Khabib couldn't take down Laquinta at will. I'm sure Conor's TDD has improved enough to be comparable to Laquinta. As long as he doesn't get too wild with the kicks and actually is carefull not to get taken down he should win.
If connor focus on take down defense, and isn't afraid of the other person's standup at all, i think his TDD can be better than people think. Khabib had trouble taking down Laquinta.
Yes Mendes was able to take down Conor, but keep in mind Conor improved a lot since then, and Conor wasn't very...
He's a perfect gate keeper.
Good enough to beat people not good enough for UFC, but not skilled enough for the real ufc caliber guys.
Always puts on a show
The fans knows him and knows he will put on a show.
Not too costly.
Always takes any fight we ask him to do.
Doesn't do fight cancellations...
This. When Conor was like "I'M GONNA CHALLENGE RDA RIGHT AFTER I CRUSH ALDO R1". People were like... yea right Conor. And then he... actually did that.
Then Conor made us believe he would challenge Lawler, and he might have actually done it if things went his way and Lawler didn't lose his...
I mean on paper, both Till and Colby kinda deserved that fight imo. But Colby marketed himself better and had more entertaining last fight, so it made sense to give him the shot. But it makes for for the UFC not to put the division on hold for him either.
I think 90%+ of people of this forum would judge better than 90% of these judges. Any fighters would be a way better judge imo.
I'd love Conor as commentator.
Unpopular opinion here, but the fight is closer than people think. Odds are actually around +200/-250.
Brock is probably the biggest HW, while Cormier might be the smallest one. Remember how small Cain was next to Brock?
Cormier will probably not be able to use his wrestling much against a...
DC is scared of nobody. He doesn't duck. He sure as hell want to avenge his 2 loss to Jon Jones. It would make him the #1 Goat with no doubt at all for anybody.
I like the Blaydes match. If Miocic beats Blaydes, that should give him enough steam/hype to potentially get a rematch. If he goes for an easier opponement like Struve he isn't getting a rematch.
I wouldn't even say he "stuffed" Cormier's wrestling. He literally nullified it. It was worst than Cormier/Jones, Cormier was completly unable to even begin a take down.
Imagine if DC beats Brock (very likely), and then defend against Jones, and actually wins (unlikely, but possible). that would be so insane. Would legit make DC the new goat.
DJ doesn't want to fight TJ because he is afraid it will hurt his beautifull fight record.
But what he is missing is, people don't care that much about records, they want to see exciting fights.
DJ's record is much better than McGregor or DC, but guess who the fans want to watch.
But Conor didn't promise us a fight. When Conor actually tells us he's gonna fight someone, he never lets us down, and never turns down a last minute replacement.
This will come down to wether or not DC can easily land the take downs. If he can't land the take downs, this will look like DC vs Jones 1 at best, if DC doesn't get stopped.
Stipe should be easier to take down than Jones. But DC had trouble taking down Gus, so its possible he also struggle...
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