Losing to either Dos Anjos or Alvarez wouldn't mean much for Conor when he was the FW champ, winning, on the other hand, Was significant. As much as I wanted to see Dos Anjos kick his ass, Conor wasn't supposed to get a LW shot without defending the FW belt (with a rematch with Aldo and a fight with Edgar to begin with). And if he didn't want to fight in FW anymore, he should have relinquished that belt, and fight a bunch of contendors in LW first. But hey, being privilaged is so much easier, so why bother?
How many times has Khabib fought a top level striker?
Yeah, boxing and MMA gameplans are interchangable because everything is the same right? Not like boxing gloves provide tons of defense, making it easier to pressure your opponent without getting caught. Marching forward with four ounce gloves vs an extremely accurate counter striker known for putting people away with his hands is probably the dumbest game plan imaginable. The fact I have to explain that to you is sad.
You know what I'd call the 94 strikes Khabib landed on MJ while on the ground? Completely irrelevant to what I was saying. I'm not talking about his grappling because we already know he has amazing grappling. What IS relevant is the fact the striking skill he showed in that fight was moving backwards and not moving his head off the center line at all, which led to him landing 1-2 punches while MJ tee'd off on him for a minute and a half straight until he got the takedown.
You keep saying that MJ tee'd off on him but that did not happen. MJ barely landed anything of note in the first round. The fact of the matter is that Khabib defended well and MJ had no answer for him.
Hahahahaha, ahhhhhhh who said they would even be standing up for that long. McGregor can't stop Khabib's takedowns.
MJ hit him with tons of good shots, re watch the fight buddy I think you're delusional. Either way MJ isn't half the striker Conor is and Khabib showed awful striking defense in that fight. This convo wouldn't even be happening now if you'd have read my post and replied something relevant to what I was saying, which was putting Khabib's striking defense in question.
Plus MJ is waaayy faster than McGregor. I'm not saying McGregor can't "touch" Khabib but I doubt Khabib stands with McGregor that long. Suplex city!
Doesn't need to be standing up for long when Khabib has no striking defense.
It's honestly like Conor haters are living in their own world. That dude literally gave the worst gameplan vs McGregor imaginable and he thought he just discovered the holy grail to beating him.
MJ is not "waaayy" faster than McGregor in any shape or form. MJ throws a lot of wild looping hooks and isn't nearly as precise as McGregor, nor does he have the timing McGregor has.
