watch Khabib vs Barboza, then watch Colby v RDA. Try and spot the difference.
3 of the 4 you mentioned have a finish rate above 70%.On what planet does Khabib get most of the take downs he tries? He went something like 7 for 15 against Raging Al who was completely unprepared for the fight and on the shelf for a year.
He does not have a high success percentage, but he does shoot A LOT.
Context is everything and you are telling one side of the story. Everyone puts away Barboza. Kevin Lee, Ferg, Cerrone - hell Varner put him away. Khabib had to take him to a decision and couldn't get it done.
Khabib gave Johnson his SEVENTH career submission loss. In his next fight, a featherweight gave him his eighth.
Spin it how you want but Khabib's output increased every single round. He was constantly moving and on the offensive. He threw more strikes than most fighter do across 5 rounds. He controlled every second of the fight.
Khabib's output in rounds 1 and 2 were abysmal. He shot for TDs, threw no GnP, and tried for some chokes.
In rounds 3-5 his output shoots through the roof. His striking output in rounds 3 and 4 are 3 times higher than the previous 2 rounds. His output in round 5 was more than the first 2 combined.
Just say you don't like Khabib and call it a day kid.
No, Khabib is a GnP heavy fighter and he spent most of those rounds fishing for a RNC. Khabib has never been a sub hunter. He throws massive amounts of GnP and breaks his opponents this way. In the opening round he usually throws well over 50 strikes on the ground (lands 25-45). Against Al he threw barely over 20 a round. What he did is only typical in the sense that he took Al down and controled him.You can say 1 + 2 are abysmal if you want. Those 2 rounds are representative of Khabib's primary game plan though.
Khabib wasn't forced from anything. He literally didn't even attempt to chain wrestle. He shot for 3 single legs across 2 rounds. He wasn't even trying to pin Al against the cage. He was taking it easy. Even his corner was telling him to stop playing. No gassed fighter will ever throw that many strikes over 15 minutes while increasing in output every round and staying on the offense the entire time.Of course Beeb's striking out put went up in 3, 4 and 5. Because he was forced from his primary game plan in order to conserve energy. An overwhelming majority of those strikes were jabs. Khabib landed 5 of 6 strikes from top position. And 0-0 from clinch in the last 15 minutes of the fight. If you want to believe KN deviated from his primary game plan to "test drive" some new skill sets, you go right ahead and think that.
Checked your post history, checks out...mostly. You aren't the most flattering but you aren't overwhelmingly negative either. So, I'll retract that statement.That's not accurate either. I like him. I was impressed by his quality jab that I had not previously given him credit for. I was impressed that he had the skill set and IQ to call an audible to plan "B", and execute it successfully.
By not wanting to grapple you mean taking him down in the 5th round and attempting multiple subs?Khabibs last fight he gassed to the point he didn't even want to grapple. Then Iaquinta was able to create forward pressure against Beeb using only his chin.
Please explain how Khabib's last win is more impressive than Colby's last win.
Both guys are dominant in what they do. Plain and simple. Whether you find it entertaining or not is all personal opinion.you can't have it both ways.
... someone's personality is irrelevant to their fighting ability.
With that being said,...
when khabib holds a guy down, he's a world-beater....... but when Colby does it, he sucks and is a wall staller.
explain?...without referring to either one of their personalities.
can you do it?
Checked your post history, checks out...mostly. You aren't the most flattering but you aren't overwhelmingly negative either. So, I'll retract that statement.
By not wanting to grapple you mean taking him down in the 5th round and attempting multiple subs?
I feel like having absolutely no time to plan for Al didn't help the situation much. He was training for 2 guys that were nothing like Al.Thank You!
We will have to respectfully disagree on WHY Khabib changed his game plan prior to round 3, But I think we both agree that clearly happened.
It was a damn odd fight. 50-43 on my card iirc. And yet I still felt Khabib was exposed in some ways, and at the same time showed much improved hands and IQ.
Yeah, cause RDA and Barboza are clones. More like, watch Khabib vs RDA and Colby vs RDA: both pretty much identical, arguably shut outs with both wrestlers out striking RDA. People are just triggered AF that Colby raped him up like that as they hate him so much. RDA just sucks vs wrestlers and always willwatch Khabib vs Barboza, then watch Colby v RDA. Try and spot the difference.
3 of the 4 you mentioned have a finish rate above 70%.
Cowboy: 75% finish rate
Tony: 78% finish rate
Varner: 85% finish rate
Lee is the only one who doesn't have a crazy finish rate but he's still at like 60% for finishes. On what planet is Edson easy to finish?
As for Khabib, he is a chain wrestler. Failing the first or even second TD is normal and sets up for his judo/sambo. He finishes every 2nd/3rd TD he shoots for in a chain. That's pretty good.
Colby isn't a really hard hitter. But watch RDA vs CC again, and tell me that CC has no hands.Khabib has ferocious ground and pound
Colby has no hands
The example was terrible. I could say look at what Khabib did to Tibau and what Colby did to Griffin.
what a crock of shit.
to compare, usman was 8 for 19 against meek who is booty as hell and nowhere near RDA - and yet somehow i keep hearing how much of a powerhouse wrestler he is. colby was 7 for 18 against an elite tier fighter in RDA, that is not bad by any means.
seems like chaos is held to different standards