Do you think the short notice will hurt Khabib as well?

[chamcham]

As in not having enough time to come up with an effective training routine and gameplan for the fight.

Do you think Khabib might be unprepared and lack the automatic reactions to situations emphasized in training?

Will his fight IQ be tested more due to the short notice? Do you think unpreparedness and a quickly thrown together gameplan will result in a Khabib that is a little off?

 

[Angry Bob]

I dont think his gameplan will be affected at all really. Sure there are some differences in abilities between max and Tony bit khabib Will be looking for the clinch and TD as always. They have similar body types as well.

 

[jpadilla295]

Yeah its gonna take his focus off just a little and have him struggle with the adjustments during the fight. But in the end khabib will find his groove and win via Kimura.

 

[fightfan84]

As in not having enough time to come up with an effective training routine and gameplan for the fight.

Do you think Khabib might be unprepared and lack the automatic reactions to situations emphasized in training?

Will his fight IQ be tested more due to the short notice? Do you think unpreparedness and a quickly thrown together gameplan will result in a Khabib that is a little off?

khabib always has the same game plan, opponent does change that. not short notice for him

 

[greenhawk]

He'll be fine. The way he has dismantled his opponents shows that he has a good fight IQ . He prepared for Tony who is a far dangerous opponent than Max, he would need to tweak few things and he is good to go.

 

[kabanos]

Khabib doesnt really change his game plan in any fight... so no. It should not.

Plus Tony and Max are not that different fighters.

It's much more tough for Max to adapt to Khabib than the other way round

 

[mma_genius]

As in not having enough time to come up with an effective training routine and gameplan for the fight.

Do you think Khabib might be unprepared and lack the automatic reactions to situations emphasized in training?

Will his fight IQ be tested more due to the short notice? Do you think unpreparedness and a quickly thrown together gameplan will result in a Khabib that is a little off?

Khabib only has one game plan no matter who he fights.

 

[AWilder]

We've never seen kabib go to plan B, so it's highly unlikely he needs any major adjustment to fight his fight.

 

[Boxer]

khabib always has the same game plan, opponent does change that. not short notice for him

Exactly what I was going to say.

Its not as if Khabib is going to go from take downs to flying kicks because of Holloway.

Both Fergusson and Holloway are strikers with a similar-ish build.

Its almost like for like as far as Khabib is concerned.

 

[notsojollyrogerRIP]

Make no bones about it, this is a much easier matchup for the Russian.

 

[MMAProfessional]

Ehhh. As much as I like Max I think him and Ferguson are pretty similar with Ferguson having more threats. Ferguson has pretty good power and can knock people out where Max overwhelms his opponents. Then there's the obvious fact that Ferguson is the better grappler. This fight on paper seems like a much less dangerous fight for Khabib. I can't think of anything significant that Max posses that Tony doesn't offer.

 

[NikkiNeversleep]

He has less to worry about if he takes him down now.

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

i mean i'm pretty sure khabib's gameplan is the same for every single fight.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

As in not having enough time to come up with an effective training routine and gameplan for the fight.

Do you think Khabib might be unprepared and lack the automatic reactions to situations emphasized in training?

Will his fight IQ be tested more due to the short notice? Do you think unpreparedness and a quickly thrown together gameplan will result in a Khabib that is a little off?

I still dont believe he'll make the fight..... he's still got time to pull out

 

[robertcop2]

Khabib will be more affected than Max. He was getting ready for Tony, such a change is not good for him.

Doesn't make any difference, Khabib will win brutally anyway.

They both win.

 

[Norman Khabib]

I still dont believe he'll make the fight..... he's still got time to pull out

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[MayhemMonkey]

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[Norman Khabib]

 

[A.S. Deep]

Khabib is lucky in that he has the same gameplan for every opponent. Close the difference/ get opponent to the fence ----> takedown ----> smother/brutal GnP ------> Repeat for all rounds.

 

[Street Fighter 2]

Of course it will affect him, he's been training for Tony for like 3 months. He's only taking this fight because it's for the belt.