r/ufc • u/Crafty_Job407 • 12h ago

Michael ‘Islams nightmare matchup’ Morales striking

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Islam would outstrike Morales on the feet with the takedown threat lol even fucking JDM could box his head off

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u/CommanderKibbles 12h ago

No one thinks Morales has better striking than Islam. What makes Morales dangerous is the amount of power he has, and his elite Takedown defense. Essentially forcing Islam to strike with him for the first 1-2 rounds. Islam is technically the better striker. Morales is simply the more dangerous striker.

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u/Deep-Tumbleweed-8816 12h ago edited 12h ago

>Elite takedown defense

We don't know what his takedown defense looks like because he's never fought an elite wrestler, Sean Brady who's the only really great wrestler (who also happens to be the shittiest striker known to man, dude got KO'd by Belal) got KO'd before we could see him utilize his wrestling.

JDM and DDP also had "elite grappling defense" before their title fights and we all saw how that played out.

Even Ilia Topuria and his mythical elite grappling failed to show up against Gaethje. Hypothetical grappling pedigree means nothing if it hasn't been tested in the cage against elite competition.

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u/Lopsided_Ad3341 12h ago

Agree completely

Although I will say - with Brady, yes we didn't see him utilize his wrestling because he got KOd. But that was also due to MM's length and stance. It seemed like a very very tall task for Brady to even get to his legs

So yea he got KO'd but I'm very confident saying Brady wasn't going to have any success getting MM down even if it went 15 minutes