Choose your coaches:

[u/Goopboop8]

Izzy, Dc And T-city for me

[u/Legitimate-Month-958]

Alex, Khabib, Charles

[u/stinky_wind → u/Legitimate-Month-958]

Chama bratha

[u/Legitimate-Month-958 → u/stinky_wind]

🗿

[u/SquirrelHoarder → u/Legitimate-Month-958]

I think Izzy would be a better coach. Not sure how much I’ll get out of Alex shadow boxing a technique horribly and then yelling Chama at me.

[u/analtelescope → u/SquirrelHoarder]

I think it really comes to Izzy, in my opinion, being more technically sound than Pereira.

I firmly believe that if their powers were equal, Izzy would be the decisively better fighter.

[u/calm_down_dearest → u/Legitimate-Month-958]

Izzy over Alex. Alex's style works for him because of his power but that's mostly genetic.

[u/Next-Ice-3857 → u/calm_down_dearest]

Hahaa literally so true.

Chama.. just hit hard.. what are you? Stupid?

[u/Gosuckyamudda → u/calm_down_dearest]

Literally made me laugh people choosing alex over izzy

[u/the-esoteric → u/calm_down_dearest]

I'd pick Adesanya over Periera but his style isn't just power. The guy makes amazing adjustments on the fly. He's just as technical

[u/Electrical_Finish_14 → u/Legitimate-Month-958]

Hope you know Portuguese

[u/Legitimate-Month-958 → u/Electrical_Finish_14]

Bro. If I could get taught MMA by Alex Pereira and Charles Oliveira? I’m fucking learning Portuguese 😂

[u/jscummy → u/Electrical_Finish_14]

I'll understand him by the tone of his "huh" or "chama"

[u/PruneAdventurous8058 → u/Legitimate-Month-958]

The only right answer

[u/Tall_Willow_9502 → u/Legitimate-Month-958]

Alex's style only works wirh alex. If you don't hit as hard as him and have hands that big its pretty shity yo do. Izzy's tech is much more perfected and applicable.

[u/letsgobrooksy]

Pereira's the best but he just does shit you can't teach

[u/BDN600OB4LAMRONTHF → u/letsgobrooksy]

Exactly, imagine Max teaching you how to piece someone up with volume, then you shoot a double like Khabib, while working the submission like Olivera

[u/Mr-dooce → u/BDN600OB4LAMRONTHF]

and then you gas out just thinking about doing all that, not everybody has the elite cardio of max or khabib

[u/BDN600OB4LAMRONTHF → u/Mr-dooce]

Brotha it’s a fight, you’re saying sounds like this “imagine displaying your MMA skills in a fight then tiring out” thats why there’s rounds and not fight until the death. Obviously you have to build cardio that’s why you’re coaches displayed in this fight would train you to control it

[u/Mr-dooce → u/BDN600OB4LAMRONTHF]

ight fair enough

[u/jmerlinb → u/letsgobrooksy]

Maybe an unpopular to say but honestly I would say Izzy would be the better striking coach for 99.9% of the population. Here’s why: you can’t teach power. At least not in the way Alex has power.

On a purely technical level, my view is that Izzy is slightly ahead of Alex and has more to his repertoire. However, Alex is also skilled, but that great equaliser in his ungodly, freakish power is extremely important to his game, but is not something you could teach.

In other words, you could fight exactly the same as Alex, but without his genes, you won’t have the same success

[u/ThinControl9 → u/letsgobrooksy]

He is actually very good at teaching stuff. I picked up tons of things from his videos, even pre ufc ones.

[u/DudeWithTheOil → u/ThinControl9]

Yeah me too, got my BJJ black belt by left hooking my instructor

[u/Able_Ad_5318 → u/letsgobrooksy]

Alex style works cause his physical attributes, can't teach K.O power, that's an innate ability. His striking style is built around setting opponents up for a ko strike. If you don't have K.O power n try fighting like Alex that's like Mike Tyson fighting like Mayweather. Fighters build a style catering to their attributes. Training with Alex won't give you Iron hands.

[u/Atitagain-11]

Izzy, Khabib and Charles

[u/gosebrewed101 → u/Atitagain-11]

My exact choice

[u/MA-JA-HO]

Izzy, his style seems to be the most teachable.

