Media Dustin Poirier says Khabib held up division and cost him title. Was Khabib worried about Conor being champion?

Khabib’s hatred for Conor is unmatched, he’s even telling children 10 years after the fight how he wish he could have killed Conor.
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religion of peace strikes back
ohh wait, its Ali Abdelaziz AI-generated this video and posted it for Khabib
 
koa pomaikai said:
DP’s point wasn’t that he deserved it, but that he would have got it.

Regardless of if you think DP vs Conor should have been for a title, it almost certainly would have been given both were just contenders and Mcgregor being the biggest draw in the sport.

It is hard to deny the fact that had Khabib formally retired, Mcgregor vs Poirier would be for the title.
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Khabib's own "retirement" speech ends with him saying he doesn't care about Conor/Dustin 2 coming up as he already choked out both of them. He was aware that night that that was supposed to be his #1 contender fight for who was next.

By not actually retiring and vacating the belt he DID screw over Poirier who would've been fighting for a vacant title that night instead of just a contender fight.
 
I mean they could have made Dustin vs Conor 3 for the best and no one would have batted an eye. So it's still a UFC/Dana strategy.
 
Ghostoftheville said:
When you retire in ring and refuse to take any other fights that's a retirement. Dana and the UFC refused to pull the proverbial trigger and strip the champ that was refusing to fight anybody
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Tell me you didn't read anything I said.

Khabib SAID it was his last fight in the ring. He then NEVER ACTUALLY did anything he needed to ACTUALLY retire and thus WAS STILL an active fighter on the roster and holding up the division by his refusal to do so.

HE HIMSELF ADMITTED ALL THIS
 
Sounds like coping, did he not have multiple chances to win the title? He lost a title fight to Khabib, Islam, and Oliviera. Also earlier in his career if he didn't get KOed by Michael Johnson he would've gotten a title shot before Khabib took over.
 
markg171 said:
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"So they are supposed to have the next fights in May or June. There's some time for match-making. But I'd like it all to be decided and I let Dana know that I don't want to hold it all up.

"I said my word, I've done everything I wanted to achieve in this sport.

"I'll feel relieved," the 32-year-old said. "Like a weight off my shoulders. Let them just fight for the vacant title. Let them fight for the No.1 contender spot. I have no problem with that."


Tell me you didn't read anything I said.

Khabib SAID it was his last fight in the ring. He then NEVER ACTUALLY did anything he needed to ACTUALLY retire and thus WAS STILL an active fighter on the roster and holding up the division by his refusal to do so.

HE HIMSELF ADMITTED ALL THIS
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arent you just contradicting what you are claiming ?, your previous ' quote' from Khabib above this which Ive underlined.

perhaps no one reads anything you write because its just whiny , spiteful dogshit.
Seriously one gives a shit , except you and Muderkick_HC..er I mean Koa you need to let it go , you will have an aneurism the way you are going.
 
Strijfy said:
arent you just contradicting what you are claiming ?, your previous ' quote' from Khabib above this which Ive underlined.

perhaps no one reads anything you write because its just whiny , spiteful dogshit.
Seriously one gives a shit , except you and Muderkick_HC..er I mean Koa you need to let it go , you will have an aneurism the way you are going.
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Do you think actually retired fighters can be champions or something

My god man. Everything indicated he hadn't actually formally retired and then he openly admitted it as he hadn't vacated and was holding up the division as he wouldn't vacate before a new title fight happened.

AKA he kept the belt and hadn't retired and wouldn't be until then. He simply wasn't taking more fights.

Which obviously eventually angered the UFC like it.
 
Khabib retired right after the Justin fight. It's not his fault Dana thought he could lure him back.
 
honzo said:
Khabib never really led anyone on, it was Dana. The same shit Dana did with Jon Jones recently.
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Nah, Jones said after the Stipe fight that he decided not to retire and would fight again.
 
Dustin had 3 title shots. Conor v dustin 2 did not deserve to be for a title.

Khabib retired after the justin fight. Dana didnt want to let him go.

Dustin had 3 chances. He didnt deserve the jslam fight.
 
ah yes the 2 year long Dustin Poirier retirement parade.

quote Liam Neeson quotes from the Gray,

speak non-stop about teasing the retirement fight

ends up a mf he's beaten 2 times and now is quite simply, past his prime (Max)

revisionism as has been his lead up to the fight.

no dustin you getting absolutely whooped by Khabib, Islam and Do bronx is what cost you the title.
 
Dustin is still a greater fighter than Connor all time and Conor was a champ. That's how I feel about it.
 
Karate Kid said:
ends up a mf he's beaten 2 times and now is quite simply, past his prime (Max)
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Yeah I don't really understand why he would want this fight. The up side is he beats a guy he beat already, adding nothing to his legacy. The downside - He loses to a guy who he already beat twice and might be past his prime.
 
markg171 said:
Saying you're retired =/= you're retired. Retirement for fighters is a legal process like it is with any other profession. Fighters need to formally inform the UFC in writing of retirement otherwise they remain active fighters with the organization, and therefore still appear eligible for ranking and testing purposes.

Even I can find this information just through basic publicly available info on the testing and ranking sites. Athletes and their management all know this a hell of a lot better than I would too. Khabib's own team mate Cormier had retired 2 months before Khabib's fight with Justin. They were all well aware of what steps a fighter needs to do to retire and Khabib wasn't doing them.

Cejudo and Cormier were immediately pulled from testing, rankings, and matchup offerings because they actually formally retired. Khabib was not because he didn't. Dana wasn't "not accepting it" because Khabib was keeping his active status with the UFC so of course Dana kept offering him fights.

March is when after that final meeting Khabib and his team finally did all the paperwork to actually retire. One of his managers even admitted that in an Instagram post at the time.
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Where do you find this info that a fighter has write a formal letter to retire? Just a few weeks ago Dana said Jones called them to officially retire.
 
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