Justin Gethsemane has demonstrated many different skills and qualities during his fighting career.
He is truly the most compelling athlete to take part in the MMA. It combines hanging power on the legs with a rugged, aggressive style that is almost impossible to stop. Gethsemane is a master at inflicting damage on his opponents, and even considering the two battles he has lost, neither Eddie Alvarez nor Dustin Poier have gone anywhere near the tight end after facing him.
Despite all this, Gethsemane head coach Trevor Whitman says the best feature of an interim champion when running against a human racking machine like Khabib Nurmagomedov has yet to be seen during one of his fights.
“I fit in with my game plans during my championship fight career,” Whitman explained Thursday during UFC 254 Media Day. “We have been working on the fundamentals from the beginning. One thing I think we were able to do very well is to hide our most important weapon and with Justin Gethsega, he is a very good wrestler and he has found a very unique style in wrestling.
“He didn’t have to use it. Again, it’s very difficult to go against someone’s wrestling if they don’t show up and organize the game. “
Much has been said about Gethsema’s past wrestling experience and how to match an undefeated Russian in the fight against Nurmagomedov.
Gethsemane is his N.C.A. Division I was an All-American wrestler at the University of Northern Colorado during his junior year. He was best known for his defensive abilities, including staying away from the ground for any significant amount of time while getting out of a bad situation.
He competed in wrestling until the day came to transition to combat but Gethsema never forgot the foundation he built on those mats.
Videos The existence of Gath Theje wrestling in college ledge, he rarely had to turn to a skill during his combat career, creating his glitter style for MMAs that Nurmagomedov had never seen before.
“I always call wrestling in a fighting game to get out of the prison card,” Whitman explained. “Because I believe wrestling controls the most dominant position you can have.”
Obviously, Gethje has practiced his wrestling in the face of Nairmagomedov’s takedown and how to get off the ground if a fight falls to the floor.
Whitman has full confidence in Gethsemane’s ability to take down against Nurmagomedov, who will make an almost certain attempt to bring the fight to the ground early and often when he clashes on Saturday at UFC 254.
That said, Whitman does not underestimate Nurmagomedov or his suffocating style, which has sent 28 opponents home with losses while facing off.
“I feel good [Justin’s wrestling] But it’s best to do it, “said Whitman. “It’s not like I’m going ‘we’ll go there and wrestle.’ Again, that’s a bit of a bonus from what we have.There’s a chance to get out and face the best and I believe Khabib, I think it’s the best pound-pound. [fighter]. I have thought that for a long time. I mean there are other fighters who have put up exciting fights and you can consider them the best pound-for-pound and who they have faced and things like that.
“But that’s the pattern. Who is the most relevant? When it comes to staying consistent, that’s the key to being great. That’s consistency. Khabib is that. ”
