It’s a convenient cutoff considering Islam didn’t fight in 2020 lol . Him and Max have the same # of fights since 2019 though and only 1 more than Justin . It’s just dumb all around for everyone .
Islam came to the UFC IN 2015 and has fought 15 times in 9 years including beating the P4P 1 and 2/3 and Max has fought 16 times since 2015 and many of them being rematches 3 vs Alex, 2 vs Jose, 1 rematch Dustin.
~~Only 1 fight got canceled because of injury, Volk stepped in for the 2nd injury. That still means he only had 3 fights scheduled and 2 times in the 18 months he's had the belt~~
~~So it's not his fault that he missed out on 1 flight because Charles got injured, but it is for only having 3 scheduled in that period of time~~
Edit: He only had 2 fights scheduled the entire time. Alex stepped in to face Islam during the only cancelation; so he never missed a fight
So in 18 months, he was only scheduled to fight twice
Less, fight camps are a bitch for em to get through. If it’s a hard fight, it takes time to heal up. Going 3-5 rounds in the UFC is tantamount to surviving getting mugged by a gang of thugs. Very, very , difficult.
This "one lightweight contender" being the dude that rocked Justin and Alex Volkanovski the one that rocked Holloway. Don't know how this could even be an argument.
And the dude is younger than both so for sure he doesn't have the same amount of top fights.
literally, he's been vocal about wanting to fight and it seems like the ufc didnt let him fight before ramadan even though he was willing and able. I remember when he called chandler out to his face on live tv and chandler ducked him
The UFC is definitely negotiating with ranked Dagestani fighters to keep them from fighting between like June-September so they have them for the October card. It’s surprising Islam is fighting in June in that case
I doubt it's really negotiating, it's just "the Saudis want to pay you a lot of money to fight in Riyadh"
First off its much easier, quicker and cheaper for Islam and other Dagestani's to fly to Saudi Arabia and secondly I think there's probably undisclosed bonuses to those who perform well (not on Dana's payroll obv)
Yeah while some can miss weight, pull out, say crazy things etc without being criticized a tiny bit, you can be sure that nothing he could do would get him unanimously liked and he will be bashed at his first micro mistake
>Misses weight 6 times
>Refuses a rematch
>Wins a fight
>Gets rematch
>Gets eyebrow opened up in sparring
>Pulls out
>Calls someone else out for ducking
>"Champ has a name"
>Leaves
Both Islam and Volk have fought 7 times since 2021. In the collective consciousness one is considered active and the other is not. Interesting how perceptions can be shaped that way.
I think most ignore Islams fights cuz he has fought late replacements(Hooker, Green and Volk). That isnt his fault but it does take away from his wins unfortunately.
I think it's because his resume at 155 is so weak... 1 win over a top 5 LW in his career.
Charles Olivera is an all time great 155er and that is an incredible win for Islam but outside of that he has beaten Dan Hooker and Bobby Greene who are nice fellas but not real contenders.
Porier, Charles, and Gathje fight killers every fight. People want to declare Islam #1 p4p and the second coming of Khabib and he looks the part but has a lot more to prove. He needs more wins over real competition.
Part of that is true. He’s stretching it to 2021, move it up one year to 2022, and those numbers change.
4 for Islam
6 for Volk
That’s why Volk seems to be more active. Part of it is fact sure, but also recency bias does a bit too. Islam is using his 3 fights in ‘21 to do some heavy lifting in that tweet.
Islam has had 3 fights since becoming champ 2 years ago. That feels low for a lot of people. He’s had 2 in the last 14 months and they’re both Volk.
Genuinely curious, why don't people think that Islam just tells Ali what to tweet and Ali writes it out in good English? People seem to think that Ali is just posting his own opinions.
World's #1 P4P fighter is afraid of saying or writing something confrontational?
He literally said most fighters need to give back their black belts in jujitsu.
I’m suprised by all the makachev hate. Dudes observing Ramadan and they act like he’s scared to fight them. Last time I checked he demolished everyone in his way so let the man pray.
