Shavkat LOSES to Belal...but why? (Belal Muhammad vs Shavkat Rakhmonov)

[@TheWeasleMMA]

The wrestling aspect of his game, just isn't strong enough to beat Belal. He does have good cardio, but the fight was slow paced. Belal could exhaust him in the later rounds.

[@iviwediko7210]

🔆Aspinall-Jones ☝️ Or Makhachev-Topuria ✌️ (What's your pick for 2025??) 💯

[@TheWeasleMMA]

@iviwediko7210 Islam vs Ilia but both are great

[@gamesite007]

Why are you lying to people.. Shavkat and Belal never fought.. Only posting for clickbait

[@TheWeasleMMA]

@gamesite007 Of course they didn't fight yet, the fight hasn't been announced. The video is about why I think Shavkat loses to Belal.

[@Todo_fighting]

​@TheWeasleMMA you forgot to mention Ian garry was training for Buckley, who was gonnna shoot on him.

[@1994mrmysteryman]

I think people are jumping to conclusions too quickly. It goes from "he's going to run through Belal" to "he stands no chance against Belal". Same thing with Khamzat when he had a tough fight with Usman. "He doesn't stand a chance against Whittaker".

[@diunx]

Same with Izzy when he went to a decision with Vettori

[@AJAY.Dahone]

MMA fans are stupid

[@bharatnegi82]

True

[@ForeverMMA]

It’s not the same. Usman is better than Whittaker.

[@Sixsoul]

Crazy overreaction here. And saying belal is the best WW is insane

[@easy_eight2810]

People are giving Shavkat the same treatment as when Khamzat went a close decision against Usman 😕

[@PrashantSingh-711]

Even the Gilbert one.. People easily change their stance. Everyone is as good as their last performance

[@MakachevIsLWdivisionDaddy]

Don't ever compare this guy with the beast Chimaev and don't ever compare Kamaru Usman with Ian Gary.

[@MartialArtsNk]

Except Garry is not even half as good as Usman. And it wasn't a close decision, I was disappointed with Khamzat badly, but after rewatching that fight Khamzat won literally every round.

[@m.j.e.5245]

Ian has the ability to make any fight bad and boring, even when losing. Blame Ian not shavkat

[@MartialArtsNk]

@@m.j.e.5245 Doesn't matters, he ain't gonna do that vs MVP if MVP could grapple. Couldn't do it vs Buckley, nor Belal.

[@Playaboy5]

Everybody ready to jump off a hype train when a fighter doesn’t squash somebody 😂

[@johnlynch8947]

I know. People's opinions change like the wind. Shavkat is still a monster.

[@_Shake_i]

Fr

[@AJAY.Dahone]

Shavkat fought with a torn MCL. Shavkat finished Belal

[@aboodthebest7726]

​@@AJAY.Dahone nah

[@gcoffey223]

As if Belal moves like Ian. Belal will be an easy target by walking forward looking for a takedown. Leon reversed Belal how many times? Imagine the knees and elbows Belal eats in the clinch. Good luck Belal, he will need it

[@DanaBlackp4p]

Sean brady is the 2nd best welterweight 😂😂😂. He beat a 38 year old burns and fat Gastelum yall overrating him

[@ianduran3193]

Yeah I'm not sold on Brady at all with who's he's beaten so far. I don't get why he's been getting so much hype recently.

[@johnylalrina1451]

Amen.

[@Vebol785]

Yeah exactly I never even heard of Brady before lmao

[@1994mrmysteryman]

@@ianduran3193 and the fight vs. Burns was very unimpressive

[@thememeconnoisseur4088]

Gastelum was coming off a win and hadn't been finished in years

[@AVCASA-n8t]

Damn I remember years ago people were clowning on Sean Brady because he get TKO by Belal, now he's the second best Welterweight because Belal is the best xD

[@AJAY.Dahone]

Shavkat, and jdm beats Brady

[@luci4463]

😂fr

[@aboodthebest7726]

​@AJAY.Dahone jdm ain't beating brady with his non existent tdd

[@jennymartinez7968]

Just cause the weasel said it doesnt make it a fact 😂 if the weasel believes the sky’s red doesnt mean we do

[@MartialArtsNk]

@@AJAY.Dahone Brady beats JDM and Shavkat, JDM KOs Shavkat. JDM has shown too big a weakness to being controlled on the ground, even by old Burns. Great boxing but too big grappling difference.

[@briansamedy9141]

Sean Brady being the second best welterweight is a wild take 😂

[@Northwest425]

I think garry beats him tbh

[@briansamedy9141]

@@Northwest425 yea I agree I don’t think he beats Garry, JDM, Prates, Shavkat, Leon or Usman only person I’ll give him a shot against is Colby

[@hewitt16]

😂😂😂😂😂100

[@moeezalimazhar5137]

@@briansamedy9141 he walks through everyone of these lol, Brady outwrestled craig jones ffs

[@crazypato3752]

​@@moeezalimazhar5137 No he didn't. He just stayed on top of him for dear life, no subs, plus Jones wasn't allowed to use heel hooks

[@yarcusmoungbar5051]

Shavkat has one mid performance on short notice while injured and all of a sudden SEAN BRADY is the 2nd best Welterweight😂

[@Skammee]

Also Shavkat was injured vs Wonderboy and still finished him. BTW I favor Shavkat over Belal if he has recovered from the injuries and a full camp

[@pt5728]

The thing about Leon that annoys me is that I genuinely think he is arguably the most skilled, he’s just also a case of How one uses their skills.

