What is Khabib, a fighter, athlete, or artist?

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GSP said there are three kinds of people who excel in combat sports, that is the fighter, athlete/sportsman, and the artist. What is Khabib?

I say he is probably the best pure athlete we’ve seen compete in MMA, trailed closely by GSP himself.

 
GSP the better athlete IMO...I would put Khabib as an artist with his ability to control every aspect of the ground game for the most part.
 
I think khabib has just mastered the craft of grappling through years of training. Its like Poirier said he is always in the right position, physically he is probably above average in strength, but not as strong as some believe. Cardio wise again he is probably above average but he does everything perfectly which makes him expend less energy than most.

I dont want to make the comparison to Mayweather cause he was basically a champion for 20 years, but Khabib resembles him in the fact that he seems to win his fight in the most casual way and looks to always be in control with no real danger of losing. Most people can list all the times we thought he was in trouble of memory cause of how rare it was.
 
Pure fighter. The guy made people suffer and panic in his fights
 
I would go with fighter…

The way he seems to approach his bouts, he treats every contest like it’s an actual fight, rather than a sport with rules…

I would imagine that if he would get in an actual street fight (no rules or time limits) it would look just like one of his fights in the octagon.
 
Artist.

He paints a picture that tells a story of a fight with the blood, sweat and tears of his opponents.
 
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