UFC 254 Khabib vs. Gaethje.. Any predictions or thoughts

[mtpockets]

K. Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje

Robert Whittaker vs. Jared Cannonier

Alexander Volkov vs. Walt Harris

Phil Hawes vs. Jacob Malkoun

Lauren Murphy vs. Liliya Shakirova

Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba

Stefan Struve vs. Tai Tuivasa

Alex Oliveira vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov

Da Un Jung vs. Sam Alvey

Liana Jojua vs. Miranda Maverick

Casey Kenney vs. Nathaniel Wood

Joel Alvarez vs. A. Yakovlev






I think if anyone can beat Khabib it's Gaethje. Will he do it? I hope so, but I would have a hard time betting against Khabib.

[supramax]

... and new... via KO in the 1st round!

[Mark1T]

MT Hammer beat me and that's ok

Khabib is an animal. I wonder if Justin will trade with Khabib. If he does, Justin might clip Khabib, but Khabib is a good striker, too. I think it goes the distance.

Whittaker and Cannonier is just as interesting of a fight and great match up. Cannonier is on a roll and went undefeated as a HW, and hasn't lost at 185, yet. Whittaker is his best challenge thus far at 185, but I think Cannonier will win with a KO. His leg kicks are devastating and then his power finishes the fight.

But, who knows. My record of picking is abysmal.

[Karl_Hungus]

Khabib by submission.

Hoping Whittaker takes it, but either way should be good.

[congore]

Khabib is a monster with a solid all around game. Gaethje's striking has matured tremendously based on his last fight. I would lean towards Khabib's overall game, but Gaethje will always have a punchers chance. In the end, I think it will be interesting to see if Gaethje's wrestling background can slow down Khabib's ground and pound strategy. If it ends up a striker's fight, then Gaethje has a chance. If it ends up on the ground, then Khabib will steamroll him like he does with everyone else. Great lineup and definitely looking towards it.

[mtpockets]

[steffo99]

Almost more interested in seeing what Cannonier can do or how he measures up this time. Didn't realize until now he went all the way from being heavyweight. Could be the most interesting Khabib fight so far. I guess this is the time we get to see if there are really levels to the wrestling that's been spoken about before. Wondering if it wont be a bit of a battle of the gas tanks. Khabib will eventually get you down, so thinking the battle for Gaethje will be if he can get up without draining his gas tank too much.

[MilkforBrains]

Gaethje is looking fat. Thrown fight via oil money.

[Mark1T]

I think Costa and Cannonier would be a great fight.

[ChazWood]

I'm putting down huge cheddar ($1.00) on Khabib by TKO using Stefan Struve's severed leg in the first round at 5,000,000:1

Sure it's a longshot, but imagine the feeling of winning $5,000,000 after wagering one dollar. To me that thought alone is worth a dollar!

and dont worry about Struve, he's a reptile so the limb grows back in 6-8 weeks.

can't wait for the fight!!!

[mtpockets]

[Mark1T]

^^MT, after that, I am going to wear my bear hat while watching the fight.

If I can catch him



This is Chazzy's baby puppy.

[mtpockets]

The big day, just a little over 4 hours until prelims

[mtpockets]

[Mark1T]

Well, that's that.

One thing in common with whoever has rolled with Khabib, is that they all say something like, "He's strong." Just interesting between someone like Khabib who has built his strength since he was 2 or 3 years old, creating massive tendon strength against who built strength in the past 10 years. In addition to work ethic and desire.

Even though Whittaker is a proven winner, this one did surprise me because Cannonier has been taking out all of his opponents, not to mention he looks like a beast. It impresses me that I see Cannonier as a freak-beast, and a professional like Whittaker sees him as, "Yeah, I can beat him," and really mean it.

[Karl_Hungus]

... and new... via KO in the 1st round!

Oops.

[mtpockets]

Oops.

lol

[supramax]

Oops.

Yeah, I heard. Gaethje said he was going to put Nurmagomedov to sleep.
You understand what a prediction is, yes?