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Does Nate really have better BJJ than Tony?? In a traditional/GI sense maybe so, but Tony’s offensive sub game and his ability to create opportunities in scrambles is also some of the best the division has seen. During his 12 fight win streak, 6 of those wins were by sub. Nate no doubt is good too and has racked up numerous sub wins over equality guys, but I don’t know if he has any sub wins in the UFC against grapplers as good as Kevin Lee or a juiced Gleison Tibau. Or watch him against a respected guy like Josh Thomson dominate and advance position to land brutal elbows and strikes on the ground. Have you ever seen Tony get dominated and battered on his back like Nate did against RDA or Bendo?? At best their BJJ is a wash, but I don’t think you can definitively say Nate’s BJJ is better. In fact I’d lean towards Tony from an overall MMA grappling/wrestling perspective.Tony keeps a steady output and then turns it up once the other guy fades. Waits for you to wilt. He can't slow things down once things don't go his way. Dustin has learned to switch volume.
Nate has better boxing and better BJJ. His cardio is usually endless and you can hit the guy with a shovel and he keeps coming. Tony's plan to make the other guy gas won't work, and the pressure just means close range, which Nate wants. Nate can have a bunch of losses, then come back and choke out Conor, beat MJ or Pettis, or dominate Maynard who's higher ranked. Cowboy was supposed to beat Nate, as well.
I get that Tony wants to get right back to the clear #1 contender, but taking this fight seems crazy to me. Dustin may be a better version of gathje, more crisp boxer with great power at 155. If I'm Tony's manager this is the one fight I'm not taking. Bad style matchup, especially coming off the beating he took from gathje. Tony needs a decisive win against someone in the top ten and hes right back where he was. If he beats Dustin hes once again the clear cut #1 contender, but he could probably get the same result from beating hooker Felder or oliveria with far less risk on my opinion. This is an all in move, win and you get next title shot,(barring gathje winning and taking Conor fight) lose and you drop out of top five and probably never see a real ts. Amazing fight, I want to watch it, but seems way too risky to me at least.
Lmao. No he needs another fight. He was dominated by khabib. He needs another one to confirm he's a contender should khabib winNot sure why Dustin takes this fight, either. He seems pretty clearly to have the next title shot after his fight with Hooker, IMO.
Ohhhhhh, I didn't realize we were talking about one fightWhen did he quit? He got choked out by a better fighter. Doesn’t mean he’s a quitter, everyone taps or goes to sleep. There’s no shame in tapping.
If Dustin wins, I just don't know where you go from there. Dustin beating Hooker & Ferg probably wouldn't be enough to put him back with Khabib. The UFC would have to rely on GSP as the next fight, but what if that fails through? Or if it happens, then the LW title will go vacant no matter who wins. Dustin would find himself in prime position to challenge for it, but against who?
Because Tony has also never exceled in a brawl or fire fight lol. The guy literally built his brand off of that.Dustin excels in firefights and brawls. He has no quit in him and is a dog. He beat Gaethje, Alvarez, Holloway, and Hooker at their own game (striking).
He's also at the tail end of his prime and Ferguson is firmly out of his.
Porier has lost and been ko'd but he's never been broken. Ferguson won't KO him, and this will turn into a brawl in a phone booth.
This is a very bad matchup for Ferguson.
Lmao. No he needs another fight. He was dominated by khabib. He needs another one to confirm he's a contender should khabib win
You can't sell the public in a rematch by selling Dustin barely beating hooker
I think his crazy can be funny, but his personality is quite dickish, that being said hes my all time favorite fighter not because of his personality but despite it. His rant about ninja turtles is an all time great.
Ohhhhhh, I didn't realize we were talking about one fight
Because Tony has also never exceled in a brawl or fire fight lol. The guy literally built his brand off of that.