Connie did kind of get his striking game going, but he was still exhausted and slow. Some of the worst punches I've seen in a UFC fight
The knock downs were shocking but even so it took all Conor had just to squeak by a man who he couldn’t finish.I admit that this thing could have easily been a draw.
But Ginger landed at least one 10-8 round (1st), if not two, (1st & 2nd) and that made the difference.
So I would not call this decision questionable either, btw.
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Then you are a newb who has only seen a handful of fights.
I'm sorry that Conor lost, but you'll recover.
Ya, the money I made knowing Khabib would win surprisingly made the recovery quick. Hope you enjoyed your first event kid.
I have so much nervous anxiety when Khabib fights that I can’t really be objective while watching him live. Nothing that Conor was doing made me think the momentum was shifting, but when Khabib keeps it standing it just puts me on edge. Same with Iaquinta. He seems to know what he’s doing though, and that his grappling has practically nullified his opponents’ ability to effectively strike against him.
When I rewatch the fight the next day I can see more clearly that he was never in trouble.
I agree completely, rooted for The Bib but his TDs were off. Conor stopped most of them, but he eventually gassed on 4th and got submittedI am pretty happy that Khabib beat him, but I don't remember thinking that it was a one-sided beating like many here.
Ginger was actually starting to stop Khabib's TD, and Khabib did look like he was starting to run out of steam.
It was a weird feeling, after the beating that Ginger took in the 2nd, to fear that the fight had turned.
Of course it did not stop what happened in the 4th and Ginger must have had nothing left to tap to face squeeze like that, but in the 3rd I think I gave 50%-50% odds.
Am I alone?
I think you are being coy. I knew it was in the bag before the fight started and said so in every thread i posted. I usually never say a fight is a lock. This one was.I looked at it completely different. After Khabib stood with him for an entire round and was in ZERO trouble I knew this fight was in the bag.
If the Barboza fight had been a 5 rounder Khabib would have finished him. He actually did the exact same thing to Barboza in the third that he did to Conor.Conor was fucked after the first takedown. Khabib knew he had the fight won and wanted to humiliate Conor on the feet in the 3rd, but he couldn't dominate Conor like he did Barboza. So he did the smart thing and ended it in the fourth.