Does Khabib Get a Title Shot at 170 if He Wants it?

His mom doesn't want him to fight, he is honorable and won't go against that.
Also
He landed the largest punch he could land on Conor, he can't throw it any harder, landed CLEAN and Conor didn't even go down.

That changes a man,
 
Probably. We saw how desperate Dana was to keep him from retirement. Wouldn’t surprise me if Dana would be foaming at the mouth if he wanted to come back to fight Usman.
 
Sure. Dana would give him a title shot at anything under 205 to get him back on a PPV.

He's still getting smashed at 170 and 185, however and I say this as someone who acknowledges how great he is as a fighter.
 
Would he get it? Yes. Does he deserve it? No.
 
Frank McEdgar said:
I think if he sees the right champ any time soon, he will smell blood and go for it.

Nobody wants Usman.
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I just don't think he has the desire to fight anymore. Fighting seems way too stressful for him and he's living very comfortably now.

That hunger is not there anymore, brother. Would seem more like a burden to him than anything else.

That's why staying champ and defending for a long time is the most impressive thing in MMA. When you haven't made it yet, you'll do anything to bless your life, but once you're there, you have more to lose than to gain.
 
Substance Abuse said:
Sure. Dana would give him a title shot at anything under 205 to get him back on a PPV.

He's still getting smashed at 170 and 185, however and I say this as someone who acknowledges how great he is as a fighter.
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Not saying Khabib would win, but he may surprise you. Other LW's have gone up and done extremely well (RDA, Burns, Masvidal). A 15lb less of a weight cut would probably help Khabib's performance even more.
Would probably (or definitely) get smashed at 185, imagine if he was paired against Whittaker lol
 
Reign009 said:
I just don't think he has the desire to fight anymore. Fighting seems way too stressful for him and he's living very comfortably now.

That hunger is not there anymore, brother. Would seem more like a burden to him than anything else.
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I agree.

I think some people think this as if it's fighting is a video game or something like this. They think it's easy. Some retired fighters don't even want to return, they just return because they need money. If Khabib needs money that much? Perhaps, but I doubt that will happen, I think he won enough money.

Yes, GSP did it, but GSP is a whole different person than Khabib. GSP can never be a coach like Khabib or a promoter like Khabib, they are different, GSP still wants to fight in boxing today, I think he said he retired but he was just waiting for the right opportunity.

I think Khabib retired because he has other things to do; coaching and promoting Eagle FC.

Reign009 said:
That's why staying champ and defending for a long time is the most impressive thing in MMA. When you haven't made it yet, you'll do anything to bless your life, but once you're there, you have more to lose than to gain.
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If Khabib wasn't interested in other things, such as coaching and promoting his own promotion, I think he would definitely continue to fight and defend, I think he just has other things to do, it's that simple.
 
Let's see it
Love to see him get manhandled at his natural weight class
 
TheMaster said:
Let's see it
Love to see him get manhandled at his natural weight class
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Aren't you haters bored using this already many times debunked argument?

I believe Colby would get smashed at 155 by Khabib, or even Usman, because they could barely move after cutting that much weight, because they are simply bigger than Khabib, and they can't cut at 155. Perhaps Colby could cut to 155, but he would get smashed easily if he tried 155 against Khabib, he never did because he knows he can't be effective after cutting that much weight since he is bigger. By the way, Colby too cuts weight to 170 lbs, he should be fighting at 185 lbs if we are talking natural weight classes.
 
Khabib ain’t coming back… he’s getting promoter money now.

Only way he comes back is if someone destroys Islam so bad that it embarrasses their team.

Highly doubt that ever happens.
 
Tevfik1907 said:
Aren't you haters bored using this already many times debunked argument?

I believe Colby would get smashed at 155 by Khabib, or even Usman, because they could barely move after cutting that much weight, because they are simply bigger than Khabib, and they can't cut at 155. Perhaps Colby could cut to 155, but he would get smashed easily if he tried 155 against Khabib, he never did because he knows he can't be effective after cutting that much weight since he is bigger. By the way, Colby too cuts weight to 170 lbs, he should be fighting at 185 lbs if we are talking natural weight classes.
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Khabib fought many times at 170
The fact he left without challenging at the higher weight was a bitch move
 
TheMaster said:
Khabib fought many times at 170
The fact he left without challenging at the higher weight was a bitch move
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He did because it's hard to find mma fights outside of UFC at that time before 2010, especially finding good mma fights at Russia.

Sometimes he was fighting 2 times or even 3 times in just one day. That's entirely different thing than fighting just 1 time.

He never fought at 170 in UFC. That's all that matters.

He specifically said when he is in shape he is around 180 lbs, while Usman and someone like Khamzat is a lot bigger than that when they are in shape.



''When I am in shape, my weight is around 180 lbs''
 
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