[@TheWeasleMMA]

I agree. Leon has all the skills to be the best welterweight ever, but he fights like he's hitting mitts.

[@dinbachok6424]

Afraid to go forward, safety first

[@evilmorty8077]

Agree but will probably have more braincells than most when done

[@luci4463]

​@@dinbachok6424I mean he got wobbled by washed up Nate Diaz

[@tebogomokoena8350]

Fair​@@evilmorty8077

[@HyperBull6130]

7:45 Real question - Does Carlos Prates have dirt on you? You've been glazing him so much, despite his best win being against Neil Magny, who let's face it, isn't great competition. Now you're saying Prates would KO Shavkat? Based on what exactly? This is an insanely bad take. You are overhyping Carlos Prates due to a win over a washed Jingliang and Magny, and he's barely even been tested.

[@Moonbearings]

9:40 He says here that Prates hasn't been tested yet. I think what he means is that Prates has great potential to be one of the best.

[@konsuno8143]

He LITERALLY did not say that 😭

[@Midaim-y7m]

@@konsuno8143he clearly says he thinks Carlos would beat him.

[@MrToadGaming]

Some people look at a fighters based on there skills and not “He only beat that guy”

[@-Ice_Cold-]

Not as crazy, as ;;nobody beating Belal;;, or ''Charles hits harder than Ilia''

[@johnylalrina1451]

I cant believe people are so quick to doubt Shavkat because he didn't finish his opponent for the first time. 😅

[@m.j.e.5245]

Weasle found out he's not from dagestan so he can't glaze him 24/7 anymore

[@AttiaMokbel]

@@m.j.e.5245 but he has a point though. Kazakhs are not exactly known for producing Monsters in combat sports

[@-Ice_Cold-]

@@m.j.e.5245 Or Chechnya like ''Usman was wobbled bad by Chimaev''

[@johnelway9879]

@@m.j.e.5245Belal isn’t either so what’s your point

[@J0HNJ0RDAN]

Honestly, Belal was (and may still be) underrated. And I think Ian is probably better than many think. Not that Shavkat wasn't over hyped, but that may only be part of it.

[@CA-gk6ss]

Who won ian gary vs shavkat?

[@Northwest425]

​@@CA-gk6ssshavkat 48-47

[@Stang_Gang_8]

Saying that Sean Brady is better than Shavkat is a joke.

[@part1801]

He's not better than Buckley or Della either

[@Juel92]

I would say that Shavkat was being overrated but that's not really a knock on Shavkat. The MMA community has a tendency to overrate and overhype very quickly. Then when they fail the ridiculously high expecations they were a "Fraud" or "Never any good". The MMA community is a community of goldfish.

[@TheWeasleMMA]

I agree. Shavkat is still one of the best, but we did think he was going to destroy the other welterweights.

[@MartialArtsNk]

@@TheWeasleMMA Cause he's the biggest aura merchant in history by far. He put on that wolf hat, fought a 5'6 tall guy and "everybody" went off on how much of a monster he is... It was an embarrassment to watch.

[@m.j.e.5245]

MMA community is the dumbest and most fickle fan base in all of sports, thats why MMA communities are so bad compared to other sports discussion communities.

[@azzadineflitti3344]

@@TheWeasleMMAnah we did not

[@mattkaiser8984]

Lol how can a dude with 100% finish rate be overrated???

[@ab1nash.]

Most people fail to realize Belal didn't completely dominate Leon. He just did better for more duration during most rds than Leon. Belal did well in the 1st 3 mins of every rd except rd 3 and Leon did well the last 1:50 mins of every rd. Leon able to reverse Belal in every single rd and in rd 3 when Leon took the back of Belal he couldn't able to escape the position. Belal was doing well in the 1st 3 mins of most rds, but then got slowed down and couldn't maintain the same level of activity in the last 1:50 mins of most rds. And I personally think that was due to his age. Shavkat most likely beat him because of his youth factor imo.

[@ChocolateMilkCultLeader]

You're one of the few people that watched the fight. Belal didn't dominate as much as people pretend

[@gcoffey223]

Weasel is way wrong on this one. Belal moves forward and eats shots trying to get a takedown. Shavkat will have fun tagging Belal. What's Belal gonna do when he takes him down? Lay and pray till ge gets reversed and eat bombs from Shavkat? How does Belal win? By decision? How does he get a decision when he's going to be a bloody mess every round? Belal will be moving much slower after a few leg kicks. Shavkat has way more ways to win

[@Throwaway-ix2pe]

@@gcoffey223Thank you this is the comment I was looking for as well as not mentioning Shavkat was injured in the Wonderboy and Ian Garry fight. Even if Belal gets a takedown that ground and pound and submission threat truly isn’t dangerous enough to really affect Shavkat.