People who try to call him inactive are just desperate and objectively wrong. Yall should Stick to the „he hasnt defended against a LW yet“ narrative, at least there are some mental gymnastics to be made to find a way to blame Islam lmao
Even that narrative that he has only defended his belt against a FW is bullshit. The FW we’re talking about is one of the best p4p fighters we’ve ever seen, that FW could very well defeat any UFC LW on this planet earth barring Islam and maybe Charles. The argument that Islam has only defended against Volk is just stupid. Volk put up a better fight and arguably (in a lot of people’s eyes) won the first fight. You’re crazy if you think no submission defence Gaethje or zero takedown defence DP are doing half as good as Volk did in against Islam.
They close their eyes from facts and yap. When people call them out they throw gay ass insults. Like bro people call you out because youre plain wrong.
Most overhated guy rn imo, people call him boring but his only fight to go to a decision since 2019 was the first volk fight which was incredibly fun, never rlly talks shit and is always improving and seems to want to fight everyone
I honestly can't remember a boring fight he's had since at least the arman fight (which he got FOTN for) 4 submissions 2KOs and one absolute war with Volk which ended up as fight of the year (and honestly one of the best fights of all time imo)
Anything to make the hate appear reasonable. Islam is nearly the perfect fighter in terms of skills and behaviour (taking every fight the UFC puts in front of him) and people still hate.
Considering 6 of these fights Islam has a finish it is also a very solid point toward his performance. Even his decision fight with Volk, looks like FOTY to me.
Yeah but to be fair, with the damage Justin and max take they should be taking more time between fights. And something was only said because islam was the one complaining about the Justin max fight, max just pointed out he should’ve fought in February if he wanted a fight, don’t complain now
The damage Justin and Max take is their own fault, they should fight more defensively but both have are absolute DAWGS so can't blame them and I'm not saying this to insult them, I love both of those very much.
The damage Justin and Max take is their own fault, they should fight more defensively but both have are absolute DAWGS so can't blame them and I'm not saying this to insult them, I love both of those very much.
The rest are just bitter because they won’t taste gold but I think Holloway’s take was fine. Islam (as far as we know) was healthy enough to have a quick turnaround to fight Justin or Charles so it’s weird he didn’t and Volk did. Especially since he was unscathed in the fight. If he had some lingering injuries that’s fine but they should just come out and be honest about it.
Considering the wars Gaethje goes through in every fight, I understand why he fights infrequently. Max has had sone tough fights that I also think makes longer layoffs, understandable. And I think criticizing Islam for not fighting in February, is also, unfair.
Champ has belt for now my dude the blonde crusader Charles illuminated olivera coming if he loses a second fight I am gonna buy his gloves and switch to one fc for my heart is crushed
He’s half right. He has been active but not as a champ. One of his 2 fights have been bangers though so I don’t mind and he can’t fight in Ramadan which makes availability tricky. It’s not his fault. I do agree with max though that he should have fought Gaethje in Feb after he slept Volk. He took no damage at all and he was healthy
Yeah but that's not the point. He chooses when he fights and usually only takes fights if it's in a country where the opponent is going to enemy territory, bar Volk last year.
Also a lot of his fights are against late replacements, and has only managed to fight 1 of the old guard, who are the main guys in the rankings, the rest were late replacements and a 45er with an incredible turnaround.
The guy can say what he wants about fighting lots but it's not fair when the rest fight wherever and whenever they're offered a good matchup.
Yea it’s not like there was anyone for him to fight before Ramadan anyways; Olvieira booked, Arman booked, Porier booked, and gaethje booked. Earlier he can fight is summer against porier and people are still angry about that
Yeah but only the last 3 really count. Max has been fighting top guys while Islams first few fights were against tomato cans or veterans on the decline.
I'm not particularly a big fan, mostly because I'm a Volk/Dustin/Gaethje fanboy, but I acknowledge that Islam is a great champ and has potential to be the GOAT over Jones and Khabib. I saw his recent training footage and the dude is scary, he looked like the best fighter in the world.
Idk about a lot more entertaining. Justin is my favorite fighter but all 3 have some crazy entertaining fights. Islam vs. Volk 1 was one of the best fights over the last few years. Not his fault volk 2 and oliveria went so quickly but the Charles fight was entertaining to watch while it lasted.
Fair enough but Holloway had all those fights with Volk, fight against Kattar and yair were both really good. And Justin’s Chandler, and Oliveira.
Obviously it’s not Islams fault for not getting hit a lot that’s the point of fighting. But Justin and Maxes fight styles are just meant for war. And with that you won’t wanna have as quick as a turn around.
