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Khabib shoots for doubles plenty. He favors singles at the start of his chain and quickly transitions into a double to drive them to the cage and switch to a body lock.Also, there are 2 more massive factors that people are ignoring (or either don't know about)
1. Khabib doesnt often shoot doubles. He prefers to work his grappling chains through the clinch.
This means Khabib has to get even closer to Conor in order to be effective with his wrestling.
Good luck against Conor with that.
Closing distance vs Conor's footwork and countering acumen, is like trying to maneuver your way through a narrow hallway that's plastered with nuclear landmines every square inch.
Khabib getting desperate to close distance effectively will start lunging
and when you lunge against Conor, Aldo out cold stiffness is what happens .
2. Conor is a southpaw.
This means Conor will only be presenting the single leg to Khabib.
Single legs are much easier to defend.
To actually get the full body wrap on Cono, that Khabib is effective with, IS going to require that Khabib take tons of punishment to get in that close...and we dont know if Khabib has that kind of freak chin...
The threat of Conor's counters>>>the threat of takedowns
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Conor has been in the flinch for many of his fights including against Nate x2 and Eddie. Getting there isn't necessarily the issue. Keeping him there is.
Also Khabib doesn't lead with body locks. He transitions to them. Once he controls one limb it has proven to be easy for him to switch to the clinch.
Khabib typically doesn't rush opponents who aren't already on the retreat. In the Edson and MJ fights there were points where he proved to be patient enough to march both down without lunging.
Closing distance will be the hardest (most dangerous) part. The rest is manageable (not easy but very doable) for Khabib.