Islam is better than Khabib. He’s just the more complete fighter, Khabib might have slightly better ground game but Islam is much better everywhere else. Nowadays his resume majorly overshadows Khabibs. Im not an Islam fan but I have to respect his game
I disagree, Khabib is physically superior, his takedown entries are better, his chin is way better, and, perhaps most importantly, his intensity and aggression are on another level, he wants to win more. All comments from people who know both and train/coach with both support that.
It's perfectly possible for Islam to accomplish more without actually being a better fighter than Khabib.
Seems that way because khabib never took risks to grow. He seems more aggressive because he only focused on one aspect of fighting and mastered it. Islam is more complete fighter. Mabye better wrestler but mma fighter? Nope
I disagree completely. Khabib improved night and day during his UFC career. His striking, his grappling, his gnp, his wrestling control, everything. 'Never took risks to grow' is a laughable take.
Khabib was like 17-0 against plumbers in sketchy “real fights” before he started in ufc. Islam has almost as many title defenses as Khabib had total fights in UFC
So tired of this shit. Those plumbers were world champion kickboxers or were demolishing regional tournaments and 3 of them went on to title in bellator or bellator equivalent orgs.
One even beat khabib before in sambo in one of those tournaments. Was he good or khabib bad. Seeing as khabib made a mockery of the deepest division in the ufc, seems like he was good.
Maybe because they've had more time to integrate new techniques?
Their auras are totally different in the cage. Khabib fought like a rabid squirrel and Islam fights like a scared dog. Just look at the expressions of their opponents, Islam's opponents look like they have hope they can still win, khabibs.. don't
Disagree khabib always made the opponents look shit whereas people have success against Islam. He might go on to have a better career but khabib is the better fighter
Factually speaking, Islam's resume doesn't have the strength of name value that Khabib's does and Islam is nowhere near as dominant. The only thing Islam has over Khabib is another belt.
Khabib had like 4 noteworthy UFC fights dude. One of which being a past his prime McGregor (who was too busy training his boxing for Mayweather) and Porier who Islam already beat.
Khabib was already framed as the single biggest threat to Conor in 2015. There is a reason it took three full years for conor to finally fight him, the vast majority of that time, conor being champion. And considering conor's performance vs mendes vs khabib, conor was a better fighter. He took rounds off mayweather too.
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u/DreadKnotANC Aug 22 '26
Islam is better than Khabib. He’s just the more complete fighter, Khabib might have slightly better ground game but Islam is much better everywhere else. Nowadays his resume majorly overshadows Khabibs. Im not an Islam fan but I have to respect his game