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Because when you're bouncing on your toes you are easier to knock off balance and take down, so he took a lower and more flat footed stance to be ready for the single leg shot. In hindsight you could say Conor didn't fight to win, he fought not to lose, which are two very different things.
Surviving on the bottom grappling with Khabib is not winning you the fight, its a stalemate at best but his cardio was being tested already by round 2 while Khabib didn't even sit between rounds. He prepared too much for Khabib's game rather than just trying to maximize his own chances of winning in the first round or two. I think maybe he got insulted by all the fans and analysts implying alll he had was a puncher's chance to win, maybe he took that personally because that implies he's not the better fighter, even though that's pretty much the case in this matchup.
Surviving on the bottom grappling with Khabib is not winning you the fight, its a stalemate at best but his cardio was being tested already by round 2 while Khabib didn't even sit between rounds. He prepared too much for Khabib's game rather than just trying to maximize his own chances of winning in the first round or two. I think maybe he got insulted by all the fans and analysts implying alll he had was a puncher's chance to win, maybe he took that personally because that implies he's not the better fighter, even though that's pretty much the case in this matchup.