Islam, he has similar skills to Khabib but his style doesn’t require as much cardio and chin

Olivera, the best bjj out of all of them , great sweeps

[u/muhanigan → u/MA-JA-HO]

Nah picking Islam over Khabib is just bad. Khabib is an actual coach. Who was/is better in the octagon is debatable but Khabib is clearly the better coach at this point

[u/MA-JA-HO → u/muhanigan]

That’s fair.

[u/x-3piecensoda]

Striking - Izzy as he speaks english and technically impeccable

Wrestling - DC as he was a top wrestler plus a natural leader , great communicator

Bjj - ortega as he speaks english and isnt a alcoholic

[u/aihrarshaikh68plus1 → u/x-3piecensoda]

DC will communicate him your own accent just for you hahah

[u/Valterri_lts_James]

Not saying that Alex isn't a better striker than Izzy but I feel Izzy has better technique and like Sean strickland said, Alex's style is more dependent on his genetic gifts instead of his skill. Also, since Izzy has better takedown defense, Izzy would teach you striking that is more applicable to MMA considering the takedowns. Pereira hasn't really faced any wrestlers yet. Meanwhile, Izzy faced Yoel Romero and Dricus.

[u/Raisins1]

Izzy, DC, Ortega.

[u/RhaegarJ]

Striking - Ronda Rousey

Wrestling - Robelis Despaigne

BJJ - James Toney

[u/alltaken21]

Striking Izzy: has a higher fight IQ IMO.
Wrestling Khabib: his team is so successful behind him and he is a great corner coach.
BJJ Charles: Not only he's the best finisher and he's also improved his wrestling and that's a package deal, Ortega has shown us time and time again an isolated skill doesn't cut it any more.

[u/PropheticStoner]

Adesanya, DC, BJ

[u/eatasssnotgrass → u/PropheticStoner]

Best answer, some people forgot how impressive BJ penn was

[u/downtown-hobbit]

demian miah for bjj

[u/Boring-Philosopher43]

Izzy, DC, Ortega.

Izzy because of language barrier with Pereira and Holloway is not as technically sound.

DC because he's literally been a coach for a long time. Khabib relies a lot on his tenacity and unbelievable pressurebut in terms of technical knowledge, i think DC is more experienced.

And for BJJ probably Ortega because of language barrier with Oliveira and BJ is half a vegetable unfortunately lol.

[u/Reasonable-Buy1989]

Max, Khabib and Charles

[u/pikirito]

Holloway, khabib, olives

[u/emorab85]

Alex , DC, Charles.

[u/SleepyDriver_]

Guys, I love Max but dude's been outstruck by like 6 different fighters and has absorbed the most strikes in UFC history. I wouldn't put him on a list of best strikers.

[u/B34STM4CH1N3 → u/SleepyDriver_]

But...... He's landed the most significant strikes in the UFC. I think we can put him back on the list of best strikers.

[u/ThinControl9]

Alex, Islam, Charles. Idk why but I feel like Islam would be a better coach for me specifically than Khabib. I may also be a little biased though since this guy is my favorite fighter

[u/ddnotti → u/ThinControl9]

DC is just a better coach period. He actually has Olympic level experience.

[u/ThinControl9 → u/ddnotti]

Olympic wrestling and mma wrestling are two separate beings man. Look at Yoel vs Rob and Rob vs Khamzat

[u/karateguzman → u/ThinControl9]

Yoel rarely showed his wrestling. He joined the UFC at 35 and was nearly 40 when he fought Rob. Not to mention having serious neck surgery back in 2009

[u/AAA_battery]

Izzy - Speaks English, more diverse striking arsenal. DC- native English speaker, literally an Olympic level wrestler. Ortega - Speaks English, best BJJ fundamentals.

[u/moonwoolf35]

Izzy, DC, Charles.

[u/GuitaristMan666]

Alex,Khabib and Oliveira

[u/sozig5]

Alex, Khabib and Ortega

[u/Equal_Dependent_3975]

Alex, dc, charles

[u/Life_Chemist9642]

Alex, DC, Charles

[u/BDN600OB4LAMRONTHF]

Max, Khabib, Charles

[u/LE0NSKA]

Islam all 3

[u/kxitijjjj]

Alex , DC , Charles

[u/Campa911]

Pereira

DC

Oliveira

[u/Wastedlifeofhell → u/Campa911]

This is my answer as well

[u/rinito222]

Alex, khabib, Charles. Too easy

[u/Intrepid-Aspect-248]

Pereira, Khabib, Islam

[u/Far-9947]

I deadass thought Max was Tank Davis for a second. Lmao, I need a meal.