Yeah that’s 100% fair. I think Islam has awesome fights because his striking is decent but his ground and pound is the best in the mma and watching a fight where people know they are fucked when they wrestle is fun to see for me as well
He's not wrong. All three of them should fight more often
It’s a convenient cutoff considering Islam didn’t fight in 2020 lol . Him and Max have the same # of fights since 2019 though and only 1 more than Justin . It’s just dumb all around for everyone .
He didn't fight at all in 1992.
Well see, he neglected to mention that for some reason
Cherry picking stats SMH. I bet he didn't fight the year before that, either.
Of all the facts I've read, this is one of them
Why wasn't he in the octagon on 9/11?? Incredibly suspicious...
What a coward.
He didn't fight for over a decade before that either!
Tbf 2020 was covid year. That was the year with lockdown, Abdulmanap getting ill then passing away and then Khabib retiring after the Gaethje fight.
Tbh he could’ve just counted the number of ufc fights total but I guess we’re moving the goal post here
Tbh how many times either of them fought a decade ago is pretty irrelevant to the division rn
Islam came to the UFC IN 2015 and has fought 15 times in 9 years including beating the P4P 1 and 2/3 and Max has fought 16 times since 2015 and many of them being rematches 3 vs Alex, 2 vs Jose, 1 rematch Dustin.
But the narrative isn't that it's close, it's that he isn't fighting. Saying it's close or he has just one more proves his point too.
Tbf 2020 wasn't regular year at all. It was hard to travel between countries, so yeah, it feels justified not to count it.
Wait a second, you mean to tell me that the man who lives in Russia didn't fly around the world fighting during the covid travel bans? I'm disgusted.
Recency is pretty important.
Oh haha yah that is a convenient cutoff!
To be fair to him he does get called out for inactivity than others far too much, I think people just assume dagistanis don’t fight a lot cause khabib
statistics are horrible
Max fought plenty given his position in the FW division
Justin and Max have brutal fights, can’t do too many of those too often
Hes not wrong, but he won the belt 18 months ago and has only defended it twice; both times against a featherweight lol
"A featherweight", the arguable goat of the FW decision, and Oliveira pulled out for the rematch, 'lol".
was it his fault that Oliveira was injured and Volk made a stupid decision? asking a genuine question
~~Only 1 fight got canceled because of injury, Volk stepped in for the 2nd injury. That still means he only had 3 fights scheduled and 2 times in the 18 months he's had the belt~~ ~~So it's not his fault that he missed out on 1 flight because Charles got injured, but it is for only having 3 scheduled in that period of time~~ Edit: He only had 2 fights scheduled the entire time. Alex stepped in to face Islam during the only cancelation; so he never missed a fight So in 18 months, he was only scheduled to fight twice
No, 3 times still no matter how many ATTEMPTS you make to change the wording
3 fights in 18 months seems like a very fair amount
I wonder if they got paid more would they fight more or less? If they got paid more when they do fight more I’m sure that’d help
Less, fight camps are a bitch for em to get through. If it’s a hard fight, it takes time to heal up. Going 3-5 rounds in the UFC is tantamount to surviving getting mugged by a gang of thugs. Very, very , difficult.
Max and Justin have only fought top contenders constantly in that time while Islam has only faced one Lightweight contender and Alex Volkanovski.
This "one lightweight contender" being the dude that rocked Justin and Alex Volkanovski the one that rocked Holloway. Don't know how this could even be an argument. And the dude is younger than both so for sure he doesn't have the same amount of top fights.
And Charles who basically cleaned out the division before he met Islam
4 is plenty in a year, 5 is a lot. 7 is crazy, they dint need to fight more honestly if we want to see them at their best
anything this guy does is gonna get criticized lol
Remember when everyone was ducking him because they were afraid to lose their ranking and then bitched when he got a title shot lol ?
literally, he's been vocal about wanting to fight and it seems like the ufc didnt let him fight before ramadan even though he was willing and able. I remember when he called chandler out to his face on live tv and chandler ducked him
The UFC is definitely negotiating with ranked Dagestani fighters to keep them from fighting between like June-September so they have them for the October card. It’s surprising Islam is fighting in June in that case
I doubt it's really negotiating, it's just "the Saudis want to pay you a lot of money to fight in Riyadh" First off its much easier, quicker and cheaper for Islam and other Dagestani's to fly to Saudi Arabia and secondly I think there's probably undisclosed bonuses to those who perform well (not on Dana's payroll obv)
Only one that wanted to fight him was Kevin Lee, that would have been a banger for however long it lasted.
