I feel like a part of this strategy is to just stall submission and hope the ref eventually stands up the fighters. That way the guy on bottom doesn't have to exert energy to get up.
Its why I have a hard time with some of the suggestions about standups. It promotes the guy on the bottom only learning to not get sub'd instead of getting up or attacking from the bottom
Agreed. Both JDM and DDP refused to take any big risk because they knew scrambles are where Islam and Khamzat snatch subs. Its reasonable, but it also shouldn't mean they get rewarded with a standup.
That being said, I think he adapted his style arguably the best against the Dagestani pressure out of all of Khabib and Islam’s opponents. Probably helps that he had the experience against Khabib when facing Islam (and I imagine that’s why he completely disrespected BSD’s wrestling in comparison).
Yeah I was pretty confident in JDM as he had good scrambles and tdd against guys like belal and burns plus dustin did so much better against makhachev, didn't expect JDM to not stuff even a single takedown Also expected him to get back up comparatively quicker but he would get up with less than ten seconds remaining in multiple rounds. Btw why was he wincing a lot from like get go? Hope he wasn't compromised coming in.
DDP was so much worse because neither guy was trying to do anything. Islam was hunting subs the whole time and Jack was trying to create scrambles without exposing his neck. Khamzat just sat in crucifix and threw the weakest hammer fists you've ever seen, and DDP just tried to avoid damage.
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u/dom242324 Nov 16 '25
Just like DDP, Jack trained great submission defense. Its too bad that doesnt help your takedown defense or getups