Usually I laugh at this, but this is true. Conor was looking for any way out. Khabib coulda applied almost any sub he wanted. He chose to torture him with that crank and looked pissed after Conor tapped from it. He definitely wanted to hold it longer. He would have ripped his head off if the ref didn't stop himWithout a ref Conor would be dead.
he begged another man to stop. that's destruction.All we know for a fact is Conor came out looking brand new. Khabib took him down, tied him up and tried to wail on him. It excited and gave the khabib man in the sky delusionals means to turn the reality upside down but Conor took no actual damage. This is on video. Be truthful to yourselves.
Problem is McGregor had the exact scenario he was looking for and couldn't capitalize at all. The 3rd round Khabib stayed on his feet with him and gave every opportunity for Mcgregor to take over. Watching the fight I was thinking of the Mendes fight but it just never happened. Wouldn't say he destroyed him but Khabib definitely imposed his will 3 of the 4 rounds and got the finish. That is a pretty dominating performance.I see all these threads about how Khabib destroyed Conor, crushed him, Conor will never fight again etc...
Yes Khabib had top control and landed a lot of ground and pound. He also knocked Conor down once. He also subbed Conor. But lets be honest, Conor lost that fight due to exhaustion and took barely any damage in that fight. We all know Khabib is pillow fisted and Conor wasn't even concussed. Conor was back in the gym training 4-5 days later lol. That is not the definition of destroyed. He didn't even get a bullshit medical suspension. No concussion, no injuries etc. You can say he got dominated, but lets be honest he barely took any real damage. He could lose like that every month x 12 months and still fight for another 10 years.