UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan compared former and current promotion champions Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev.
"The best control in the parterre, of course, Khabib has. To mess around with him in the parterre, to see how he clinches, how he works with his legs, his hands, would be a big lesson for me. What Islam has, Khabib doesn't have, and vice versa. Pressing and wrestling, of course, for Khabib, and in technical terms, striking with wrestling, for Islam. Stamina for Khabib, control for Khabib. Islam is better technically, but it would be harder to fight with Khabib. He's always coming at you, always fighting, punching, punching, fighting again, setting a high pace - it's harder with him. Islam comes out, calmly starts to work - it's easier with him, you can move, and defend yourself, and play spots, who will beat whom, who will cheat whom. With Khabib it won't be like that. The first exchange, and he's already on his feet.
