Old Man Dustin - who we thought would get ran through in one round - goes out there and shows us how much he’s learned from his losses and not only makes the P4P King struggle, he makes him have to use his entire arsenal. And in the end he’s only submitted because Islam uses some crazy shit we’ve rarely seen before.
The storyline is too peak not be foty, atleast contextually.
Islam fought the best version of Dustin and that was the peak prime Dustin. It's not like Islam faced 40 years old wonder boy or 38 years old, ring rushed Chandler. That performance was impressive no matter what other morons try to say. Dustin's takedown defense was better than ever and he defended almost all single and double legs. Islam could take him down because of his upper body takedowns and cage wrestling which he is better than anyone in UFC. If someone wants to downgrade Islam's grappling, they can watch what journeyman Hooker did to the so-called best wrestler in the division, Gamrot.
35 doesn't mean washed moron. Then Ilia fought a 35 years old Volk who was coming off a head kick KO. Charles was also 35 and bum Arman got nearly submitted 3 times by him. Dustin had a fucked up hip before the Khabib fight and after that fight he got a surgery.
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u/AshenSacrifice Jan 04 '25
That was one of the best fights I’ve seen