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

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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I've never understood the whole khabib is a natural WW thing. You can visibly see he's not a big LW, and he's weighed less in the cage than many of his opponents. He definitely isn't great at cutting weight, and he packs it on in between fights is where it comes from, but you would think MMA fans understood combat sports better......NOPE
 
For sure. He deserves whatever he wants if he comes back. The man paid his dues.
 
Sure and if Usman isn't the champ, I could see Khabib pulling a GSP by moving up and beating a lesser champion, but I doubt we ever see Khabib make a return.
 
JonJonesNeedle said:
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
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I'm not trying to seem like a hater. He would have some success at 170, but the thing is, if he came back he would be fighting the best of the best at the weight class and not guys who are fringe title contenders. He would more than likely lose to those guys.

Still, he's never coming back and this is all speculation.
 
Can he? Sure. But he should probably do as GSP did and wait for a beatable champ. And I mean that for both WW and LW.
 
Tevfik1907 said:
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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Usman was 189lbs in cage against Colby in their first fight
Khabib was 173lbs in cage against Conor.

They're a full weight class apart.
If they fought at WW, Khabib would be about 180lbs and be giving up about 10lbs on fight night. That's a lot in a WW fight.

Also, Khabib weighed into some of his WW fights in Russia well below 170lbs. He was still a skinny kid at that point, but they took any fight they could get for reasons you stated.

This is the massive 19 year old WW Khabib that fought in Russia LOL
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Hatorade said:
Usman was 189lbs in cage against Colby in their first fight
Khabib was 173lbs in cage against Conor.

They're a full weight class apart.
If they fought at WW, Khabib would be about 180lbs and be giving up about 10lbs on fight night. That's a lot in a WW fight.
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He could bulk up 10 Ibs.
Not a big deal
 
Whitestallion said:
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,
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Lmfao... Conor's ball bag must hurt bad with all you cats hanging off if it like that.

He smoked Conor, and would do it even easier now, stop fooling yourself sir.
 
Yes. Instant title shot.

any champion moves up they get an insta-title shot. These are marquee match ups and the ones fans like the best
 
Reign009 said:
If he wanted it, he'd probably get it but I don't think he wants it.
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now let's start a new one... how would he do vs Usman at 170?
Let's assume he is just as good as after his last fight vs Gaethje and there is no deterioration from retirement/time off.
I think that is a damn good fight. No clear favorite IMO. My head says Usman but my heart says Khabib. I go with my heart for this one and bet Khabib at evens.

(If he came back now after 2 years off and likely not training as hard as he used to - I'd def take Usman)
 
Of course they would give it to him,but he is retired and not coming back.
 
Usman publicly said many years back that he’d never fight Khabib.

That’s why Khabib never moved to WW when he won the LW title. If Colby was champ then his loud mouth might’ve convinced Khabib to move up to 170 and whoop Colby’s ass. All Colby would have to do is talk a ton of shit about Khabib’s family and religion.

for the record Islam has also said publicly that he’ll move up to WW after a couple title defences at LW fwiw.
 
LoveMyMMA said:
Usman publicly said many years back that he’d never fight Khabib.

That’s why Khabib never moved to WW when he won the LW title. If Colby was champ then his loud mouth might’ve convinced Khabib to move up to 170 and whoop Colby’s ass. All Colby would have to do is talk a ton of shit about Khabib’s family and religion.

for the record Islam has also said publicly that he’ll move up to WW after a couple title defences at LW fwiw.
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Thats no real reason why. If Khabib wanted it,he would take it. The point is Khabib had plenty on his plate at 155 when he was active,and there was no reason to go up to 170. Yes he was undefeated and dominant,but its hard fuckin work to be that good.
 
HHJ said:
Thats no real reason why. If Khabib wanted it,he would take it. The point is Khabib had plenty on his plate at 155 when he was active,and there was no reason to go up to 170. Yes he was undefeated and dominant,but its hard fuckin work to be that good.
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Yeah agreed. But I'm just saying had the tragedy not happened with his father, I do believe Khabib would've moved up to WW if Usman wasn't the champion.
There was no other challenge left for him at LW and he obviously wouldn't have retired had his father not passed. He started the "Islam next LW champion" campaign after the Poirier fight.
Meaning the only fights that he'd be interested in after Gaethje would've been GSP and the big dawgs at WW (minus Usman).
 
GSP came out due to the matchup. Khabib doesn’t want anything to do with Usman.
 
StonedLemur said:
Lmfao... Conor's ball bag must hurt bad with all you cats hanging off if it like that.

He smoked Conor, and would do it even easier now, stop fooling yourself sir.
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He did out grapple (mainly) a 145er, and he made it look GOOOOOOD, he's the fucking best. But that punch changes a man, he knows at 170 they're gonna laugh at that power and not have a size advantage
 
He does. Not saying whether or not he deserves it but if he calls Dana today and says he wants to fight for the WW title he jumps the line immediately. Usman beats him, Colby and Khabib would be a closer fight than people seem to think from either side.
 
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