Really hope Charles wins.
But he won’t.
He will get exhausted by the end of round one and probably get finished in the 2nd or 3rd.
No one can stand to the pressure that Khabib or Islam bring without gassing.
The only chance Charles has imo is to finish Islam in the first.
I’d suggest he stay in the center of the cage and trade punches and if Islam grapples I’d say Jump guard for a submission.
If Charles fights off the takedown it won’t help him. It’ll just exhaust him within a few.
I’d put all my eggs into a fast finish if I was Charles.
Everyone tries to stay up and hit Islam and Khabib and it has never worked. It just gets u backing up to the cage and the threat of the takedown makes the guys hesitant to attack.
Even Justin gaetche circled away and so he never got off.
Charles would come out going forward throwin strikes and subs and just know if it lasts a few min he loses.
But he won’t,
He will be like everyone else.
Even the conditioned Dustin Porier looked mentally exhausted and broken after one round with Khabib. And Charles will too.
If he’s clinched and fights ti stay up he will be exhausted fast. And he won’t be able to break away.
He should go for a flying sub in the clinch,
Will it work?
Probably not.
But it’s higher % than going in with the same strategy that’s been tried over and over and over and over and over etc etc etc
Werdum was an ADCC champ Charles sucks compared to him, and Islam is a much more ground oriented wrestle grappler than Fedor was and Islam is also in his prime.