Exactly. It will be the same when 35 yr old Bader beats up 42 year old Fedor in January. It is an example of an old lion past their prime getting beat by the younger lion.Nobody commenting on the fact that Randy was about 2 weeks away from being 40 in the first fight, and 42 years old by the third time he fought Chuck?
Based on a sample size of 1. Everyone was was before the fight saying it could go either way but whatever way he went it would be a dominant win. A dominant win doesn't prove how often it would go out of a sample size of 10. All we can reasonably conclude is Khabib wins at least 1 out of 10 but he quite possibly lose 9/10 and this was that 1.
Fighting doesn't work like that, unfortunately, otherwise Id be rich AF, especially a fighter coming off a two year lay off and having boxed the majority of that time. Conor has the skills to beat him, he just needs to be on point. People said the same exact thing after the Nate fight, but boy were we wrong. The fight was actually much closer than Silva Sonnen for when it lasted, but a brilliant fighter like Andy made adjustments and finished Chael in short order - there are blue prints for the striker to adapt to the wrestler.Liddell vs Couture fights were competitive,Khabib beats Conor 10 out of 10
Conor's advanced wrestler compared to Liddell.
when other fighters lose we don't hear this shit, poor Darren Till...Based on a sample size of 1. Everyone was was before the fight saying it could go either way but whatever way he went it would be a dominant win. A dominant win doesn't prove how often it would go out of a sample size of 10. All we can reasonably conclude is Khabib wins at least 1 out of 10 but he quite possibly lose 9/10 and this was that 1.
Liddell was stopped in the 3rd. Conor was stopped in the 4th.Liddell vs Couture fights were competitive,Khabib beats Conor 10 out of 10
Khabib doesn't get hit after the takedown and he mauls people for a few minutes, makes them terrified of the takedown and the ramifications of going to the ground with someone that has his level of ground control.Conor's TDD and wrestling is nowhere close to where Liddell's was. Couture isn't nearly as dominant a grappler as Khabib is and his defense isn't nearly as good either. Khabib rarely gets hit and when he does it's almost always with glancing shots.
Fighting doesn't work like that, unfortunately, otherwise Id be rich AF, especially a fighter coming off a two year lay off and having boxed the majority of that time. Conor has the skills to beat him, he just needs to be on point. People said the same exact thing after the Nate fight, but boy were we wrong. The fight was actually much closer than Silva Sonnen for when it lasted, but a brilliant fighter like Andy made adjustments and finished Chael in short order - there are blue prints for the striker to adapt to the wrestler.
Eloquently stated...but unconvincing.
And Conor doesnt have a real jab
Conor can make massive adaptations and has a great fighting brain that can make adaptations. He is also in uncharted territory having made 100 million boxing and in to all sorts of businesses like cutting fashion deals, running his media company and his new whiskey endeavor, so refocusing could do wonders.
I take Kav on his word and believe that Conor was not 100% and defied his advice to take a tune up fight before Khabib. There have been plenty of fights were lopsided and then the rematch went totally different, and lets not pretend like fight was like Barboza, or even RDA, where they mounted no successful offense and did not win a round. For sure tho, Khabib is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, and it still has o be cracked. If Conor would get it done, I would say avoid TD at all cost and use the exact opposite game plan as before, which was to pressure Khabib like he did Mendes and be fine with giving up the TD; use the jab for distance, use better angles, look to counter and go back to a bare bone boxing game like he did vs Eddie. Khabib makes mistakes, but most people are too petrified of being taken down that their offense goes to crap..
Did you know that Liddell has a background in wrestling?