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Yes it is similar but Conor hesitated and got knockdown. That is the genius of Khabib's strategy because his opponents are afraid of his takedown and that opens up striking opportunities.
He messed between what his body likes to do and what his training probably set him up to do.In both cases, you can see Conor tap the opponent’s hand with his right hand while setting up his left. And both punches by Khabib and Aldo seemed like wild lunging punches.
I was surprised at how far off Conor’s timing was throughout the fight. He normally likes to bait his opponents into committing heavily with an overhand strike. But his reaction look way off on Khabib’s overhand right. It also looks like he was about to counter with a left, but hesitated too much and reacted way too slow.