[@krispykreme2477]

Get drug tested Belal dominated

[@arystanbeck914]

Belal may be good in wrestling but Shavkat has better groundwork with his longer limbs, Belal doesn't finish, Shavkat does. Belal is very good for Shavkat stylistically, he is short, weak punch, just moving forward. Shavkat is a counter-striker who works very well on back foot, Belal's style is a gift for Shavkat.

[@akshaydixit3876]

Weasle is such a sean brady fan. Is he that good ? Who did he win against?

[@TheWeasleMMA]

@akshaydixit3876 The well-roundedness is such a big thing in MMA right now. Brady mixes his striking and wrestling well. Although Burns isn't in his prime, he still performed well against JDM and Brady, and Brady beat him both in the striking and grappling. Did better than anyone on the ground against Burns. Although I think Brady is very good, I do think some fighters can beat him stylistically. Buckley and Shavkat would be a tough fights for Brady.

[@Jdub3amigo]

@@TheWeasleMMAur a clown you’re trying your hardest to not give Buckley any credit but prates gets a chance to beat Belal tho

[@dammaguy1286]

@@TheWeasleMMA his striking is trash bro

[@c8vegas]

Brady is so good and well rounded that he’s the only fighter to ever be KO’d by Belal 😂

[@x_y0845]

@@TheWeasleMMAyou do realize that the burns that fought JDM and the one that fought Brady is not the same right? He suffered a brutal KO at an older age against Jack and was noticeably more washed against Brady in turn. Like he barely threw any meaningful strikes against Brady and let himself get backed up by Brady who has pillow hands and legit has never hurt anyone in his life with his hands.

[@ninjakicker45]

In hindsight, khamzat would've destroyed shavkot if they had fought

[@TheWeasleMMA]

Yeah, Khamzat would've ragdolled him. That was such an anticipated fight too lol

[@AlternateMichael]

Already knew this and been say this for years And I been say Belal vs Shavkat would be competitive af after Belal been training with Khabib. RIP 170, maybe Khamzat returns to save the division?

[@AlternateMichael]

​@@TheWeasleMMA.Mornin Weasle, your vids was acknowledged and posted in the UFC promos that was wild when I seen them mention you at the bar. Think it was the Kai Asakura clips. You made it man, you're truly a staple to the UFC. I love you brother

[@cawbird568]

Everyone hating on khamzat for the past year took a big fat L

[@fubusupporter5933]

@@AlternateMichaelhis videos has been used a couple of times in the UFC countdowns but always nice to see regardless

[@boyka2962]

I hate to say it but, maybe Ian Garry is just that good?

[@TheWeasleMMA]

I don't think so. He is good, he proved he's on that top contender level, but Shavkat's wrestling hasn't looked high level in any of his fights besides against Magny.

[@fubusupporter5933]

@@TheWeasleMMAsame with burns lmao seems everyone shows wrestling dominance on magny

[@m.j.e.5245]

He's the great mitigator, he can make any fight shitty

[@pewpewbbqs]

I hate to say it but I think this is correct.... It wasn't that Shavkat wasn't as good as we thought, it's that Ian is just better than we thought

[@-Ice_Cold-]

@@pewpewbbqs He shown nothing, other than TW defense and grappling skills. Cuz Shavkat didn't get finish doesn't mean he's trash

[@jaykirizz219]

MMA fans love recency bias. Youre only as good as your last fight. This is a mistake. Have you guys not learned from when you doubted Khamzat in this same way? Now you doubt Shavkat?

[@adamadict]

Wow! Recency bias is real.

[@-Ice_Cold-]

This guy is biased asf

[@ikrams4409]

But tbf who has shavkhat beat? Thompson, Neal and Garry? Not really the highest rated fighters at ww

[@bigbrotherimprovement]

Bro did not say Sean Brady 🤣😭

[@activeunsub]

U overestimate Brady too. There's no way he's the 2nd best WW. He crumbles if his wrestling/grappling isn't superior bc his striking isn't all that good. He fought the corpse of Burns who was gun shy like when Woodley was shock worn. Brady was pieced up by Chiesa on the feet. Any top WW that can deal with his wrestling/grappling e.g Belal, Shavkat, Buckley, Ian, even Usman, etc will stop those attacks then piece him up on the feet, with pressure.

[@matthewparsons6496]

Ian Garry is a black belt in judo. He is hard to take down in the clinch. This gets overlooked.

[@TheLazyMysticClips]

If that spinning round kick woulda landed on Ian and ko’d him, we would still be calling him a world beater. But since that didn’t happen, and he got cancelled out by Ian.. he can get beat by the entire top 5 now lol

[@Peter-dk2ov]

Bro the Garry disrespect in this video is outrageous

[@Jeremy-lm1gh]

Rare Weasel miss on this one.

[@alanwide4364]

The weasel is the epitome of those fickle mind mma fans..Khamzat went to a decision and even drop not once but twice ..

[@MrFizzery]

Dudes be so quick to judge off a performance so many reasons why he looked slow him being overrated is not one of them

[@LWT80]

What do you judge them on? Their hopes and dreams?

