yeah Khabib's clinch game and ground and pound is much better than Islam, I think that 1st round would look different if it was Khabib's prime in there.
Was there really ever any doubt?
Wow
All the Conor fan boys can go back to their mom's basement now
The rest of the division is miserable right now because nobody is beating Islam
Welp, I'm a big Charles fan but the fight looked like Charles never had a chance. Totally dominated and submitted. Wow. I'm in awe.
Incredible performance! Heartbroken for Charles though
Charles looked absolutely neutered in the striking, I wonder what was up with that. Difficulty with southpaws? He looked better against Dustin, but that was probably because Dustin was terrified of the ground game
I think it’s mainly because Islam was countering instantly off Charles’ pressure and angling off to disengage instead of going straight back which is what Dustin and Justin did
Have a wrestler as good as Islam walk you down and see how many shots your gonna throw with confidence.
THE CHAMPION HAS A NAME, AND THAT NAME IS ISLAM MAKHACHEV.
Props. Fantastic performance.
The Dagestanis are just ridiculous, what the fuck
maybe im too baked, maybe it was the red shorts, but I saw Khabib in there
IF SAMBO WAS EASY....IT WOULD BE CALLED JUI JITSU!
Umar and Ankalaev are next to take over their divisions. These top Dagestani fighters are simply on another level. They dominate every second of every fight, regardless if it's a scrub or a p4p fighter. It's time to accept they are on another level. Hell the lowest tier of dagestani fighters are better than 80% of guys in their division.
Not surprised by the outcome. Seems like Oliveria was a little overhyped and Makhachev was underhyped.
This is what would have happened in Tony Vs Khabib
that fight would have ended in round 1 with tony not tapping to a choke and going unconscious
Dagestanis built different
the champion had a name
I don’t feel so good Olive-bros…
But did he beat a top5 guy tho? I'm still not convinced.
True I mean Oliveira just lost to a guy who hadn’t beaten a single top 5 fighter. So I think by default that means Oliveira isn’t top 5. The wait continues
Wow, i expected a closer fight. That was a beatdown.
How's that for no top 5 wins?
I wonder what cope narrative they will spin next
Wow
Beautiful fight. Khabib would have Khabib'd Charles.
But reddit experts convinced me that he was a bum because he didn’t have any top 5 wins
that’s the thing, chandler gaethje and them would clamour about how he hasn’t about anybody in the top 5, like you are the top 5 and you won’t fight him.
Is Islam legit yet, or does he need more top 5 wins?
Islam will be the champion until he retires.