Khabib and Conor have almost exactly the same experience in MMA

tsully said:
Khabib is also a back to back sambo world champ, with years of experience on a world stage in that.
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Let’s not act like combat sambo has a deep global talent pool. It just started in 2001.
 
NotoriousMillions said:
lmao, that's delusion at it's finest.
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Which part, that Khabib has wins of decorated amateurs? Or that Irish MMA scene is mostly bums? Conor tapped out to the one decent fighter he fought and to a bum. Khabib beat all his opponents, one's with or without credentials.
 
kflo said:
Let’s not act like combat sambo has a deep global talent pool. It just started in 2001.
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You say that like the athletes who competed in it were born in 2001. They all come from judo and wrestling backgrounds. Sport Sambo has been around for decades, they just upped the ante with added striking.
 
Sakuraba7 said:
Which part, that Khabib has wins of decorated amateurs? Or that Irish MMA scene is mostly bums? Conor tapped out to the one decent fighter he fought and to a bum. Khabib beat all his opponents, one's with or without credentials.
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What you do outside of MMA doesn't mean shit. What you do inside a cage is what matters. You're knocking of European MMA which you clearly have no knowledge or understanding of, and acting like Khabib went through murderer's row is what I was referring too. Khabib last five opponents on the regional circuit had a combined record of 59-54, and not one had a win percentage greater than 67%. Conor's had a combined record of 75-28, and all but one had a win percentage higher than 67%. There's level to this you don't understand.
 
Sakuraba7 said:
You say that like the athletes who competed in it were born in 2001. They all come from judo and wrestling backgrounds. Sport Sambo has been around for decades, they just upped the ante with added striking.
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with a much smaller talent pool.
 
kflo said:
with a much smaller talent pool.
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There are literally thousands of people fighting for a spot in Sambo.

Athletes in Russia need to go through 3 regional tournaments just to qualify for the Worlds.

The state tournament, the region-wide tournament, the national tournament: finally the World.

Wrestling is the same thing, which is why many North Caucasians end up competing for foreign countries because they couldn't get a spot on the Russian team.

WMMAA amateur MMA is structured the same way, basically all sports in Russia.
 
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Sakuraba7 said:
There are literally thousands of people fighting for a spot in Sambo.

Athletes in Russia need to go through 3 regional tournaments just qualify for the Worlds.

The state tournament, the region-wide tournament, the national tournament: finally the World.

Wrestling is the same thing, which is why many North Caucasians end up competing for foreign countries because they couldn't a spot on the Russian team.
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you're not addressing the fact that combat sambo has a much smaller talent pool than even sport sambo.
 
NotoriousMillions said:
What you do outside of MMA doesn't mean shit. What you do inside a cage is what matters. You're knocking of European MMA which you clearly have no knowledge or understanding of, and acting like Khabib went through murderer's row is what I was referring too. Khabib last five opponents on the regional circuit had a combined record of 59-54, and not one had a win percentage greater than 67%. Conor's had a combined record of 75-28, and all but one had a win percentage higher than 67%. There's level to this you don't understand.
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In which case: Conor tapped twice. Khabib: zero.
 
kflo said:
you're not addressing the fact that combat sambo has a much smaller talent pool than even sport sambo.
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What's 'your' point? Are you implying because it has a smaller talent pool that they are worse than the other sports? They are a smaller but experienced talent pool, they transition to MMA better than anyone. Their sport is closer to MMA. Not everyone is cut out for Combat Sambo, hence, the smaller talent pool.
 
IngaVovchanchyn said:
Are you being serious right now?

You think Diaz isn't a good win because he had several losses? Where does that put Khabib's win over Johnson? In Johnson's last 5 fights not including Khabib he is 1-4. And yet he's easily one of Khabib's best wins. You can undercut any fighter by trying to nitpick their wins like that, and I think it is a terrible habit for an MMA fan.

Khabib and McGregor are both specialists and they are both damn good fighters. But yeah, McGregor's got the better resume at this point, and Khabib has got the better record.
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Exactly he was never that great, his record is terrible and he never evolved. Some deluded sherdogers believe that Diaz improved just because he beat Johnson after taking a break but that didn't prove shit, he never evolved his biggest weaknesses (wrestling) and there was no wrestling against Conor. He's still a fighter than was soundly destroyed by Benson and RDA. Biggest Conor win is vs Aldo and Porier, that's it. RDA and Barboza are better than all Conor's opponents with the exception of one (aldo).
 
Sakuraba7 said:
But but...i thought "what you did outside MMA doesn't mean shit" <{Heymansnicker}>
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It doesn't. I was comparing something that seems to completely go over your head - you can't expect someone that has no experience to beat someone that has much experience. Doesn't matter what sport we're talking about.
 
Conor has more experience at being another man's pet.

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SherdogJoe said:
Sherdog is basically a place for trolls. I think it's better to go elsewhere.

Is that underground place the same as this? I made an account there but haven't used it much yet.
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Both used to be better. Theres so much crossover now that they both arent what they used to be.

Ill say pro fighters and Dana post on the UG. But watching the users over there talk trash about them in one thread and then digitally blow them in the next when Dana or the fighters were posting made me sick of the place. Also, the UG site setup looks like something from 20 years ago. There have also been issues with the UFC having undue influence over the UG leading to certain contraversies being straight up censored, which led to a mass exodus of the place a few years ago.

TMMAC is kinda new. Less trolls there, but also less traffic. It could become a great forum if less non-trolls signed up for it, but as of right now (guessing...havent been over there in a couple months) the threads dont get as much traffic, but its a matter of time before the secrets out.

Within 2 years, all three will have the same users and they'll all post here on sherdog because there will be basically no difference. Besides sherdog threads being much more active than either of the others....
 
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migeru29 said:
Exactly he was never that great, his record is terrible and he never evolved. Some deluded sherdogers believe that Diaz improved just because he beat Johnson after taking a break but that didn't prove shit, he never evolved his biggest weaknesses (wrestling) and there was no wrestling against Conor. He's still a fighter than was soundly destroyed by Benson and RDA. Biggest Conor win is vs Aldo and Porier, that's it. RDA and Barboza are better than all Conor's opponents with the exception of one (aldo).
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You undercut Johnson by undercutting Diaz. Johnson is easily one of Khabib's three top wins. So you swipe at McGregor, but you are deflating Khabib's resume as well.

I see it quite differently. Both Johnson and Diaz have questionable records, but both are very game opponents and are respectable wins.

Also, you are completely ignoring Eddie Alvarez. He's a top 5 all time LW, love him or hate him.
 
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