Do you think Khabib is bothered by being forgotten?

[NGute87]

Forgotten?
He hold records, owns a promotion, and is talked about every day by the MMA world.

 

[BjPenn2017]

It doesn't though

Khabib defeated

Conor P4P top 10 when Khabib beat him coming off the Alvarez win
Gaethje P4P top 10 when Khabib beat him coming off ending Fergusons streak
Poirier P4P top 10 when Khabib beat him coming off Max win
Prime RDA in the middle of a ten fight winning streak
Barboza on a 3 fight winning streak and Knockout of Dariush

Tell me again who the top 5 fighters Usman beat are, without counting his loss.

Khabib would never have sniffed 5 title defenses - and clearly never will.

Khabib is good, probably somewhere at the lower end of the top 10-15 fighters of all time. Don’t see why this is so offensive to people, Usman HAS accomplished much more. Khabib fought once a year and didn’t even clean out his division.

 

[NGute87]

to be fair, Khabib didn't necessarily create that culture himself. Sambo was already prevalent at that side of the world as was MMA competition. there just was never many great competitors -- and let's not put the cart before the horse -- Khabib was champ for a few fights, but no one else has established that region as a dominant force yet. At least not in terms of title contenders.

he has paved the way, though -- that's extremely valuable.

What Sambo fighter did it better than khabib?

 

[BowserGiga]

Welterweight is weak as hell.

I'm not impressed by Usman having 4 title defences and two of them being against Masdival.

 

[Natural Order]

Tell me who Tyson beat that weren't cans, fighters in a different weight class or over the hill?

Was there somebody Mike was ducking during his time? It was a generally weak era for sure, he's not even a Top 10 all-time HW. But he's sure as fuck got 10x the career of Khabib Nurmagomedov, rofl.

Tyson put heads into next year and captivated the globe. You'd catch 3 people in 500 who might have heard the name Khabib. Imagine ever comparing the two.

 

[Tapioca Cold]

He's not forgotten. His record is easily accessible.

 

[HHJ]

How can he be forgotten when Conor is the biggest star in the sport and all his fans watched him be besmirched and violated by Khabib?

 

[HHJ]

I don't think he cares at all, he seems focused on his promotion and on being a coach for his guys. If anything everyone else is the one that constantly asks him if he's going to return to fighting.

I also think its silly to think that no one recognizes Khabib's impact. From the Dagestani handcuff to the prominence of the Dagestani fighters, everyone looks at those things as part of Khabib's impact on the sport.

If anything he did what Conor claimed he was going to do. Remember "we're not here to take part, we're here to take over"? Well, the Irish fighters never really took off much less take over but the Caucus fighters sure did.

Start handing out bans. Let em know who's boss. Put the Dagestani handcuffs on em

 

[HHJ]

Conor: get in get rich get out

Khabib: :: actually does it ::

Conor fans: omg khabib chicken running away!

 

[Poatan Power]

What Sambo fighter did it better than khabib?

Did you read my post?

 

[NGute87]

Did you read my post?

Sure did. Did you read mine?

 

[NGute87]

Did you read my post?

I'm not agreeing, nor disagreeing. I only asked a question to build off of what you said. I didn't mean to sound like I was confronting you.

 

[NGute87]

How can he be forgotten when Conor is the biggest star in the sport and all his fans watched him be besmirched and violated by Khabib?

We have a winner. Lol

 

[HHJ]

a good third of people write it like that here. Even Bald and Bankrupt of all people says Caucus, that fat fuck.

DONT U INSULT BALD

 

[Snake_bite]

DONT U INSULT BALD

he's a rapist mate.. fuck that guy

 

[Gracious Warrior]

If he is bothered by being forgotten them he could always come back and fight oliviera, a guy who could actually pose some problems for once because of his own grappling abilities

 

[Talon81]

charles gets the nod because it took him longer to be worth a fuck?

Nope.


Bevause he was in the big leagues over twice as long.

Khabib 29-0 25 fights to get to title shot
Oliveira 32-8 38 fights to get to ttile shot
Both won a vacant title, not beating the champ. Khabib has 3 defenses, Oliveira 1. Khabib still undefeated, Oliveira has 8 losses.
One could argue that Oliveira has faced tougher competition overall. Perhaps so, but Khabib faced more top 5 opponents.... and beat them all. Oliveira has lost to more sub top 10 opponents than he has beaten of top 5s.

Oliveira is a great fighter. This is not to bash him, but Khabib is in a different league at this point. In a few years we can have this discussion again.

 

[DaRivv20]

I don’t even like Khabib but goddamn D 1 Wrestler is absolutely obsessed with him.


Just stop thinking about him homie.

 

[BowserGiga]

I don’t even like Khabib but goddamn D 1 Wrestler is absolutely obsessed with him.


Just stop thinking about him homie.

The irony of the OP calling one of the most famous fighters ever forgotten yet he thinks about them more than his real life.

 

[BowserGiga]

I don’t even like Khabib but goddamn D 1 Wrestler is absolutely obsessed with him.


Just stop thinking about him homie.

The irony of the OP calling one of the most famous fighters ever forgotten yet he thinks about them more than his real life.