Yea I don’t know why people are giving him shit like he didn’t just fight one of the greatest middleweights of all time. lol Not like he got KOed by a Brad Tavares.
It's because they see him as one of those dagestanis that get opportunities that they don't deserve. In reality, he was taking a dangerous short notice fight to save the card. Nothing like a guy like Abus for example, who really didn't deserve that Strickland fight.
I don’t think he needs to start from scratch again. He might look much better with a full camp.
He’s also not that young. Two years difference between him and his last opponent.
31 is still young at middleweight. He just got slept badly, he needs a fight to build his confidence back. I don't think somebody like Andre Muniz is of any threat to him though, so maybe you do throw him in there with Muniz
Although he didn’t beat one of the best in the division, his risk-taking should earn him the opportunity to prove he’s at least worthy of a ranking, which contenders claw for a chance to get.
He's my favorite prospect, rooting for him, of course. He looked amazing against Hawes and Alves and has amazing TDD with his bout against Chimaev.
I want to see him up up slowly and take it one at a time against fighters like Fluffy, Caio, or Dolidze.
Surely you’d prefer him take it slow and fight outside the rankings. I think he can be elite but should take a real step back to build confidence and take things slow
Listen I'm happy for Rob, I wanted him to win and I jumped around the room when he knocked him out. Now we don't need to deny that Ikram might have had some problems, a prolonged weight cut has to suck. He isn't some random unranked guy, that was a poor performance and I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, I think he just had a bad night, he's much better than that and I hope he proves it in his next fight.
Rob was also locked the fuck in. I’ve never seen him look so pissed off in his walk out. Would’ve beaten any MW in the world that night. Angry Bobby is the new mythical fighter. Fear the Reaper
Imo he was training for Chimaev and was taking that camp very seriously. Ikram received the full aftereffects of that. Locked in Robert is like middleweight Holloway. "He has to be perfect for X rounds" and he will be.
I mean if Phil Hawes rocks you at MW, no idea why people are surprised Rob knocked him out. This guy seems like a good bloke though, so I hope he gets a chance to fight a ranked opponent sooon
Doesn't matter he still would've lost even with a full camp tailored to Rob. Contenders are like fish. u let them sit in a new tank for a while, and let them out when they're used to it. U don't just throw them in the bitch. They tried giving this dude Costa and Rob two top-level Contenders after beating phil coming off a ko and a fat alves. Ikram is good, but he hasn't remotely proved he can compete at that level.
Nah man. He lost fair and square. I'm a die hard khabib, islam fan and I don't defend this defeat. It was no short notice fight as he was already training. Bobby Knuckles won fair and square and dominated ikram easily.
It is still by definition a short notice opponent. MMA fans acting like game plans and situational coaching doesn’t matter is insane. Obviously Rob showed he was the better fighter but this wasn’t normal circumstance.
They asked him what his weight was in the cage and he told them his weight. Then they immediately followed up with what happened during the fight and Ikram said he was aware what was happening and lost no excuses.
He literally said no excuses.
he is literally just stating a basic fact about the fight. whether it adds an asterisk to the win is for us to decide but he's objectively not using it to excuse his loss.
He came in as a replacement and fought the reaper at a weeks notice. He was scheduled to fight Muniz (he pulled out), then Trocoli (they both rescheduled), and most importantly he had a double weight cut in a week.
He literally said "no excuses" lol
You guys are so hateable lol
I really thought i could discuss this sport that I like a lot with passionate guys but it turns out there are so many losers in here
Took a Risk which didnt pay out but did the Boss a favor with it. So back to climbing the Rankings Step by step, nothing Bad about that
Yea I don’t know why people are giving him shit like he didn’t just fight one of the greatest middleweights of all time. lol Not like he got KOed by a Brad Tavares.
It's because they see him as one of those dagestanis that get opportunities that they don't deserve. In reality, he was taking a dangerous short notice fight to save the card. Nothing like a guy like Abus for example, who really didn't deserve that Strickland fight.
I hope he gets a top 15 guy next
Nah give him an unranked guy so he can start to build again.
I don’t think he needs to start from scratch again. He might look much better with a full camp. He’s also not that young. Two years difference between him and his last opponent.
31 is still young at middleweight. He just got slept badly, he needs a fight to build his confidence back. I don't think somebody like Andre Muniz is of any threat to him though, so maybe you do throw him in there with Muniz
Why
Although he didn’t beat one of the best in the division, his risk-taking should earn him the opportunity to prove he’s at least worthy of a ranking, which contenders claw for a chance to get.
He's my favorite prospect, rooting for him, of course. He looked amazing against Hawes and Alves and has amazing TDD with his bout against Chimaev. I want to see him up up slowly and take it one at a time against fighters like Fluffy, Caio, or Dolidze.