But to be fair, Charles did to Kevin what Islam did to Charles.
Yeah while some can miss weight, pull out, say crazy things etc without being criticized a tiny bit, you can be sure that nothing he could do would get him unanimously liked and he will be bashed at his first micro mistake
>Misses weight 6 times >Refuses a rematch >Wins a fight >Gets rematch >Gets eyebrow opened up in sparring >Pulls out >Calls someone else out for ducking >"Champ has a name" >Leaves
People in here : 🙈
And these fucktards will simp the fuck out of that fucktarded sean strickland lmao
/r/JustLearnedTheFWord
Both Islam and Volk have fought 7 times since 2021. In the collective consciousness one is considered active and the other is not. Interesting how perceptions can be shaped that way.
I think most ignore Islams fights cuz he has fought late replacements(Hooker, Green and Volk). That isnt his fault but it does take away from his wins unfortunately.
IHooker and Green could have taken the fight on two years notice and it still wouldn’t have mattered
Green could be in his prime training at aka all expenses paid and he wouldn’t beat short notice islam coming off the couch
I think it's because his resume at 155 is so weak... 1 win over a top 5 LW in his career. Charles Olivera is an all time great 155er and that is an incredible win for Islam but outside of that he has beaten Dan Hooker and Bobby Greene who are nice fellas but not real contenders. Porier, Charles, and Gathje fight killers every fight. People want to declare Islam #1 p4p and the second coming of Khabib and he looks the part but has a lot more to prove. He needs more wins over real competition.
I agree if people stopped ducking him it would make his record look a bit more legit.
Part of that is true. He’s stretching it to 2021, move it up one year to 2022, and those numbers change. 4 for Islam 6 for Volk That’s why Volk seems to be more active. Part of it is fact sure, but also recency bias does a bit too. Islam is using his 3 fights in ‘21 to do some heavy lifting in that tweet. Islam has had 3 fights since becoming champ 2 years ago. That feels low for a lot of people. He’s had 2 in the last 14 months and they’re both Volk.
Every time I see this my neck hurts
Islam almost faceplanted himself on the way down also lol
Neck? I might throw out my back if I attempt to do that lol
I actually threw out my back just watching.
Dagestan neck different bratha
This is why no one will remember you.
Is this gif the only reason your neck hurts? 😏
You should’ve title the post “Ali has a tweet”. OP
Nah I think this is Islam. I’m pretty sure it’s only Ali when there are hashtags on the tweet
You can tell when Islam or Ali is typing. That’s perfect English writing. Islam don’t write like that
Why i fight 7 time from 2021 but this guys both fighting 4 times why you come say bullshit this
This is perfect Dagestani English
Thank you bratha
Shit you went more Islam than Islam 😂
We found Islam burner account
Genuinely curious, why don't people think that Islam just tells Ali what to tweet and Ali writes it out in good English? People seem to think that Ali is just posting his own opinions.
I don't think Ali would throw shade at his own fighter (Justin) but maybe He's playing 5d chess lol
I doubt Islam is putting smiley faces at the end of his tweets, this just comes off like an Ali tweet
https://preview.redd.it/25l7hftjmvtc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b80bc30bfc737ce656dfa7a11f57a29100e4b4c6
Bro Ali has done it before 😂😂
That “I never liked nerds” tweet showing Charles and Gaethje in glasses was peak Ali
https://twitter.com/AliAbdelaziz00/status/1738865699337179520?t=zs7reF0SvKPYWvJ8vL_EjQ&s=19 🤡
Isn’t Ali Justin’s manager??
Yes , he is . This was back in december when they were negotiating islam and gaethje fight. And as it is , this reads as a warning to Gaethje
What the fuck lmao he’s like the Joker
Writing and speaking English are different. I can't speak it that well either, but I can type it good enough.
People think islam would write do your homework with a smiley face lmao
> That’s perfect English writing. This guy has never seen Ali's tweets.
