Conor McGregor
- TD Avg.: 0.92
- TD Acc.: 62%
- TD Def.: 73%
- Sub. Avg.: 0.0
Michael Johnson
- TD Avg.: 0.61
- TD Acc.: 50%
- TD Def.: 79%
- Sub. Avg.: 0.1
Edson Barboza
- TD Avg.: 0.49
- TD Acc.: 50%
- TD Def.: 80%
- Sub. Avg.: 0.1
Don't be deceived by the hype of this fight. Even despite facing significantly larger, stronger wrestlers in their careers, Barboza and MJ (both of whom Khabib ragdolled) have significantly higher TDD stats than McGregor, not to mention superior backgrounds in wrestling and grappling (Johson's college wrestling experience and Barboza'a submission grapppling).
The only time Conor faced a high level wrestler in his career was at FW where he was taken down 4 times in two rounds and controlled and smashed on the ground for nearly 4 straight minutes in the second round.
The only time Conor faced someone even close to Khabib's size, Nate Diaz, who is known as a weak wrestler, he was stopped in the first contest and won a razor close decision in the second landing with Diaz landing a staggering 252 strikes to McGregor's 197, he was also taken down.