[@MrFizzery]

@ my comment clearly went over ur head lil boy

[@DepressedCyrilGaneFan]

I don’t understand this: Shavkat won’t be shooting on Belal anyway. What matters is his tkd defence, and that depends on belal’s pressure, which depends on him getting his respect in the striking… which shavkat is really strong in, and has never caved to pressure. IMO he still probably beats belal or it’s 50/50. The disrespect after the Garry fight is insane.

[@Wafi9k]

He was apparently injured against garry but people need to chill on calling belal an easy fight for shavkat it's definitely a 50/50 fight and if that shavkat shows up against belal like that he's loosing

[@xCori91x]

He was injured against Wonderboy too If I remember right. Some ankle tendons or whatever was injured heavily before the Wonderboy fight. Still Belal is a hard fight to anyone. after the Garry fight I'm not sure either if he can beat Belal.

[@elyas4637]

Meh, he's injured too during the WB fight, I think this one of the case of their injury being permanent in them like how Floyd always has a broken hands, Pereira on his toe, O'Malley on his hands too, Usman's knees etc...

[@gcoffey223]

​@@xCori91x Ian has much better movement than Belal.

[@xCori91x]

@@gcoffey223 but Belal has much better pressure than Ian. If Belal is the one pushing Shavkat then its going to be even harder to get takedowns for Shavkat. Of course he can strike too but I'm not sure he can defend all td-s of Belal.

[@AVCASA-n8t]

@@xCori91x He has a bad performance, if you wanna say. Fighters are injured all the time because of their intense training.

[@redrain860]

4:05 I think you're not giving Stephen Thompson enough credit. Burns and Belal thoroughly exposed the gaping hole in his game which, his subpar takedown defense. Before Burns, Wonderboy had never fought a wrestling heavy elite. Obviously Wonderboy focussed on improving his takedown defense over the last 3 years. I think that should be acknowledged. The Wonderboy of 2021 would've been destroyed by Shavkat in the way everyone was expecting.

[@Kgopani3101]

Dawg you fickle asf ain't gonna lie, I've seen you bounce from opinion to opinion so many times this ain't even funny. Shavkat with a torn MCL did that to garry, leon with a little bit of game planning beats belal too idk what you're smoking

[@marblejar786]

We already saw Leon vs Belal and Belal won, what are you smoking?

[@Kgopani3101]

@marblejar786 Belal BARELY won, y'all have bad recency bias. Round 1 if leon doesn't shoot on belal himself like an idiot and clinches more or separates landing some strikes he would've literally won the fight 48-47. Every single round after belal took down he got reversed CONSISTENTLY, leon had 2 minutes of control in round 2 and 4, he took Belal's back in round 3 himself, if he landed the elbows on belal in round 2 and 4, he would've won every round from 2-5, it's his lack of fight IQ and his corner's incompetence which cost him the fight. Because we saw what happened when leon reversed belal in round 5 and unloaded elbows, he opened belal up. Belal is not a dominant champion and a giant y'all are creating in y'all's head, leon with a better game plan beats him, shavkat beats him and funnily enough, geoff neal in a rematch beats him

[@marblejar786]

@@Kgopani3101 If Belal sucks, then Leon is absolute garbage who shouldn't be competing because he got dunked on his head and bullied the entire fight. That 1 elbow at the end of the fight didn't change anything.

[@Kgopani3101]

@@marblejar786 😂, I never said belal sucks I just said his game planning was better than leon's but despite that leon had a lot of success and with a little bit of tweaks he can absolutely beat belal. "Dominated' my ass, sitting in a body triangle for 3 minutes then getting reversed and controlled for 2 minutes himself BY A STRIKER, hell round 3 leon belal's back himself. As I said belal is not Jon Jones, GSP, Jose Aldo or Anderson Silva absolutely running through his contenders, he's just a guy slightly better than his contenders that too only a few contenders

[@marblejar786]

@@Kgopani3101 You said Geoff neal and Shavkat beat Belal, Geoff Neall is 3-4 and Shavkat is coming off 2 bad performances in a row. I don't understand how you can watch Leon vs Belal and walk away with the impression that Leon is the better fighter, his only success was an elbow and a body triangle. Other than that the vast majority of the fight was him getting outboxed and taken down, yeah he reversed some positions but Belal would just reverse them back. It just seems like you either dislike Belal or really like Leon.

[@robinmartinsen6149]

Weasel having the quickest turn around ever😂

[@joshuamiller5942]

As someone that thought Belal would run through Leon (feel free to search my name in Weasle's comments for proof), I always was more cautious with predicting how Belal will fair against Shavkat. Yes, Belal has better offensive wrestling than Shavkat, and likely will take down Shavvkvat multiple times throughout the fight, however I predict two things about Shavvkat that are going to frustrate Belal more than any other opponent. One, Shavkat has a strong enough wrestling base that will cost Belal more energy than taking down than any welterweight opponent (besides a Khamzat, Usman in his prime, and possibly Colby in his prime). This may allow Shavkat to land damaging shots when Belal reluctantly has to disengage. Two, Shavkat is incredibly active with his grappling, and won't likely accept a submissive grappling position without a fight, meaning Belal may not land a whole lot of damaging shots while on top. Do I predict Belal to UD Shavkat? I do, but there's no way this isn't a close fight, and there's no way Shavvkat doesn't get his own momentum going during the fight. Belal's hardest fight to date.