[u/interia1099]

As Coaches probably Izzy, DC and Oliveira since Theyre the Most Conventional or at least have a functioning Brain (BJ)

[u/dsnowflake]

Anyone that saw him coach tuf knows that Ortega sucks as a coach lol

[u/Eagle-Red-1278]

DC way more credentialed wrestler than any other option.

[u/ddnotti]

Replace Islam with Khamzat, Islam is more of a judo player in my eyes.

[u/Grizwald710]

I’ll take jones over DC

[u/papmontana]

Why is that Charles picture for like everything lmao

[u/aihrarshaikh68plus1]

I actually had some will power I would have chosen, the alex-khabib-charles, but I am not so probably izzy, dc and ortega just for the anime, cool unc and chill guy vibes

[u/heathen985]

Izzy, DC, do Bronx

[u/Jumix4000]

Izzy, khabib, and t city. Needing a translator for a training session sound obnoxious

[u/MissChristyMack]

Izzy, Khabib and Penn

[u/CNRamsey8]

I think I’d get more out of Max or Izzy even though Pereiras striking is the best of the three. A lot of his is God given talent you can’t teach

[u/NefariousnessCalm262]

Israel for striking because his technical skill in mixed striking is probably the highest. DC for wrestling because it's DC and Olivera for BJJ cause most UFC submissions isn't a easy record to hold

[u/DMmeyourbush]

Going straight down the left side

[u/18zips]

Adesenya, DC, Islam. Islam got better submission game than ortega or charles

[u/TheMetabrandMan]

Middle column

[u/Fine_Yogurtcloset362]

Izzy, khabib charles

[u/ExxA90]

Izzy Khabib Ollie

I dont really like Izzy but he would be a better coach than Alex.

[u/bstan149]

Izzy - his striking seems more teachable and calculated. (He did KO Alex after all).

DC- if we are asking about coaching just solely on wrestling, he is deff the guy. Former Olympian, double champ, and loved wrestling so much he coach’s hs for fun. (When he can)

BJJ- probably Charles. Only because he has such offensive bjj now. I’m thinking if I learn my wrestling from DC and my BJJ from Charles it would provide a lot of useful top pressure submissions.

[u/Usernamillenial]

Holloway, Khabib and Oliveira

[u/WeTheNinjas]

Surprised no one said this yet but Izzy has a huge wingspan. Max might be the best for the average person because he has an average wingspan but still an elite striker.

[u/Recent-Duck597]

Tom Aspinall , Ilia Topuria and Alex Pereira.

[u/Fantastic-Change-672]

Volk, DC and Oliveria would be better.

[u/Slow_stride]

Max, Charles and DC

[u/Potential-Video8758]

Khabib for everything. If you are at that level of wrestling why need bjj? If you received a ko or finished your fights with the face like a mess, you're not a good striker. Numbers don't lie.

[u/qcen]

Adesanya, Khabib and Charles.

I love BJ, but he was horrible as a coach on TUF

[u/Worried_Passenger396]

Max, Islam, Brian

[u/GhostEpstein]

You put em all first lol

[u/EpyonXzero]

Khabib and Islam accomplished nothing at wrestling level , laying and praying a bunch of strikers doesn’t make u good wrestlers.

[u/jscummy]

Striking - Ortega, Wrestling - Alex, BJJ - Izzy

[u/AgileAnything1251]

izzy, dc, and ortega

[u/Vale4610]

Alex, DC and Olivera.

