Conor vs. Khabib 10/6/18

[BenadrylBandit]

Conor TKO's him in round 1. Believe it....

Khalibib can say all he wants how he isn't going to stand with Conor, but that Russian pride will force him to in the beginning and Conor will be at distance with very sound TDD. If you guys think Khalibib is going to just walk in there and throw him down without him catching serious leather to his vodka sipper, you are in for a rude awakening...

from a man half the size as khabib, half the wrestler, on two weeks notice.

[Gainzzz]

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from a man half the size as khabib.

Kavanagh/Conor have confirmed that his knee was injured for the Mendes fight, plus he had been training for Aldo. He looked terrible physically. I remember thinking he was ill or something.

Anyway, Mendes is/was the best wrestler at 145. He's a freak athlete. Showing gifs of an injured/depleted Conor getting taken down by Mendes as if it proves anything is silly.

Khabib can take anyone down, but you seem to be basing your entire opinion of Conor's grappling/TDD on the Mendes fight. Just makes no sense.

[F.A.M.E.]

Anybody know the ticket prices for this event yet? Def tempted to head to Vegas for this one.

[Hardcore_D00d]

from a man half the size as khabib, half the wrestler, on two weeks notice.

the past is moot. conor is way better now. also, mendes is way quicker than khabib and has better standup where khabib is just a pure wrastlefuk beast. conor will see his shot in slow motion and tag him shooting in

[Manletbolic]

Does anyone see this going the same way conor vs alvarez is gonna turn out?

[Hardcore_D00d]

Does anyone see this going the same way conor vs alvarez is gonna turn out?

it'll be more like Conor vs aldo but with khabib going for a td

[300BLK]

Conor TKO's him in round 1. Believe it....

Khalibib can say all he wants how he isn't going to stand with Conor, but that Russian pride will force him to in the beginning and Conor will be at distance with very sound TDD. If you guys think Khalibib is going to just walk in there and throw him down without him catching serious leather to his vodka sipper, you are in for a rude awakening...

The smartest thing for him to do is to go straight for the takedown, don't even bother trying to challenge Conor in stand-up. But as stupid as MMA fighters fight sometimes, I wouldn't even be surprised if Khabib tried to bang with Conor and pays for it first round.

[TappingTheZen]

lol @ the conor dick riders.

Khabib will maul him.

TDD goes out the window vs khabib, conor isn't stopping khabib picking him up and dropping him on his head.

[TappingTheZen]

Diaz is Conor's kryptonite. He literally is almost made to beat him. He can take punches, has just as good straight boxing, better cardio, doesn't care to eat a counter punch to land something, and rekts him in jitzu. I've NEVER rooted for Conor but I think he handles it pretty quick. Khabib has beaten who?

RDA, Michael johnson, barboza, laquinta?

Do you even watch MMA to ask such a ridiculous question?

I find it amazing how conor fans can judge that conor will 'ko him quick', when hes never even really been rocked (before you bring up the michael johnson fight, try watching it without commentary, he barely flinched). He took an edson barboza spinning heel kick to the face and barely reacted, i think he can handle conors left hand. All evidence suggests khabibs chin is very good.

[TappingTheZen]

Things to consider with his fight against chad:

Conor had a torn ACL going into this fight but refused to back out since Aldo had.
Conor had been preparing to fight Aldo and was not prioritizing wrestling.
That fight was three years ago at 145 & Conor seems to have better TD (as seen against Eddie) now which may be a factor of weight class

Thought he had a torn ACL vs holloway too?

How many times you conor dick riders gonna use this excuse to justify poor performances lol

If he had a torn ACL, he wouldn't have even been able to stand lol.

[MMAMatty]

Conor by 1st round stoppage. WME stands to lose too much money for any other outcome to happen.

[Yotone]

im a conor nut hugger but we all know whats going to happen. first 20 seconds of bullchit jabs then kahbib takes him down and from that point on, either conor gets crushed to death or spend the rest of the round getting all his energy drained out and will be easy pickings in round 2.

like the eagle said, you can stuff one or two take downs but hes going to keep going for the take downs until eventually he gets it.

you can look at the al fight but kahbib was never afraid of al's striking so he was willing to stand up and fight and occasionally go for a take down and if not then what ever. he knows how dangerous conors left is and wont take that chance.

its just like how every GSP's fight went and thats all there is to it. im still going to root hard for conor tho.