[@duramaxdad]

Belals biggest fight in life is getting anyone to remember his name. Joe Rogan. Dana. Security. That said wonderful breakdown. No editing or mistakes. Glorious. Get this man his own channel.

[@m.j.e.5245]

Nah, weasle watched some clips and knows the future now, no need to even watch or speculate!

[@nexesses1548]

I think the assumption he can’t improve is false. Now I also think the assumption he will definitely improve is also not guaranteed because he had all the time in the world to do so and has shown little improvement in his Striking defense and takedowns. I think it’s somewhere in the middle, he can improve, he will improve but not as fast or easy as expected and he might take a loss before he does. If he does improve he can be a dominant champion, if he doesn’t he will never be a dominant champion. Right now he is not there, doesn’t mean he won’t ever.

[@I_AM_HIM_MMA]

Belal’s gameplan relie on pressuring his opponents to the cage and chain takedowns. Very hard to push Shavkat back and bully him.

[@Hats502]

Sean Brady as #2 at welterweight is a crazy take. He’s really good don’t get me wrong but come on… you really think he’s better than JDM, Shavkat, Garry, Prates, Buckley, Leon or Usman? I don’t think he beats any of those guys, maybe Usman depending on his form since he’s had bad knees for years and is getting pretty old now

[@SuperSilver316]

Styles make fights and Belals style is just a bad matchup for Shavkat.

[@m.j.e.5245]

No, Weasle says MMA math is better than style matchups now. We should think like casuals he says.

[@azzadineflitti3344]

😂 belal will eat bombs

[@-Ice_Cold-]

No, its not. Shavkat can finish him on the ground and on the feet

[@ErosXCaos]

It’s not surprising to see a lesser display of skills when guys are fighting in a title shot eliminator. It’s the stakes. Guys get nervous. Plus Shavkat was injured. He probably was too much in his head, and scared to make a mistake. Shavkat has always seemed like a cool operator, but you never know.

[@alexsipho8700]

all hail king Belal....remember thy king Muhammad. What a time we live in, time to accept Belal might reign for some time

[@AndrewPast]

Goatlal stocks on the rise

[@-Ice_Cold-]

till the time he fights Shavkat

[@limsrusill]

Casual ass fans. Don't know what it means to have torn knee ligaments 😂

[@BryannRodriguez]

Shavkat is still a threat dude got injured fought a YOUNG undefeated contender in Ian Garry to jump to conclusions early is just insane bro the fight with Belal will definitively have the answer

[@DaHolySean]

“No one can beat Belal” Geoff Neal has entered the chat.

[@samuelstephens9921]

1. Shavkat 2. Garry 3. Jack Della 4. Belal 5. Sean Brady 6. Leon 7. Buckley

[@mightnmagic3095]

Weasle is so delusional fan boy of belal, he will cry after Shavkat will destroy him oh belal foot etc.

[@promikie1239]

I'm not even a belal fan and I'd confidently pick him against anyone at 170 rn

[@mightnmagic3095]

@@promikie1239 there is only two options you lie or you have no idea about mma

[@CargoShorts7]

The Weasle has spoken! 🙌

[@bot6349]

As a undying Khamzat glazer even post-Gilbert, during the hiatus, and Usman decision... Shavkat will be champ, believe.

[@enas8633]

The tears of all the Bilal Haters just taste too good😂😂😂

[@ultimatefighttalk5525]

One of the first here. Shavkat will beat Belal

[@AttiaMokbel]

No. Shavkat is not a Khamzat and he will lose his 0 soon

[@ultimatefighttalk5525]

@ just not to Belal

[@aboodthebest7726]

​@ultimatefighttalk5525 he will lose it to belal. Shavkat is good. But belal is better, shavkat is not a champion caliber

[@ultimatefighttalk5525]

@@aboodthebest7726they said the same about Belal before he beat Leon.

[@iunstoppable1]

I made it through 2 minutes of this video after hearing Sean Brady is the second best welterweight

[@egon8534]

Belal won’t be able to pressure shavkat on the feet and belal we’ll be forced to be on the backfoot and belal can’t win on the backfoot

[@procow2274]

Random but i think Douglas lima could have won the ufc title during certain eras

[@erichigh5712]

WOW almost the same thing I said MMA social media. Got a lot of hate but after seeing Shavkat struggle w/Ian he can't beat BEALA. Khabib's training camp is brutal & breeds champions!!

[@-Ice_Cold-]

Who's BEALA?

[@Invisob]

He had a torn MCL and never gave up.

[@benlundgren3760]

Ian played defense which is different than trying to win

[@-Ice_Cold-]

Exactly, other than that he showed nothing

[@topgamer8289]

Belgoat is about to have a better reign than Usman

[@duramaxdad]

He hasn’t defended even once. When asked to he got illness. Hes only headlined 2 or 3 cards ever. He will decision again no doubt. WW is a crazy div. Tyrone, Marty, Leon, Can’t remember the name.

