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Aldo is Conor's biggest win. Fair play to him. However, that is 1/10 fights.aldo?
also if you are complaining about short notice oppponents look no further than khabib beating no11
I am not complaining. I am stating facts. For example, if I say the sun is shining today, it doesn't mean I am complaining or not complaining. I am just stating a fact.
The difference in context between Nurmagomedov vs Iaquinta and McGregor vs Mendes/McGregor vs Diaz I is that Iaquinta had a full camp to prepare, he has wasn't on vacation drinking beers and smoking weed. He was in fight camp.
So, it was a short-notice fight for both Nurmagomedov and Iaquinta predominantly in the context of strategy. Both fighters had full-camps to train.
Conor was given an opponent who rarely fights and was on vacation, and not even thinking about fighting. So, Conor had a huge advantage, and he was still choked out. The guy was in championship camp and he gassed out before the opponent who was on vacation. LOL
Iaquinta went 5 rounds, and Conor couldn't go 2 rounds against a short-notice opponent. This is a huge hole in Conor's games that will be tough to cover up and can't be ignored.
If Conor doesn't get his half-a-puncher's-chance to KO Khabib within the first 2 minutes of Round 1, he will be taken down, if he is not taken down, he will be gassed trying to defend the TD. By mid-Round 2, Conor's lungs will be burning, and Khabib is going to smash him. Khabib is not Nate Diaz (who will throw away the fight by taunting a gassed out opponent). Khabib is The Eagle, when if he sees a compromised opponent, he will pounce on him, and smash him until he is broken.
When I look at the data, I only see half-a-puncher's-chance within the first 2'30" of Round 1 for Conor to win. After that, he will get smashed worse than Barbosa and Michael Johnson.