[HipHopLyrics]

Khabib should fake a glove touch and shoot for the TD

[KingSWRV]

im a conor nut hugger but we all know whats going to happen. first 20 seconds of bullchit jabs then kahbib takes him down and from that point on, either conor gets crushed to death or spend the rest of the round getting all his energy drained out and will be easy pickings in round 2.

like the eagle said, you can stuff one or two take downs but hes going to keep going for the take downs until eventually he gets it.

you can look at the al fight but kahbib was never afraid of al's striking so he was willing to stand up and fight and occasionally go for a take down and if not then what ever. he knows how dangerous conors left is and wont take that chance.

its just like how every GSP's fight went and thats all there is to it. im still going to root hard for conor tho.

the thing is the chances of a miracle knockout are so high with Conor thats its almost a high percentage of the unlikely to happen.

there is a tendency to underestimate the true potential of his precision and timing and the devastating way he uses the threat of offense and spacing to control a fight.

how many times has he blown peoples expectations away. and theres also the potential for mind games to get khabib to be somehow out of character in a way that gets him off the target gameplan due to emotion or ego.

what if all the money he got just helped him acquire even more power and skill....

or what if the opposite happened and having a baby and millions made him lose the fiery spirit that made him so successful.

I know inkeepngoing back and forth about this but its a legendary matchup of fight styles with so many classic and subtle variables.

[Yotone]

a knock out can certainly happen like how it went down with aldo, but the thing is that kahbib is bigger than aldo and there will be a good chance he could eat it and still continue.

and when has money ever helped a fighter, its the other way around.

nobody wants to see kahbib laying on conor the whole time but i feel most likely it will happen and happen very quickly.

the thing is the chances of a miracle knockout are so high with Conor thats its almost a high percentage of the unlikely to happen.

there is a tendency to underestimate the true potential of his precision and timing and the devastating way he uses the threat of offense and spacing to control a fight.

how many times has he blown peoples expectations away. and theres also the potential for mind games to get khabib to be somehow out of character in a way that gets him off the target gameplan due to emotion or ego.

what if all the money he got just helped him acquire even more power and skill....

or what if the opposite happened and having a baby and millions made him lose the fiery spirit that made him so successful.

I know inkeepngoing back and forth about this but its a legendary matchup of fight styles with so many classic and subtle variables.

[Midgetkiller]

Khabib's coach said that they're not even going to try to stand with Conor, just 24/7 takedowns. So it'll all come down to Conor's TDD and his gameplan. This fight could be over real quick with Conor getting pinned and raped or it could be a huge 'upset'. Coolest fight in quite a while. Still want to see Ferguson against Khabib tho.

[PowerRanger]

Going to be an interesting fight for sure.

I don't like Khabib and would like to see Conor knock him out but if Conor loses this is he finished?

[AWillis]

Khabib should fake a glove touch and shoot for the TD

the true champ knows what he is doing. irish potato is going to feel the pain till the champ wants to put him to sleep

[SiberianStrike]

Hope Leprechaun KO's Kebab and steals his gold.

[BenadrylBandit]

Going to be an interesting fight for sure.

I don't like Khabib and would like to see Conor knock him out but if Conor loses this is he finished?

Nah Diaz trilogy fight after he loses. Too much money not to.

[FoulSmell]

Conner is the most overrated athlete in the world.. Diaz chit all over him and wasn’t even in the top 5.. This won’t be close, Conner will get abused.

[Groce]

Conner is the most overrated athlete in the world.. Diaz chit all over him and wasn’t even in the top 5.. This won’t be close, Conner will get abused.

Obviously he's overrated, but nobody will ever be more overrated than Ronda Rousey was in 2015.

[anonymous]

Conor via flying knee

[anonymous]

Going to be an interesting fight for sure.

I don't like Khabib and would like to see Conor knock him out but if Conor loses this is he finished?

No. If Conor loses this somebody else will beat Khabib while Conor smokes somebody in one round then Conor will come back and beat whoever that Champion is.

[KingSWRV]

Technically all these fights are still win/win self challenge fights and exhibition fights. As long as he doesn’t lose a fight at 145 his mystique will be mostly intact.