[@george.vasilev.reyner1916]

Can we pump the breaks on JDM (white Geoff Neal) and Sean Brady? I wanna see them prove themselves against the other top contenders and then we can talk.

[@duramaxdad]

We give undefeated fighters from Dagestan the assumption of greatness. With time has proved itself. But Brady and JDM need to prove it.

[@george.vasilev.reyner1916]

@@duramaxdad I think hyping everyone that's from the same place as Khabib is also way too rushed. As for JDM and Brady I ABSOLUTELY see why people hype them, what they've shown in their fights DOES matter a lot, and they've looked great. But everyone's talking like it's 100% sure they're the next big thing. And it's not. That's what I don't like.

[@dannyburns9850]

Your content is so good dude. Love hearing a young guy in the game versus the old goats. Different vibes ,lanquage, it's great shit. Hope you grow your channel to the moon.🥊🥊

[@Ajax222able]

shavkat is overrated i knew it after wonderboy fight

[@azgh993]

Remember the name 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@noodle_tax]

08:03 wym 😂😂 he easily submits Prates 09:55 Magny showed how easy it is to take him down. he has to improve a lot

[@M4R5able]

The Prates glaze is off the chart lmaooo

[@humzachudhary2056]

Shavkat had an injury in the wonderboy fight which kept him out for an while, and was injured going into the garry fight. Still won 🤷

[@CCPvirus141]

Wow, theweasel really pulled an Andy on Shavkat. For months, he was glazing Shavkat until he saw his most recent performance and said "I don't want to play with you anymore".

[@HyperBull6130]

Yup. He's moved on to glazing Carlos Prates now. Once he loses, Weasle will move on to Michael Morales.

[@CCPvirus141]

@@HyperBull6130 😂😂😂

[@dilleddough382]

Hot take: what we should have taken away from that fight is that Ian Garry was slightly underrated, not that Shavkat was super overrated. I agree with Weasel that Belal probably beats him, but Shavkats stock didn’t drop too much in my eyes.

[@Lion72320]

In my opinion we just saw how good Ian Gary really is...not how "bad" shavkat is..

[@-Ice_Cold-]

Garry ain't good. He hasn't shown anything on the feet, only good TD defense and ground game

[@RichardTaylor-gd4zw]

@@-Ice_Cold-have you never watched an Ian Garry fight? He’s shown more than Brady and belal on the feet

[@Leuvis]

People forget Ian has been prioritizing his ground game in his last few training camps and even used it to beat MVP.

[@Slim-Clips]

He might get top gamed by Belal if his takedown defence hasn’t improved since his pre-UFC career, but I think Shavkat wins due to physical attributes.

[@Kgopani3101]

Belal's style doesn't work on a guy who eats geoff neal's punches without a mouth guard and rocks him back in the pocket

[@Slim-Clips]

@ His style also wasn’t supposed to work against Edwards on paper. Belal is a good game planner. Shavkat hasn’t shown to have good takedown defence.

[@Kgopani3101]

@@Slim-Clips But leon isn't a huge power puncher, belal likes to get in his opponent's face to pressure them, last time he fought a power puncher in geoff neal himself he got bullied, I don't think he'll just cross the "void" As DJ likes to say without eating huge shots from shavkat, he can take shavkat down but tf he gonna do from there? Leon reversed belal consistently every round in their fight, shavkat needs just one reversal from there. In the clinch too idk why shavkat was only attempting TD's from the clinch when his game is so versatile from there, the knees he lands in the clinch are so good but almost none of it was used by him against garry

[@Slim-Clips]

@ I agree Shavkat will just land too much and too hard on him in the pocket for Belal to win. I just think Belal could jab his way in to secure takedowns, and I think he would top game Shavkat based on what I’ve seen. Edwards is a much better defensive grappler than Shavkat. Shavkat’s clinch game is good but he’s reliant on over-unders and uses them to secure bodylocks, throws, trips, etc. He’s not actually good at shooting takedowns. His over-under clinch game doesn’t work as well against lanky fighters like Garry. I do agree Shavkat will probably beat Belal though, and I’m hoping he does.

[@uabm]

You suffer from recency bias so hard..it's insane.. all your content shows this heavily. How about this absolute killer of a fighter winning with a torn knee ligament against Machado?

[@m.j.e.5245]

We love MMA math, just like Weasle.

[@-Ice_Cold-]

Weasle glazing every new guy every time

[@jacobcrader8059]

just glad welterweight is soo good again and olny looks to get better

[@classicthings8344]

Dont disrespect my goat wonderboy like that!

[@stealthyturtles]

Let’s be honest, Ian Garry was going to fight the NEXT weekend against Buckley. It’s not like it was some off the couch weight cut in a day. It’s a week short training against someone else who has pretty explosive take downs when he goes for them.