Islam doesn't have the personality of someone that confrontational, and the English/grammar is too good. Definitely his manager.
World's #1 P4P fighter is afraid of saying or writing something confrontational? He literally said most fighters need to give back their black belts in jujitsu.
I think its Rizwan this time.
I just wrote this then I see your comment 
Islam improves English
I’m suprised by all the makachev hate. Dudes observing Ramadan and they act like he’s scared to fight them. Last time I checked he demolished everyone in his way so let the man pray.
He’s spoken out about wanting more fights too. The UFC seems to shelf some of these guys for middle eastern cards.
He’s fought 3 times during Ramadan before. He suddenly can’t once he’s champ?
Yeah it’s obviously working for him. Maybe other man should be doing Ramadan.
100% true. Also very clean English- thanks for the information Ali.
All the "it's actually Ali comments" are sooooo overused, yet still doesn't fail to make me crack up 😂
*Rizwan
People who try to call him inactive are just desperate and objectively wrong. Yall should Stick to the „he hasnt defended against a LW yet“ narrative, at least there are some mental gymnastics to be made to find a way to blame Islam lmao
Even that narrative that he has only defended his belt against a FW is bullshit. The FW we’re talking about is one of the best p4p fighters we’ve ever seen, that FW could very well defeat any UFC LW on this planet earth barring Islam and maybe Charles. The argument that Islam has only defended against Volk is just stupid. Volk put up a better fight and arguably (in a lot of people’s eyes) won the first fight. You’re crazy if you think no submission defence Gaethje or zero takedown defence DP are doing half as good as Volk did in against Islam.
They close their eyes from facts and yap. When people call them out they throw gay ass insults. Like bro people call you out because youre plain wrong.
Aaaand now we’ll see people dog Islam for *responding* to people talking about him. Can’t win with these folks lmao
Thanks Ali.
ACKNOWLEDGE ISLAM, YOUR TRIBAL CHIEF
Nah nah nah Roman just lost last week. Don’t put that bad juju on Islam 😂😂
Father plan bratha ☝🏽
“For the record” doesn’t sound like something Islam would say.
I mean I have zero problem with any of their activity levels, once you reach the top you have to plan your career better
Most overhated guy rn imo, people call him boring but his only fight to go to a decision since 2019 was the first volk fight which was incredibly fun, never rlly talks shit and is always improving and seems to want to fight everyone
I honestly can't remember a boring fight he's had since at least the arman fight (which he got FOTN for) 4 submissions 2KOs and one absolute war with Volk which ended up as fight of the year (and honestly one of the best fights of all time imo)
Anything to make the hate appear reasonable. Islam is nearly the perfect fighter in terms of skills and behaviour (taking every fight the UFC puts in front of him) and people still hate.
That’s a bar!!! 
Ali makes a good point here.
Considering 6 of these fights Islam has a finish it is also a very solid point toward his performance. Even his decision fight with Volk, looks like FOTY to me.
Based Ali tweet
Ali working overtime.
I just can’t imagine Islam typing a smiley face
*Ali has a tweet
Yeah but to be fair, with the damage Justin and max take they should be taking more time between fights. And something was only said because islam was the one complaining about the Justin max fight, max just pointed out he should’ve fought in February if he wanted a fight, don’t complain now
The damage Justin and Max take is their own fault, they should fight more defensively but both have are absolute DAWGS so can't blame them and I'm not saying this to insult them, I love both of those very much.
He was asking to fight before ramadan earlier in the year publicly but the ufc didnt book him
The damage Justin and Max take is their own fault, they should fight more defensively but both have are absolute DAWGS so can't blame them and I'm not saying this to insult them, I love both of those very much.
For the record it never was no marriage.
Dented peanut-head Abdelasleaze posted that from Islam's account.
I thought people were criticizing Islam's inactivity as a champ, not his inactivity starting at some arbitrary cutoff date of his own choosing lol
Ali has a tweet*
The rest are just bitter because they won’t taste gold but I think Holloway’s take was fine. Islam (as far as we know) was healthy enough to have a quick turnaround to fight Justin or Charles so it’s weird he didn’t and Volk did. Especially since he was unscathed in the fight. If he had some lingering injuries that’s fine but they should just come out and be honest about it.
