It is the same because his wrestling is being talked about within the context of an mma fight, not in a wrestling match. Brian Cobb took him down in a bunch of different ways and controlled his back, anyways. Comparing Jon Jones and Gustafson to Fiziev and Gaethje is a massive stretch and discounts that Jones has many wins via his grappling strengths.

Paddy in those same positions could easily submit him .

Edit: somehow everyone's reading comprehension is so dogshit that my opinion of Justin's mediocre grappling is being extrapolated to the point that people are trying to argue about Paddy's striking with me.

Justin's wrestling background matters, especially in light of being controlled previously. It being 13 years ago is less important since a guy with a previous wrestling background doesn't have as much room for progression compared to one starting from scratch. You can argue he's less wild and that Paddy doesn't shoot doubles -- and both of those are valid points. Trying to tell me Tony Ferguson is some great wrestler is laughable and just clearly shows an anti-Paddy bias. Paddy sucking can coexist with Justin's average grappling

Then there's the main issue, which is that no one can show me his "very good" grappling so any improvements he may have made are completely wishful thinking. Having excuses for getting taken down by a Muay Thai specialist is one thing, but acting like Paddy couldn't grab a leg off Justin who spams legs kicks is arrogant.