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

[The Chosen]

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.

 

[Megatronlee]

He’s scared of Ryan hall

 

[D'z]

Considering the world he comes from, I'd venture to guess that he's a fighter first, athlete second, and artist third.

 

[Sakurabaism]

Khabib is a solver of equations, a flyer of rockets, and a father of society. He is more than just an athlete or a fighter. The fate of an entire nation rests on his shoulder.

 

[Frank McEdgar]

Khabib is a solver of equations, a flyer of rockets, and a father of society. He is more than just an athlete or a fighter. The fate of an entire nation rests on his shoulder.

Khabib is good people

He’s scared of Ryan hall

But who isn't?

 

[The Chosen]

He’s scared of Ryan hall

Ryan Hall is actually a pretty dangerous fight to take, high likelihood of getting leg locked

 

[bongwater]

Duck

 

[MaulingMyClown]

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.

 

[ILove4MinutesHyuna]

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.

 

[Leonard Haid]

Khabib is a scientist

 

[aali14]

He's a weight cut extraordinaire

 

[CallMeCasual]

GSP is an athlete, Khabib is an artist and Diego Sanchez is a fighter.

 

[Texan6533]

Pure fighter. The guy made people suffer and panic in his fights

 

[VinceArch]

Khabib is a fighter.

 

[Strijfy]

He’s scared of Ryan hall

Is this the next flavour of the month for pissweak Khabib haters , hoping that hed lose just for a ' I told you so' ?

 

[Billthebutcher]

A tiramisu eater, thru and thru.

 

[bobgeese]

He is GOAT, or perhaps a bear.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

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.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Artist.

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

 

[HHJ]

MasterDaddy of Conor