Can't stamp what ain't broken, as the old saying goes.He was broken like 3 minutes into that fight. Rest was Khabib not being able to put the stamp on it.
Sorry dude, watch the fight. 1st I said for the time it was standing, which was not long. 2nd if you watch the fight, you can clearly see MJ land to the head, body, and legs and otherwise outclass him on the feet.So the 9 total strikes MJ landed to the head of Khabib?
His boxing is badUr way off. His boxing, both pressure game(Barboza/Lauzon bouts) as well as his counter game(Poirier/Tibau) are very skillful.
Athleticism & explosiveness is what he lacks & what keeps him from being elite. He has very fast hands which make up for those areas he lacks. And despite being pigeon-footed he has very solid, basic fundamental footwork.
So MJ looked good for 30 seconds of the near 15 minutesSorry dude, watch the fight. 1st I said for the time it was standing, which was not long. 2nd if you watch the fight, you can clearly see MJ land to the head, body, and legs and otherwise outclass him on the feet.
you have a very loose definition of "beat the shit out of".He beat the shit out of Khabib on the feet for as long as he could keep it there. He starched Dustin. Idk why he is so inconsistent but I don't think he's done shocking people.
lol at he beat the shit out of Khabib.He beat the shit out of Khabib on the feet for as long as he could keep it there. He starched Dustin. Idk why he is so inconsistent but I don't think he's done shocking people.
" Nearly KO'd "... You should stop listening Joe Rogan.And he iced Poirier. Then everyone wrote off Poirier, who looked great vs Eddie, who barely beat/arguably lost to Pettis who is suppose to be washed up. The truth is we put too much stock in the mathematical difference in rankings, specifically at 155 where the margin of skill between #1 & #10 is minimal. Dariush/Barboza, Poirier/Eddie, Ferguson/Lee, Conor/Nate (even tho they fought at 170) are good examplea of this. Even Khabib was nearly KO'd by MJ & was stalemated by Tibau
He was so far from done that Khabib had to BEG him to quit.
Heart of the lion
... I said for as long as the fight was standing... he out landed and outclassed Khabib on the feet. I get Khabib was going for the TD but he looked pretty bad on the feet.you have a very loose definition of "beat the shit out of".
he landed like 3 punches and ate a hundred before getting submitted. the only one that had the shit beaten out of him in that fight was michael johnson.
and i said he didn't beat the shit out of anyone, because they stood for a grand total of 20 seconds, the rest he spent having the shit beaten out of him by khabib.... I said for as long as the fight was standing... he out landed and outclassed Khabib on the feet. I get Khabib was going for the TD but he looked pretty bad on the feet.
Exactly. I definitely knew he was not on his "A" game.Who knows what he was going thru. So many things can effect the outcome of a fight. Injuries, new camp, sparring partners missing, bad cycle, woman issues, being schemed on money by leaches, family death, fighting in home area, etc.
He looked big, confident and aggressive.
What happened to that guy? In his last 2 fights he's looked tiny and weak... Still skillful but not nearly the same.