[@AttiaMokbel]

In my opinion Shavkat is the most overhyped fighter in UFC history

[@MrFizzery]

You probably said that about Khamzat after his performance with usman then glazed him after he destroyed rob

[@AttiaMokbel]

@@MrFizzery I always knew Khamzat was him. I watched his Fight with Ikram before they came to the UFC and I knew how good his wrestling is. Khamzat is a future GOAT and Shavkok is a Fraud

[@uh3331]

@@AttiaMokbel ur proving his point Rn ngl, shavkat a beast eats only horse meat stay mad goofy

[@andyc.2260]

Agreable. Brock came pretty close though

[@dws0828]

Darren Till and it’s not even close

[@markzuckergecko621]

To me it depends on how much Shavkhat learned from the Garry fight. If he fights like that, sure, Belal probably beats him easily. But I think Shavkhat is a smart guy, he probably gained a lot from that and will work on what he was lacking. Too soon for me to make a prediction now, but depending on how he trains, Shavkhat can definitely win.

[@techandy42]

Shavkat went from the boogeyman to Belal 2.0 with his last performance - Belal boxes his head off with hands like Canelo 😂

[@thegoatmachine980]

Remember, Shavkat was manhandled by Islam Makhachev when they fought. I will wait a little more before jumping on the hype train.

[@charliemomo6532]

Usman beats belal

[@-Ice_Cold-]

If Usman in shape - 100%

[@tgshort7638]

Lol, it's like Shavkat can't sink a choke on a diving. Belal, you aren't considering just how good Ian Gary is. I think Ian Gary and Shavkat are both nightmare match ups for Belal. We will just have to wait and see.

[@joshuatorres1305]

Everyone who saw Ian Gary vs Shavkat, which I was walking away cause much wasn’t happening, yes Belal beats him

[@shtcoinmaxi1367]

Good to know that you base this off him going into the fight with a knee injury. Sure you will conveniently forget this certain take of belal beating shavkat if it does not come to fruition, but will be the first to say you called it if he pulls it off.

[@duramaxdad]

@@shtcoinmaxi1367You sir are right. I remember the name. Gloat in greatness while we pat you on the back for your service to man kind. For remaining humble is key to it all.

[@cawbird568]

Its interesting how Ian and Leon have such similar styles and made Belal/Shavkat struggle. Would love to see them fight

[@duramaxdad]

Would look sleepy. Leon is a counter sniper with low output. Ian Garry much the same. Put em against lower ranked and it may be fun.

[@NaomieAw]

Shavkat’s performance against Ian really did damage to his aura and how I see him 😂 Now I think Buckley is the one to beat a belal 😭

[@ryanprosser7286]

Love the video, only thing I would say is its not like Ian was coming off the couch, he was in training camp. But it was for a more striking heavy opponent. Other than that, you're killing it homie

[@John-i1e7p]

Videos like these make zero sense, when a fighter that is completely different from the champions style has a tough fight but still wins, everyone wants to hop off the hype train, he struggled to take down Ian Garry which now means belal is going to ragdoll him ? Styles makes match ups and just because you struggle with one doesn’t mean your going to struggle with another fighter, especially when they have two different styles

[@TheWeasleMMA]

@John-i1e7p That's why Belal would most likely win, styles make fights. Ian Garry is not the wrestler Belal is, especially without a full training camp. Shavkat was training for a wrestle-heavy opponent and still barely got any takedowns and was reversed and taken down himself in the 5th round. It's logical to think that Belal would do better at that as that is his best skill.

[@John-i1e7p]

@TheWeasleMMA who cares about wrestling offensively, if Shavkat watches any film he would notice belal is basically impossible to take down, if I’m Shavkat I wouldn’t even attempt a take down, I would just focus on not getting taken down, belal stand up is terrible, he is shorter in stature which makes him vulnerable to Shavkats knees which if you saw the Geoff Neal fight are brutal, belal does not have any where near the footwork of a guy like Ian Garry to maintain distance he is going to be pressuring Shavkat and Shavkat has legit power while belal has none, if Shavkat just takes away belals takedown and forces him on the feet he’s going beat up on belal.

[@John-i1e7p]

@@TheWeasleMMA and i also think it’s more likely than you think that he’ll defend the takedown, he’ll do it better than Leon Edwards, and a guy with shavkats power? I think shavkats finishes him.

[@TheWeasleMMA]

@John-i1e7p He could. Belal does seem a lot stronger than before. I think there could be a physical strength advantage for Belal as well. The cardio aspect is another question too. Shavkat went 5 rounds with Garry, but at a slow pace. Belal will fight at a much faster pace in every round and we don't know if Shavkat can keep up.

[@John-i1e7p]

@@TheWeasleMMA could it not be because Ian Garry footwork was a lot better and was maintaining distance better which slowed down the fight , the scenario will not be the same facing belal who likes to throw a bunch of punches in your face with zero footwork just to get a takedown, I think that makes him vulnerable for counters and knees. And the fact that he seems stronger is irrelevant, because shavkat definitely seems stronger than Leon Edwards, and Leon had moments of success on the ground . belal is a decision machine and shavkat is one of the best finishers in the sport, if he gets even two minutes on the feet per round with belal I would not be surprised if he smokes him with a counter shot.

[@Northwest425]

Belal is 36 dude hes got 1 maybe 2 title defenses before he loses. Im still picking shavkat to beat him by tko

[@Mr-Opium]

It was pretty obvious in the Geoff Neal fight he wasn’t exactly who a lot of people thought he was.