He wasn’t supposed to beat someone as big as Nate Diaz but demonstrated epic skills fighting a bigger guy, he wasn’t supposed to come anywhere close to mayweather in boxing but he dominated him and forced him to wait till he tired out, and he’s definitely also not supposed to beat Khabib because Conor has a body type for a striker and the opposite physical genetics that it takes to be good at ground.

Conor has that punchers hip build where it’s good for high velocity punching and strikes but not enough mass for wrestling. His upper body also is lean in a way that has no extra mass or back and generates total body power transfer from the legs and hips and through.

Same reason Khabib sucks at standup in the traditional sense but makes up for it with dominance via the threat of takedown pressure.

So Conor was not supposed to win his last 3 fights they are all challenges that if he overcomes would boost his rep but if he loses it makes sense.

It would be worst for his rep if he dropped back down to 145 and fought Max and lost.

Because unless he goes back to that, he’s essentially no longer on his home turf and territory compared to other champs who camp there and defend a belt

[chalup]

from a man half the size as khabib, half the wrestler, on two weeks notice.

*Mendes was on Growth hormone. BTW Beeb doesn't have straight brute force TD's.

[chalup]

RDA, Michael johnson, barboza, laquinta?

Do you even watch MMA to ask such a ridiculous question?

I find it amazing how conor fans can judge that conor will 'ko him quick', when hes never even really been rocked (before you bring up the michael johnson fight, try watching it without commentary, he barely flinched). He took an edson barboza spinning heel kick to the face and barely reacted, i think he can handle conors left hand. All evidence suggests khabibs chin is very good.

Ridiculous question? What rank were those guys when he beat them? Did you seriously mention Johnson or Laquinta like they are something? Lmao when your go to is Big Al to show you who you beat.. lmao. Only fight worth mentioning is RDA, who still has some big ass losses on his record.

edit: And you new people keep calling me a Conor fan. Jesus christ go back two years ago and see what I said.

[BenadrylBandit]

Ridiculous question? What rank were those guys when he beat them? Did you seriously mention Johnson or Laquinta like they are something? Lmao when your go to is Big Al to show you who you beat.. lmao. Only fight worth mentioning is RDA, who still has some big ass losses on his record.

edit: And you new people keep calling me a Conor fan. Jesus christ go back two years ago and see what I said.

Do you watch UFC fights or just Conor fights?


Al Iaquinta is a very solid fighter, he's just inactive. MJ holds wins over Tony, Porier, and Barboza.,

[KingSWRV]

Ridiculous question? What rank were those guys when he beat them? Did you seriously mention Johnson or Laquinta like they are something? Lmao when your go to is Big Al to show you who you beat.. lmao. Only fight worth mentioning is RDA, who still has some big ass losses on his record.

edit: And you new people keep calling me a Conor fan. Jesus christ go back two years ago and see what I said.

Look at this Conor not hugging *******

[TappingTheZen]

Technically all these fights are still win/win self challenge fights and exhibition fights. As long as he doesn’t lose a fight at 145 his mystique will be mostly intact.

He wasn’t supposed to beat someone as big as Nate Diaz but demonstrated epic skills fighting a bigger guy, he wasn’t supposed to come anywhere close to mayweather in boxing but he dominated him and forced him to wait till he tired out, and he’s definitely also not supposed to beat Khabib because Conor has a body type for a striker and the opposite physical genetics that it takes to be good at ground.

lmfao.

He did NOT dominate floyd or come close, floyd played with him. At 0 point in the fight was floyd concerned, at all.

As for nate diaz, yes he's bigger but he's still just a 155er, conor massively over exagerated the size difference (claiming nate was 3x bigger), and as much as i like nate diaz he was considered a rank #6-10 kind of fighter till he fought conor. The size difference is no more than the size difference conor had against everyone at 145.

@chalup:
michael johnson was ranked 5 or 6 when he beat him, barboza was in the top 4, RDA was in the top 5-6. As for Al, his rank doesn't reflect his skill, perhaps you're new to MMA, if so i'd advise you to look at als resume and actually go and look at his fights. His rank is far lower than it should be because he barely fights, as the UFC dont pay him enough, and he deserves to be mentioned when we talk about top guys at 155.. he was on a 5 fight streak prior to fighting khabib, and khabib couldnt game plan for him because his opponent was changed last minute. Just because these guys aren't as big names as conor, and you havn't watched their fights doesn't mean they're not top guys.

Also, the whole 'who has khabib beat' argument is funny when conor has ONLY beaten alvarez at 155.