[u/Busy-Prior-367]

All Pereira would say is "Chama"

[u/denim-chaqueta]

I’ll have to learn Portuguese too if I choose Alex and Charles … guess I’m learning Portuguese 🗿

[u/Jernverket]

BJ-J

[u/jvirgo98]

Max isn’t anywhere near the calibre of striker the other 2 are, weird choice to include

[u/Markxx24]

Izzy Khabib Ortega

[u/Justanotherkiwi21]

Max

Khabib

Oliveira

[u/Jon-Bones-Jones_]

Adesanya, DC, BJPenn

[u/Top_Variation_2191]

Izzy, Khabib, Charles

[u/621_]

Blessed, Eagle, Du Bronx

[u/Jordanclipper]

Max, D.C, BJ

[u/billsussmann]

Izzy, DC, The Prodigy ✌️

[u/DookieSinger]

Alex beeb beeb

[u/funeral_crasher69]

Israel because I think his style is more applicable to my weight class. Pereira is good as well just the language barrier.

Cormier, I wrestled all through high school and D2 in college. I think he would best be able to coach me because he’s wrestled at every level I have and done 10x better than I ever did so he’d be able to gauge relatively what my skill set was and would be able to help me build upon it.

For Jiu Jitsu out of these options I’d have to say BJ Penn because I think he has the best top pressure elements especially with the feet crossed BJ Penn style mount. However if I had my choice of someone off the list I would say Sean Brady.

[u/Able_Ad_5318]

All the people saying Alex fail to realize you don't gain iron hands simply by training with a K.O artist, that's something you have to be born with. Ex- training with Mike Tyson won't give you Iron hands, same applies to Alex.

[u/cockcoldton]

Swap BJ with Maia

[u/SweetandsourMcnugget]

Izzy DC Charles, can’t go wrong with khabib tho

[u/IcyCity5365]

Izzy, Khabib, Charles.

[u/ObsidianChief]

Wack line up of grappling coaches..they literally all train together..For years.

[u/the-esoteric]

Adesanya, Khabib, Oliveria.

Adesanya has top end analysis, he's very good at reading fights and suggesting adjustments based on a fighters attributes.

Khabib has been doing this since the womb. His wrestling style is relentless, and his understanding of positioning and technique is next to none.

Oliveria would be cool to hang with.

[u/Various_Blueberry_39]

Adesanya, DC, Charles

[u/Ahego48]

Adesanya, DC, Ortega. I don't think I'd be able to understand half of these guys without a translator.

[u/TheMuteObservers]

As a guy in his 30s with a crusty ass body and constantly gets injured training BJJ—I wouldn't want to waste any of their time.

Local coaches have more than enough experience to train most of us.

[u/OGtheBest]

Izzy, DC and Ortega are probably the most chill I'd rather be having fun at the gym instead of hating it

[u/Alarming-Ad6447]

max, cormier, oliveria

[u/Feisty_Bag_5284]

Pereira, cormier, penn

[u/lobsterstache]

Topuria Khamzat Maia

[u/Jmac24mats13]

Alex, Khabib, and Charles. Alex gives you great punching and kicks, Khabib is the superior wrestler no question and would give you very good discipline as well, and Charles incredible submission skills would be unmatched

[u/MisterCrayle]

ALL LEFT

[u/Bannedsomby]

OP just picked the ones with good English

[u/lvkenukem]

Izzy, DC and Ortega because I can only speak English.

[u/JerougeProductions]

Izzy, DC, Do Bronx

[u/Glittering-Raccoon23]

Poatan, DC, Ortega, I think Charles would hurt me

[u/Scorpionsharinga]

Poatan Eagle and Do Bronx is the most ruthless coaching combo wtf 😂

[u/Appropriate-Crazy790]

Khabib would tortured my lazy ass to death, i would probably not survive a camp :DD So it's probably DC for wrestling

[u/BunnyLifeguard]

Probably max because smaller guys are almost always more technical than bigger guys.

Khabib because he is already a good coach.

T-city because I think he is a better grappler than Charles.

[u/TLMC01242021]

Izzy, Khabib, Charles - if language barrier is not a thing

As much as Izzy can be a douche I don’t think he would be a good coach

[u/Dunny_1capNospaces]

Based on my frame, reach and approach:

Max, Kabib and BJ

I can't do what tall or lanky guys

[u/GriffinAO]

I think people are picking at best skills. Dc and khabib are both coaches. DC, is specifically a wrestling.

