to KO elite striker Aldo is much more difficult than KO basic striker Khabib

[George Costanza]

Conor schooled Nate on the feet until he gassed

I don't know about on the feet, but he sure schooled him at track and field

 

[Metallicalabran]

I don't know about on the feet, but he sure schooled him at track and field

completely gassed and still slipping punches

 

[MTL]

Where does this myth come from that Michael Johnson landed “a lot”, and had Khabib hurt?

He landed one solid punch which didn’t drop or wobble Khabib, then proceeded to lose a 10-8 round.

 

[Nate Dogg]

A reasonable person would understand (I'm not trying to be rude) that Barbosa is a much better striker technically than Conor and he was decimated. Michael Johnson is hardly an example to use unless you are trying to argue that a power puncher with pretty solid wrestling was also decimated by Khabib. By a wide margin Edson Barbosa is the most comparable opponent Khabib has had in relation to Conor McGregor. That doesn't mean Conor can't win, it just means that more technical strikers have failed where Conor may or may not succeed.

But Barbosa's strength is kicking, which is a huge no no against wrestlers. He doesn't use teep kicks a lot, which is probably the safer kick to use against a wrestler standing square in front.

An effective counter to a wrestler is having good boxing to catch them coming in low. If Conor tries spinning roundhouses he's getting RNC'd.

 

[wisdom blows]

I agree,

Aldo is also a legit GOAT at FW.

Khabib is forced to close the distance to dominate McDuck, that gives Conor a chance each time to land a brutal counter.

As I said in another thread, I think the guy is a piece of ducking shit - but credit is due when its due and doing that to Aldo deserves respect.

>Is fighting the most dominant fighter in a weight class above where he fought most of his career

>Is ducking

Pick one.

 

[Gilday]

Michael Johnson tagged Khabib A LOT in his fight, the russian looked rocked

He tagged him clean once and Khabib wasn't hurt badly and had his feet under him within seconds

Keep pushing that fake narrative though.

 

[wisdom blows]

I aint worried. Aldo is a lot smaller than Conor. He took a huge gamble to throw that strike the way he did. Khabib may have shorter reach but he's 2 inches taller.

Khabib is not going to give him the counter, over extending throwing his right.

Aldo is 1 inch shorter and 5 to 7 pounds lighter than Conor lol

 

[Nate Dogg]

completely gassed and still slipping punches

ppl need to realize that Nate was dog tired as well. earlier he would chase as Conor circled out, but by the end he was happy strolling along

 

[Stevanchez]

Define "A LOT".

MJ only landed like 20 strikes the entire fight and like 5 of those were leg kick.

 

[irishzombie]

Word on the street in Dublin is Mcgregors close friends are laying multi thousand euro bets on Conor to beat Khabib by KO .

 

[ANIM4L]

Aldo is 1 inch shorter and 5 to 7 pounds lighter than Conor lol

Dont believe the tale of the tape. Aldo is short and had a lot less reach.

 

[GBcrazy]

Michael Johnson tagged Khabib A LOT in his fight, the russian looked rocked

Johnson is a great striker, but remember Nate whooped his ass (and was not because of cardio issues, Nate is just a better boxer)

Conor schooled Nate on the feet until he gassed

MMA math is not valid, both we all can agree Conor McGregor is a better striker compared to Johnson, the guy who was able to punch Khabib a lot.

Conor against Aldo just needed one punch, Khabib allowed a lot against Johnson

Conor couldn't even get an unanimous win against a gatekeeper LW. Please, the guy was 50-45'd by Benson Henderson and KO'd by Josh Thompson.

Meanwhile Khabib was never hurt.

Also Mini Mendes made Conor fly.

 

[wisdom blows]

Conor couldn't even get an unanimous win against a gatekeeper LW. Please, the guy was 50-45'd by Benson Henderson and KO'd by Josh Thompson.

Meanwhile Khabib was never hurt.

Also Mini Mendes made Conor fly.

No, he just starched the LW champ who ended RDA's reign and beat him much more convincingly than Khabib did.

 

[sss133]

Aldo uncharacteristically threw everything he had on that without getting his timing or range.

Khabib is patient.

Aldo did throw that feint right left hook right leg kick combo quite a bit in fights proceeding McGregor. Especially the Lamas fight.

Aldo did what pretty much every Conor opponent does and just underestimated him

Will be an interesting fight. While Conor got taken down by Mendes, Khabib is a different type of wrestler. He’s not an explosive double leg type of guy. He Chains clinch takedowns together. Conor has pretty good TD defence from the clinch so it’s going to be interesting watching Khabib close the distance

 

[snackgod]

Michael Johnson tagged Khabib A LOT in his fight, the russian looked rocked

Johnson is a great striker, but remember Nate whooped his ass (and was not because of cardio issues, Nate is just a better boxer)

Conor schooled Nate on the feet until he gassed

MMA math is not valid, both we all can agree Conor McGregor is a better striker compared to Johnson, the guy who was able to punch Khabib a lot.

Conor against Aldo just needed one punch, Khabib allowed a lot against Johnson

but what did khabib do to Johnson after he was so called hurt he took him down and mauled him before the finish.

 

[ANIM4L]

Aldo did throw that feint right left hook right leg kick combo quite a bit in fights proceeding McGregor. Especially the Lamas fight.

Aldo did what pretty much every Conor opponent does and just underestimated him

Will be an interesting fight. While Conor got taken down by Mendes, Khabib is a different type of wrestler. He’s not an explosive double leg type of guy. He Chains clinch takedowns together. Conor has pretty good TD defence from the clinch so it’s going to be interesting watching Khabib close the distance

He uses the combo but he usually establishes his range and timing with leg kicks and jabs first.

It is an interesting striker vs grappler match of this caliber. And physically even for the most part.

 

[boss429]

Michael Johnson tagged Khabib A LOT in his fight, the russian looked rocked

Johnson is a great striker, but remember Nate whooped his ass (and was not because of cardio issues, Nate is just a better boxer)

Conor schooled Nate on the feet until he gassed

MMA math is not valid, both we all can agree Conor McGregor is a better striker compared to Johnson, the guy who was able to punch Khabib a lot.

Conor against Aldo just needed one punch, Khabib allowed a lot against Johnson

Johnson knocked lightweight Poirer out cold in 1 shot while Conor only tkoed him so I guess that means Johnson hits harder right?

Also lol at "until he gassed" You mean until he got pressured and punched in the mouth.

He threw more strikes against Chad then he did against Diaz plus had to deal with all the grappling yet somehow managed not to "gas".

 

[Frankie Baby!]

People over exaggerate how "Hurt" he was.

Literally fucking THIS. He was stunned at best, like it woke him up.

 

[Wiggario]

Khabib got punched in the face during a MMA fight, then precedeeded to earn sherdogs beatdown of the year. Great logic.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

and to TKO a bum while making 300million because his fanbase if clueless - while being retired, 40yrs old, and at least two weight classes smaller is GOLD




BTW it would have been a full KO but the Ref saved conor - well not soon enough because he was put on medical suspension from the beating Floyd put on him.