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This is why i hate the Chad Khabib comparison. Khabib has so many different ways to take conor down. Its gunna be real interesting to see how this threat effects conors striking
GSP and BJ is not a great example because it was a lot more debatable. This is not likely a fight where the unexpected will take place... both are much to strong at their primary strength. We know either Conor connects early or he gets taken down and destroyed. Likely the latter from my pov.
Nope weak demian maia esque takedown, conor doesnt fall for predictable jab feints like al or the russian goulash cans
Bingo. I'm sure they'll be gameplanning this heavily at AKA.Been saying it since Khabib won the title. Swing singles. They’re safe and out of Conor’s power. All Khabib needs is to get his hands on a leg. Even if Conor pulls his leg out, Khabib will initiate a scramble situation in which Conor is fucked. Beeb doesn’t have to finish the single, he just needs to get his hands on Conor. Swing singles are the safest way.
Eddies been fighting since 2003. He was battle worn and out of his prime before he even entered the UfC. Conor still doed the same thing to any version of eddie thoAldo was legit. The LW title shot was a sham. If he had to climb the ladder like a true fighter he wouldn't have been able to run through the gauntlet to earn a legit title shot lol.
Eddie was the Matt Serra of the LW champ.
In my experience in these big fights the more that we try to analyze these little intricacies and details like crazy, something unexpected ends up happening. I remember reading all these in-depth breakdowns on how BJ Penn was going to easily stuff all of GSP‘S Take downs. I also remember reading in depth breakdowns on how because Forrest Griffin stood with rampage for 25 minutes he’s going to easily stand with Anderson. Things usually have a way of going differently.
I mean, it's pretty much factual that Khabib's wrestling is leagues above Eddie's and Conor's striking is leagues above Eddie's as well. He's the jack of all trades and always has been.Eddie was supposed to take Conor down and smash him. I read it over and over that he would take him down and smash him Or that he would smother him with his pace and cardio. Did either of those things happen? Expect the unexpected. Oh wait Eddie does not have great wrestling or Eddie is not great at this or is not great at that. Yeah we will see what we are saying about who is not great at what come Sunday morning on October 7.
I mean, it's pretty much factual that Khabib's wrestling is leagues above Eddie's and Conor's striking is leagues above Eddie's as well.
Conor shrugging off a concussed/rocked/shook Eddie's half assed td attempts was not exactly newsworthy.
Just because people say a lot of stupid shit before fights doesn't mean everything should be discredited.
The only time Khabib will get close to Conor's ankles will be as he's falling towards the ground knocked the fuck out.
I've thought Conor was one of the best all time strikers in MMA since he starched Aldo and favored him against everyone in a standup fight up to LW. Hell, I'd favor him against Woodley standing. I never thought that about Eddie. You can't paint everyone with same brush.His striking was not supposed to be leagues about Eddie’s at all. This was coming off the Nate rematch that everyone gave Conor shit about. And this was coming off of Eddie knocking out RDA. So no that is not what people were saying. you are thinking about recent events. Not what was going on back then.
He wont be able to shoot on mcgregor with ease like those others you posted hes gonna need to rely on clinch take downs
I've thought Conor was one of the best all time strikers in MMA since he starched Aldo and favored him against everyone in a standup fight up to LW. Hell, I'd favor him against Woodley standing. I never thought that about Eddie. You can't paint everyone with same brush.
I also think Conor is not very well rounded and extremely vulnerable to Khabib's style.
Literally same, I know Conor is lacking in some areas; however he may have improved, but he is actually a very smart guy & im super excited to see how he actually plays this, Hes clearly taking this more serious than any other fight in the ufc, if his gameplan isn’t apparent in the first round and he is striking with full force and in high volume, we will all know what the result will be because Bib will be unbelievably relentless, and punish him so badly for any little mistake, If he hasn’t painstakingly perfected his general defence and cardio then there is literally no chance at allBoth solid points and analysis. This really is more of a nightmare matchup for Conor than people know.
Really interested to see his gameplan to try and negate this.
do you see how close al's feet were to khabib when he initiated that single leg?
i dont think conor will be that close.
I mean, I agree that Kevin Lee is a lot worse of a matchup for Khabib than Conor. So is Ferguson, Woodley or GSP. Iffy on Ferg or Lee but I would definitely pick GSP over Khabib.Khabib to me he’s like the Hughes of this division when Hughes was dominating in his division. A terrible striker, is also pretty slow but an amazing grappler. Khabib is a massive 1 trick pony.. Khabib even if he wins this fight I don’t see this long reign out of him. Hughes was able to have a long run at the top mostly because the sport had yet to really evolve. I think that khabib is slow, not a great athlete, and at 30 years of age if he is this bad at striking now, I don’t see it getting a whole lot better in the next few years. I think he is extremely vulnerable to someone like Kevin Lee as long as we can make weight. Because he is a more talented version.