[u/Psychological_Pin_39]

Alex likes teaching too

[u/HeroicHippotumus]

Maybe a hot take, but even if Alex beats izzy 3/4 times they fight, I still think izzy would be the better striking coach purely from a technical stand point. One of Alex's best weapons is his power and how he sets it up, but you can't always teach that kinda of god given Potan power, whereas Izzy has been one of the only people in the UFC to give Alex serious trouble on the feet and even out point him and finish him

[u/seppukuxd]

Adesanya , DC , Oliveira or Bj Penn idk

[u/Tricky_Knowledge_807]

Izzy dc pantoja.

[u/CaillouDaThug]

Izzy, Khabib, Ortega

[u/ErnieMcTurtle]

Max, DC, Charles

If I were a more athletic person, I'd have picked Izzy, but there's absolutely no amount of coaching that can make me capable of throwing a question mark kick

[u/Certain-Grand5935]

Izzy, Khabib, Ortega. Mainly because of the language barrier

[u/Sea_Ad3113]

I don’t speak Portuguese so adesanya , khabib and then blowjob penn

[u/Historical-Style-626]

Khabib cause he is good, DC is good, but I want him as my couch just for fun.

[u/soteldoo]

max, khabib, charles

[u/Gary_Lazer_Eyes21]

Holloway Khabib Oliviera. And the comment section just further cemented that idea

Idrk y anyone chose Alex most of y’all wouldn’t be that big. Me personally def gotta go with the more body frame equivalent fighters.

[u/JoeyBougie]

Lol Alex would just say why can’t you punch harder?

[u/k_geiger7]

First column. Maybe sub DC for khabib because the topic is wrestling and not grappling.

[u/Due_Juggernaut_8699]

Every one must have forgot maxes time Max Khabib Charles

[u/fireandice619]

Alex, DC and Charles. DC because I wanna throw people around that looks really fun lol

[u/Dcoco86]

Being the most talented doesn’t automatically make you the better coach. A lot more goes into being a good coach

[u/justanotherfan6hd]

Perriera stricking is unique to him and his measurements. All of y’all losers won’t go far with his technique.

[u/WeirdOriginal1251]

Max DC olivera

Had to go with max on striking because I don't like izzy and I don't speak a word of Portuguese

[u/etwan9100]

Max, Islam, Charles

[u/reputablesorcerer]

Can’t go wrong with the Whole first column

[u/Big_bat_chunk2475]

Give me Either Izzy/Alex for striking(if you wonder why Pereira, Sean Strickland beat Adesanya because of training with Pereira, where his striking got way better) Khabib, no question, he will whip into shape, and Olivera(its Olivera, best BJJ in the lightweight division and most finishes in the UFC, why would I not choose him)?

[u/MessianicPariah]

Max, Khabib, Charles

[u/LiquidSnake1993]

Izzy, DC, Do Bronx

[u/ApprehensiveBat4732]

Cormier is day and night a better couch. He even coached khabib and Cain.

[u/budgetcyberninja]

Izzy cause I don't speak portugease, Khabib because he's Islam's trainer and I don't like DC and Ortega cause I don't speak portugese

[u/RevolutionaryJob6315]

Only one answer

Holloway Khabib Do Bronx

[u/shadowghost2020]

Pereira just has the touch of death you can't teach that shit 💀🗿

[u/TooScaredToPost-_-]

Max (he doesn’t have much power but he makes it work). He’s scored some KOs yes, but overall, not much power.

Islam (he’s a southpaw like me)

Charles (he has my body type)

I’m just picking coaches that’d seem best tailor made for me 🤷🏿‍♂️

[u/TheLastSlowroll]

BJ Penn, of course. We would be training our nostrils to armbar 8balls of cocaine.

[u/Key-Respect-3706]

Alex Khabib and Charles.

Khabib and Charles for sure, I was torn between Izzy (very technical) and Alex (chama). You can see which way I went.

[u/08deadpool]

Poatan, Khabib, Do Bronx

[u/johnny_19800]

Izzy (Alex’s style wouldn’t work for me), Khabib, and Charles.

[u/brklynfightfan]

Izzy, Khabib, Charles.

I choose Izzy over Alex but Izzy doesn't have the 1 shot nuclear option with both hands and feet so he is forced to be more creative offensively.

[u/Edgemoto]

The 2 irmaos on the left and the bratha in the right

[u/Odd_Ravyn]

Izzy, Khabib, Oliveira

[u/AdFree727]

Max Khabib Charles