Iaquinta Shuts Down Dopey UFC Fans Who Snickered At Khabib’s Striking

Come on you got a guy whose striking only works because of the threat praising Khabibs striking that works only because of the take down threat...

Don't you see the problem there!
 
People should be making fun of Al's striking, not Khabib's. Al's looked like dogshit, and exactly what you'd expect from a part-time fighter who had fought once in the last 3 years.
 
It's not like Canor
Or Tferg Are going to strike as shitty as Al does against a guy who isn't afraid of his take down threat.
 
Spath said:
Khabib will be diving for those low singles like Randy Couture vs Toney. Once he gets a hold of something I think he will drown McGregor.
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He definitely should. No feeling it out, no 30 seconds standing, as soon as the bell rings he needs to be shooting. I'd give him better odds to win if he started the fight on all-fours and stayed grounded the entire time.
 
Spath said:
Khabib will be diving for those low singles like Randy Couture vs Toney. Once he gets a hold of something I think he will drown McGregor.
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^This, and unless Conor has seriously improved his gas tank, there's no way hell that he'd survive long enough to play the stand up game like Barboza and Ianquinta did.

Even if he did, a McGregor who's as gassed as he was in the second half of the Diaz rematch isn't doing shit to Khabib on the feet.
 
His striking and defense are terrible.

He's going to have to be very careful closing the distance against Conor. He's going to be as cautious of Conors hands as Conor will be of letting him get too close.
 
Numbers don't lie, Khabib is a better striker than Conor McGregor. Just because Conor makes you feel all gooey and moist inside when he strikes, it doesn't mean he is the better striker.

Khabib hits his target just as well as Conor, but he is able to do it while avoiding getting hit, better than Conor. These are the facts.
 
Workaholic said:
Doesn't matter though because Khabib will never fight anyone without the threat of the takedown in his entire career
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That threat will always be there, similar to that of GSP. Not the best striker in the division but effective enough that he can find success because people are concerned about the takedown threat.
 
Lmao...threat of TD makes most high level wrestlers look like Ali. Also, Al had like zero head movement in that fight.
 
Mixedfights said:
His striking and defense are terrible.

He's going to have to be very careful closing the distance against Conor. He's going to be as cautious of Conors hands as Conor will be of letting him get too close.
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http://www.fightmetric.com/fighter-details/032cc3922d871c7f

This is just patently false. Because he doesn't "look" good does not mean that he's functionally a bad striker. He's fast and hardly ever gets hit cleanly with single shots.
 
agibmxmma said:
Yet, some sherdogger will come on this post and say Al is wrong..
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Had Khabib and Al fought a kickboxing fight with no takedowns, I think Al would have outclassed Khabib. The threat of the takedown really limited his ability to open up.

So I'll give Khabib credit, his striking is good for what he needs it to be. But in terms of pure skill, he has a long way to go before he has good striking
 
ThoseAreMyShoes said:
Without the threat of the takedown Al would decimate Khabib in a pure standup match.
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That's true I believe, but that's the difference between MMA striking & kickboxing. It could also be said that the pure boxer would beat a kickboxer in a striking match if they took away kicking. ie... add kicking to Mac/May & Conor wins every time.

Do not dismiss the grapplers effect on their opponents striking as nothing. It is a very valid part of the striking game that completely throws their opponent into a different striking game compared to someone who is not threatened to take them down. It's night n day different in stance, defense... everything. It's to the grapplers credit... not something to be dismissed.
 
markg171 said:
People should be making fun of Al's striking, not Khabib's. Al's looked like dogshit, and exactly what you'd expect from a part-time fighter who had fought once in the last 3 years.
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and not even that,IMO worse. I would expect some fire/passionin a guy who fights so rarely. Risk it, put it out there, go for it. Like in those older Pride or K1 fights, out of the pen swinging Vitor, Wand style. He cant really do much worse than lose,which seemed inevitable.

Yet he coasted through the whole fight and did nothing but react... why even fight then.
 
welcometohavoc said:
Those numbers are misleading. The reason Khabib never gets hit much is because the fight usually takes place on the ground with him on top.
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How is the percentage of shots missed against him misleading? It's a representation of what happens when guys throw strikes at him standing.

He's not easy to hit. It doesn't matter if it's all based on the threat of the TD or if he doesn't look technically sound doing it. It's effective.

If Khabib's defense were as bad as you people are making out, he'd look like Corey Anderson or Pat Cummins. Those are two strong wrestlers who literally can't avoid a punch and constantly get hurt badly even when they're having success grappling their opponents.

Sorry, but if Khabib were as limited as you people are claiming, he would have suffered an embarrassing loss by now.
 
Phisher said:
How is the percentage of shots missed against him misleading? It's a representation of what happens when guys throw strikes at him standing.

He's not easy to hit. It doesn't matter if it's all based on the threat of the TD or if he doesn't look technically sound doing it. It's effective.

If Khabib's defense were as bad as you people are making out, he'd look like Corey Anderson or Pat Cummins. Those are two strong wrestlers who literally can't avoid a punch and constantly get hurt badly even when they're having success grappling their opponents.

Sorry, but if Khabib were as limited as you people are claiming, he would have suffered an embarrassing loss by now.
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As I said in another post, a big reason good strikers have problems landing on Khabib is because of the threat of takedown.

As for him losing if he weren't a good striker, that's simply absurd. As pointed out, most of his fights have taken place on the ground. His ability to get the fight to the mat is as good as any striker's ability to KO someone. That coupled with good submission defense allows him to not worry about striking. His fights simply don't take place on the feet long enough to gauge any real striking ability

Khabib is the 2.0 version of Maia and Shields. His specialty is so great that he can get away with having poor striking
 
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