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Beware Khabib Fans/Conor haters; I'm about to lay out four irrefutable reasons why (contrary to popular opinion) Khabib has very little chance of beating McGregor and why many of you are naive for believing otherwise. If you aren't equipped to handle that, then hit the back button now because this thread isn't for you.
1. Conor's strongest area is on the feet, which is where Khabib is also at his most vulnerable. Khabib has holes in his stand-up game that are just waiting to be exploited, and someone with Conor's range, timing, power, and precision is just the man to do it. In saying that, I realize that the opposite is also true - Khabib's strongest area is Conor's weakest as well. But that brings me to Point #2.
2. A fight starts on the feet, not on the ground. Which means the fight will start in who's wheelhouse? That's right - Conor's, NOT Khabib's. Not to say that knocking The Eagle out is guaranteed to be super easy, but the onus will be on HIM to grab ahold of Conor, get him to the ground, and finish him off without being taken out himself in the process. That means having to put himself into the line of fire who knows how many times just to get the fight where he needs it to be to win. Which brings me to point #3.
3. Conor has great TDD. Say what you will about his ground game, but he is excellent at stuffing takedowns, and that raises a most interesting point - What if Khabib can't even get him down? WUT DEN? And the more takedown attempts Khabib has to try, the bigger and bigger risk there is of being put out every time he tries to close the distance. But on the other hand, what if Khabib DOES get him down? Is it over for Conor right there and then? No, that brings me to Point #4.
4. Khabib doesn't usually finish guys off right away as soon as he gets them down... Especially not his best opponents. It's usually a gradual beat down that slowly breaks them over a period of two or three rounds, then he scores a TKO or submission win. So even IF he gets Conor down, the likelihood of him finishing him that round is unlikely, especially if it's the first. And then when the next round commences, it's back on the feet and thus back in a spot where Conor has the chance to put Khabib's lights out when he gets close!
Basically Khabib will have to put in more effort and work harder and more relentlessly to not only get Conor down, but get down repeatedly to the point where he can take him out. Whereas with Conor, it only takes one shot, one moment, to end the whole fight. He could catch Khabib with a brutal punch, or a series of them, at any time and send him spiraling to the canvas.
So on paper, I think McGregor should be the clear favorite here, not the other way around.
1. Conor's strongest area is on the feet, which is where Khabib is also at his most vulnerable. Khabib has holes in his stand-up game that are just waiting to be exploited, and someone with Conor's range, timing, power, and precision is just the man to do it. In saying that, I realize that the opposite is also true - Khabib's strongest area is Conor's weakest as well. But that brings me to Point #2.
2. A fight starts on the feet, not on the ground. Which means the fight will start in who's wheelhouse? That's right - Conor's, NOT Khabib's. Not to say that knocking The Eagle out is guaranteed to be super easy, but the onus will be on HIM to grab ahold of Conor, get him to the ground, and finish him off without being taken out himself in the process. That means having to put himself into the line of fire who knows how many times just to get the fight where he needs it to be to win. Which brings me to point #3.
3. Conor has great TDD. Say what you will about his ground game, but he is excellent at stuffing takedowns, and that raises a most interesting point - What if Khabib can't even get him down? WUT DEN? And the more takedown attempts Khabib has to try, the bigger and bigger risk there is of being put out every time he tries to close the distance. But on the other hand, what if Khabib DOES get him down? Is it over for Conor right there and then? No, that brings me to Point #4.
4. Khabib doesn't usually finish guys off right away as soon as he gets them down... Especially not his best opponents. It's usually a gradual beat down that slowly breaks them over a period of two or three rounds, then he scores a TKO or submission win. So even IF he gets Conor down, the likelihood of him finishing him that round is unlikely, especially if it's the first. And then when the next round commences, it's back on the feet and thus back in a spot where Conor has the chance to put Khabib's lights out when he gets close!
Basically Khabib will have to put in more effort and work harder and more relentlessly to not only get Conor down, but get down repeatedly to the point where he can take him out. Whereas with Conor, it only takes one shot, one moment, to end the whole fight. He could catch Khabib with a brutal punch, or a series of them, at any time and send him spiraling to the canvas.
So on paper, I think McGregor should be the clear favorite here, not the other way around.
