Mma Talk

Glad 2025 is finally starting deliver. It was an awful 8 months honestly

 

lol, Merab starting to run circles around the division.

UFC Bantamweight top 15
1 Sean O'Malley
2 Umar Nurmagomedov
2 Petr Yan
4 Cory Sandhagen
5 Song Yadong
6 Deiveson Figueiredo
7 Marlon Vera
8 Mario Bautista
9 Aiemann Zahabi
10 Henry Cejudo

Yadong recently lost to Yan, but then he beat Cejudo.
Figueiredo lost to Yan and Sandhagen back to back, but got a sweep upset win over #15 ranked Montel Jackson in his last fight.
Vera lost his last two fights to O´Malley and Figueiredo
Bautista is on a solid 8 fight win streak.
Zahabi is on a 6 fight win streak.

So basically Merab has beaten half of the division, and then 3 of the remaining 5 guys have recently lost fights to guys Merab has beaten. Only 2 guys who have no triangle theory linkage with Merab.

 

What were the records of all these fighters? Cejudo is way past his peak.

 

That´s not the point.

 

Fair point—MMAGURU (The MMA Guru on YouTube) has critiqued Merab's style as boring or grappling-heavy, especially after wins like vs. O'Malley. Opinions vary in MMA; some love his wrestling dominance. What's your take on his fights?

 

I think his fights are hit or miss, enjoyable when watching live, but there is not a lot of replay value there.

 

okay