[@Silentknight81]

According to the weasle, 2 rough fights in victory means you can’t beat the top 5…. But losing to the current champion by TKO and beating an old Burns who was on a losing streak means you’re the 2nd best WW in the world⁉️🤔

[@redoak614]

Carlos prates 2025

[@Jdub3amigo]

Goddamn this guys trying so hard not to give buckley any credit this dudes a 🤡imagine saying Sean Brady has a better shot to beat belal then buck

[@GuysBnDudez]

normally i agree with you but i am never watching one of your videos on welterweight fighters ever again. bro is not gonna be trying to outwrestle usman hes gonna try and keep it standing. and aint no way u put sean brady as the SECOND best ww. and no way u put buckley in tier 4 when leon, who beat a worse version of colby in a less impressive way, in tier 3. I am only 3 min in and i have disagreed with every single last thing said in this video. normally if i disagree with u i can still watch it but every single thing u r saying sounds like gobbledygook

[@spartacus1414]

Weasle 2023 'Everyone beats Belal' Weasle 2024 'NO ONE beats Belal' I remember this guy saying things like Burns DESTROYS belal and so many other fighters he named apparently destroy Belal 😂

[@brohan24]

everyone beats belal in 2033 because he’d be 46 then

[@AVCASA-n8t]

So is everyone?...Honestly Belal rise to become champion is equal to Jimmy Carter rise to President

[@duramaxdad]

Belal no one cared. Leon no one cared. Marty, Colby, Burns all recently washed. It’s time for new talent. Belal won’t go down without a fight. He’s on that secret juice and worth a squeeze or two. Then new talent takes over that we will remember.

[@konsuno8143]

as if it's a bad thing to change your outlook on a fighter as they get better and better with each fight????????

[@iviwediko7210]

🔆Weasle Gang we up 💪

[@MakachevIsLWdivisionDaddy]

I told those casuals long ago that this guy is a hype train. He got bullied standup, and lost twice to amateur wrestler before his UFC days. His wrestling and ground game is utter loaded shite. You could see it when he fought Wonderboy and if that didn't open your eyes and poke your brain to think then the fight with Ian Gary absolute proved it. This guy is not gonna be able to withstand Belal's wrestling and ground assault, let alone Makachev's and Chimaev's. But those casual bandwagon jumpers didn't believe me and thought I didn't know jackshit what I was talking about 😂😂😂

[@yns_bandz16]

I agree,he has one of the most delusional fanbases in the sport rn but they fly under the radar & despite being dropped,taken down & controlled multiple times pre ufc people still said he was more impressive than chimaev who showed almost no flaws up til the burns fight & now that shavkats wrestling has been exposed as being a bit weak his fans find any & every excuse to explain why he’s struggled so hard to secure tds in his last 3 fights…the glazing this guy gets is so insane

[@neverlosefool]

To be fair, styles make fights. And Dc said he had a mcl injury..crazy to just write him off after that

[@Last_Chance.]

Does he beat belal ? We don't know but we certainly hope so

[@MakachevIsLWdivisionDaddy]

Absolutely no chance he is beating Belal with that utter loaded shite wrestling and ground game 😂😂

[@AVCASA-n8t]

​@@MakachevIsLWdivisionDaddy I think he has more chance than people think Belal had against Leon, there's a fair chance that Belal couldn't walk forward and pressure with his jab effectively because of Shavkat power, which prevent him to set up his takedown. Leon is more of a kicker and not a power puncher to verify it

[@hewitt16]

Brady 😂😂😂😂chill out weasle

[@shtcoinmaxi1367]

It can be argued that shavkat winning convincingly vs high level comp (with a knee injury) in beating Ian is a positive. If you use weasle logic than khabib would have been nothing because he probably looked terrible against gleason tibau

[@duramaxdad]

It’s a positive to win. Yes. Looking good and dominant while doing it helps too. Weasle now says Belal wins but not by much. Hardly a write off of Shavedkat.

[@Starzoh]

I think shavkat was for sure dealing with some kinda injury in that Ian Garry fight or maybe blew his arms out early look back at how often he was shaking out his arms the whole fight

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

The shaking of the arms is a technique to get rid of acid in the muscles. It’s to try and prevent fatigue.

[@matijaknezevic4184]

Bro you’ve been putting out a lot of L takes

[@Eddiefkndiff]

I think his entire game since the wonderboy fight was overrated. There’s too many moments against Thompson and Garry where he’s idle in the middle not getting anything done on the feet especially against Garry where he occasionally landed a right hand or threw a wheel kick. I look to those moments and I compare them to someone like Belal where there’s never a idle moment in his fights he’s always pressing hard using his boxing to engage in the clinch or just shoot and that pressure would definitely fold Shavkat. JDM as of now is the strongest contender imo based on his game but we still need 1 more fight from him against a usman or anyone atp.

[@omarisawesome1996]

Bro the weasle never shares my opinions this is so refreshing to hear. I hope this is correct

[@briansnyder6260]

Weasel you’re forgetting that shavkat had a torn mcl going into that fight with Gary. That would affect his ability to wrestle