This is a tough one. Maybe GSP is the best wrestler because he implements wrestling along with the rest of his game… and… Ah, I got nothing. I personally believe Ben Askren is the best wrestler in MMA. It’s pretty obvious in fact. No one has dominated foes and opponents quite like Askren, and he knows it too:
“The notion that he’s the best wrestler is insane to me. He’s got a great double leg and good timing, but just watching him, you see a lot of areas he’s just not a natural wrestler. He doesn’t flow as well as other wrestlers. If Johny Hendricks is training his wrestling, which that’s a mistake that a lot of wrestlers make is they get out of it and they think they got to get better at striking and jiu jitsu and they totally forget about their wrestling. I did that for a couple of months earlier in my career and I learned. But they totally step away from wrestling and they get so rusty and they lose a lot of those battles. If Johny Hendricks is staying on point and getting some wrestling in, which hopefully he’s smart enough to do, he’ll definitely outwrestle Georges St. Pierre.”