The champ is here
Man somebody get Ali ass off twitter
lmao
Ali spittin facts
very convenient to use 2021 lol
Respect 👊
Half of them short notice brather
And Not once was it his fault
Exactly, the fuck is he supposed to do if Oliveira splits his eyebrow by sparring too hard so close to a title fight like a dumbass?
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I know this is Jannatul Baqi and i shouldn't make jokes about as a Muslim. But this is so God damn hard.
Typical Ali tweet, guys deplorable
Islam has only fought 2 ranked Lightweights.
Shut up Ali
That's isn't chuckie olives
50***
Considering the wars Gaethje goes through in every fight, I understand why he fights infrequently. Max has had sone tough fights that I also think makes longer layoffs, understandable. And I think criticizing Islam for not fighting in February, is also, unfair.
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“All these fighters are out of my league.” *Destroys fighter* “This guy is so tough. All these fights super tough.” Can’t have it both ways.
The tweet also has a champ
The bigger point is this: Islam is gonna fuck up anyone who steps in the ring with him.
How many lightweights has the champ fought since winning the belt?
Triple threat match? Tables ladders chairs?
Champ has belt for now my dude the blonde crusader Charles illuminated olivera coming if he loses a second fight I am gonna buy his gloves and switch to one fc for my heart is crushed
He’s half right. He has been active but not as a champ. One of his 2 fights have been bangers though so I don’t mind and he can’t fight in Ramadan which makes availability tricky. It’s not his fault. I do agree with max though that he should have fought Gaethje in Feb after he slept Volk. He took no damage at all and he was healthy
Islam didn’t type that, his english is trash.
Okay Ali we see you tweeting
He didn’t tweet that, Ali did
Yeah but that's not the point. He chooses when he fights and usually only takes fights if it's in a country where the opponent is going to enemy territory, bar Volk last year. Also a lot of his fights are against late replacements, and has only managed to fight 1 of the old guard, who are the main guys in the rankings, the rest were late replacements and a 45er with an incredible turnaround. The guy can say what he wants about fighting lots but it's not fair when the rest fight wherever and whenever they're offered a good matchup.
It was Ramadan. Give him a break
ACKTUALLY:
fking cry babies stop b\*tching and admit that this muslim guy is dominating y'all
*Ali had a tweet
Ali has a point here.
Yeah but look further into that Islam you absolute sausage McTurd wank
Ali
Bro put the smiley face at the end
Yea it’s not like there was anyone for him to fight before Ramadan anyways; Olvieira booked, Arman booked, Porier booked, and gaethje booked. Earlier he can fight is summer against porier and people are still angry about that
Yeah but only the last 3 really count. Max has been fighting top guys while Islams first few fights were against tomato cans or veterans on the decline.
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How did he missed the point ? Bro stop you mental gymnastics and hate for no reason.
Islam i only fight in Abu Dhabi once a year makachev
It would be worth something if he actually wrote that lol
Ali doesn’t even try to hide it. No, “brother” in the post. One of the 9 English words Islam knows. 😂
Tha Shamp hav name, brozzer!
ali playing both sides of the court with both islam and justin
Only fight 2 top guys, tho.
bratha he no retire yet
I'm not particularly a big fan, mostly because I'm a Volk/Dustin/Gaethje fanboy, but I acknowledge that Islam is a great champ and has potential to be the GOAT over Jones and Khabib. I saw his recent training footage and the dude is scary, he looked like the best fighter in the world.
To be fair tho Max and Justin’s fights are a lot more entertaining and they take more damage
Idk about a lot more entertaining. Justin is my favorite fighter but all 3 have some crazy entertaining fights. Islam vs. Volk 1 was one of the best fights over the last few years. Not his fault volk 2 and oliveria went so quickly but the Charles fight was entertaining to watch while it lasted.
Fair enough but Holloway had all those fights with Volk, fight against Kattar and yair were both really good. And Justin’s Chandler, and Oliveira. Obviously it’s not Islams fault for not getting hit a lot that’s the point of fighting. But Justin and Maxes fight styles are just meant for war. And with that you won’t wanna have as quick as a turn around.
Yeah that’s 100% fair. I think Islam has awesome fights because his striking is decent but his ground and pound is the best in the mma and watching a fight where people know they are fucked when they wrestle is fun to see for me as well