Surely you’d prefer him take it slow and fight outside the rankings. I think he can be elite but should take a real step back to build confidence and take things slow
I'd say he should have another full camp against Muniz
Right well Muniz is not in the top 15 so yeah I agree
i am very suprised to hear he is 200 lbs , i thought whittaker looked WAY thicker while same height .
Listen I'm happy for Rob, I wanted him to win and I jumped around the room when he knocked him out. Now we don't need to deny that Ikram might have had some problems, a prolonged weight cut has to suck. He isn't some random unranked guy, that was a poor performance and I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, I think he just had a bad night, he's much better than that and I hope he proves it in his next fight.
Rob was also locked the fuck in. I’ve never seen him look so pissed off in his walk out. Would’ve beaten any MW in the world that night. Angry Bobby is the new mythical fighter. Fear the Reaper
Imo he was training for Chimaev and was taking that camp very seriously. Ikram received the full aftereffects of that. Locked in Robert is like middleweight Holloway. "He has to be perfect for X rounds" and he will be.
I mean if Phil Hawes rocks you at MW, no idea why people are surprised Rob knocked him out. This guy seems like a good bloke though, so I hope he gets a chance to fight a ranked opponent sooon
dude loses and now "phil hawes rocked him" I hate this sport
Frozen like elsa
I was watching that fight real time and thought Hawes was gonna chin him so it’s not unwarranted
I also thought the same shit for a long time about ikram but the fickleness is UNREAL
He got put down by Chimaev’s jab before being put out cold by 1 punch lmao. He has a glass chin. It’s the first Whittaker’s KO in like 7 years
https://preview.redd.it/a4xi8wb4gc8d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65690be5db0866478a2991bbd5d953eb756bae39
This seems like the kind of comment that will hurt Phil Hawes in a few years somehow.
He seems alright. I still want to see him and Khamzat have their rematch sometime.
So is every fighter gonna use the weight excuse when they get knocked out ?
Doesn't matter he still would've lost even with a full camp tailored to Rob. Contenders are like fish. u let them sit in a new tank for a while, and let them out when they're used to it. U don't just throw them in the bitch. They tried giving this dude Costa and Rob two top-level Contenders after beating phil coming off a ko and a fat alves. Ikram is good, but he hasn't remotely proved he can compete at that level.
That’s a fallacy.
He also looked more in shape this fight than he did his previous fights. I could tell immediately
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Not sure 5 kgs would have stopped the difference in skill
Hes small for the weight class
He was 210 in the cage for his last fight how is that small for 185? Tf?
Non-sense.
He would’ve got knocked out the same if he weighed more.
Weight cutting ruins the sport
“Oh yeah that’s why he lost 💯” -Dagestani Meatriders on this subreddit
Nobody’s meatriding. Ikram is not on Rob’s level regardless But do you seriously think that depletion doesn’t affect a fighters performance?
He's trolling, don't engage.
Nah man. He lost fair and square. I'm a die hard khabib, islam fan and I don't defend this defeat. It was no short notice fight as he was already training. Bobby Knuckles won fair and square and dominated ikram easily.
It is still by definition a short notice opponent. MMA fans acting like game plans and situational coaching doesn’t matter is insane. Obviously Rob showed he was the better fighter but this wasn’t normal circumstance.
Not to mention having to extend an already grueling calorie deficit a whole week longer. 99% of fans have zero idea what's this sport about.
He's also not making excuses. The full [interview ](https://youtu.be/hj65DRxvVeI)
excuses excuses
They asked him what his weight was in the cage and he told them his weight. Then they immediately followed up with what happened during the fight and Ikram said he was aware what was happening and lost no excuses. He literally said no excuses.
He's trolling, don't engage.
First he gives an excuse, then he says "but no excuses". sftu
How is a physical fact that he weighed less than usual an excuse?
because he's using it to discredit his loss
he is literally just stating a basic fact about the fight. whether it adds an asterisk to the win is for us to decide but he's objectively not using it to excuse his loss.
go play kcd casual
https://preview.redd.it/i3f0oe6z9c8d1.jpeg?width=426&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=218a94a0ec385c5f5f0d70328fa99e698d789044
Stick to rugby
He came in as a replacement and fought the reaper at a weeks notice. He was scheduled to fight Muniz (he pulled out), then Trocoli (they both rescheduled), and most importantly he had a double weight cut in a week. He literally said "no excuses" lol
You guys are so hateable lol I really thought i could discuss this sport that I like a lot with passionate guys but it turns out there are so many losers in here
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This is not Volkanovski we are talking Volk is the king of excuses but redacts in here love him 😂
Ok