I'm expecting Charles to win so it'd improve Chandler in my mind for sure.
Better how? Khabib has 29 fights with zero losses and barely breaks a sweat; losing arguably a grand total of, what, 5 rounds? He would beat Eddie and Aoki back to back in the same night. I'm not really a casual. I watched the DREAM tournament live and clearly remember Alvarez's fights with Hansen and Kawajiri. Those guys have too many losses to be considered to have "better" resumes. Khabib's resume is shallow in regards to the overall GOAT discussion but he's beaten plenty of good fighters.
A lot of guys would have 29 wins if they faced hand picked competition until they were 25-0 ... plus winning belts in multiple promotions in multiple countries against anyone anywhere any time is a lot more difficult .. not to mention they didn’t retire at 32 to avoid losing
Not sure I agree some of that, but an interesting take nonetheless. I do think him being ranked amongst Anderson, Fedor, etc is definitely premature. Shame he retired early but at least LW is wide open now.
All I’m saying is that if Khabib was looking for a challenge and a fight to potentially lose, he definitely could’ve found one. It’s easy to say he’s been dominant when he ducked out as early as he did. I’ll give him credit he won his fights and his final run of opponents was incredible and impressive as hell. But I’ve been watching Eddie and Aoki compete for 15+ years literally everywhere .. I mean Khabib’s “run” lasted like 2 years tops .. I don’t think fighters should be condemned for losing to top challengers.. you win and lose in sports it’s gonna happen
