Can you believe this kid only debuted in the same year as fellow fresh-faced wunderkind Stipe Miocic and only a year before exciting future prospects like Paul Felder and Ronda Rousey? And here he is already fighting the number 15 guy in the division?!
He only debuted well before or within a few months of:
1. The last 3 flyweight champions
2. The last 2 bantamweight champions
3. The last 2 featherweight champions
4. The welterweight champion
5. The middleweight champion
6. The last 2 heavyweight champions
And he's already beaten Kajan Johnson!
Imagine what he will have accomplished when his career has been as long as his mentor Khabib's was...in a whole year from now?
I'm just worried they are going to rush this kid into a title fight too soon with all the hype surrounding him. If he goes up against a grizzled veteran like Dustin Poirier, he'll be giving up literally months of professional MMA experience.
He only debuted well before or within a few months of:
1. The last 3 flyweight champions
2. The last 2 bantamweight champions
3. The last 2 featherweight champions
4. The welterweight champion
5. The middleweight champion
6. The last 2 heavyweight champions
And he's already beaten Kajan Johnson!
Imagine what he will have accomplished when his career has been as long as his mentor Khabib's was...in a whole year from now?
I'm just worried they are going to rush this kid into a title fight too soon with all the hype surrounding him. If he goes up against a grizzled veteran like Dustin Poirier, he'll be giving up literally months of professional MMA experience.