Edson fought an unintelligent fight against Khabib...

[hypocalking]

Wonder what his game plan was because it clearly was shit. All the attempting to reset to strike just let Khabib move in for the take down. Don't know if it is a bad habit Edson has but to back up bounce and look for a strike was horrible. I've seen him do this in other fights and you'd think Mark Henry or who ever Edson trains his wrestling with would have pointed out this would be a bad habit to implement fighting a guy like Khabib who just wants to take you down. Also missing from Edson's game is elbows. You'd think he'd have them in his arsenal. Nope. Just switch kick jab, wheel kick...

 

[21 Savage]

Yup idk why these supposed "elite" fighters cant figure out the same one dimensional style that has been ruining MMA since its inception.

Cant wait for Conor to send this blanket back to irrelevancy

 

[Sonny Qc]

Yup idk why these supposed "elite" fighters cant figure out the same one dimensional style that has been ruining MMA since its inception.

Cant wait for Conor to send this blanket back to irrelevancy

You think Conor would beat Khabib ?

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

barboza just doesn't have the boxing, so he couldn't fight going backwards and khabib wasn't giving him much room for kicks.


conor could catch khabib since he leaves his chin way up and jogs at you, ferguson could outlast khabib or catch a sub eventually since khabib is super active with GNP.


and call me crazy but i think someone like alvarez would be a good matchup for khabib.

 

[Breaking]

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
—Kenny Florian

 

[KotaroTheWolf]

You think Conor would beat Khabib ?

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Don't feed him.

 

[Novice4eva]

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
—Kenny Florian

Or tackled and smothered.

 

[nopeavi]

Also Barboza BJJ brown belt under a Renzo Gracie 4th Degree lol

 

[greenhawk]

He had a plan and that plan got pulverized after R1. After that he had nothing to do except survive for another 10mins.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Don't feed him.

 

[RyuHayabusa]

Everyne fights intelligently until this happens in 1st round

 

[VVarhead]

Stop shitting on Edson for losing against possibly the greatest LW ever, who by the way is 25-0.

His gameplan wasn't that bad, you're exaggerating. He had more success against Khabib than RDA had

 

[UFC=Pride]

Hard to win when your opponent is better at everything

 

[ThEiCeMaN6791]

He did what he could.

 

[elcj]

Yea he could have fought better, but I imagine it's super difficult to do much vs someone like Khabib.

Watching that fight, it was always just a matter of time before Khabib grabbed him and it's over. When you're fighting someone/something that moves like Khabib and only needs to grab you to guarantee a mauling, I imagine it's insanely tough to deal with.

But yea, you would think he would have trained better for someone so predictable. Didn't use kick-pushes or those oblique kicks that Jones loves. Sure that would have helped a bit.

 

[Troublesome10]

Edson game plan was fine. Lateral movement, leg kicks, try and get up from bottom rather than play any guard whatsoever, and go for big knees if Khabib shoots in with his lead low. He stuffed several TDs.
It's not that easy to just "gameplan" yourself out of having Khabib get a hold of you. It sometimes seems a little reckless, but Khabib is constantly cutting the cage and attacking with pressure. It is EXTREMELY difficult to deal with a guy that's pressuring you like that, especially when you know if it hits the ground you are getting your guard passed and your face beat on for the rest of the round.

 

[somocjcsom]

Wonder what his game plan was because it clearly was shit. All the attempting to reset to strike just let Khabib move in for the take down. Don't know if it is a bad habit Edson has but to back up bounce and look for a strike was horrible. I've seen him do this in other fights and you'd think Mark Henry or who ever Edson trains his wrestling with would have pointed out this would be a bad habit to implement fighting a guy like Khabib who just wants to take you down. Also missing from Edson's game is elbows. You'd think he'd have them in his arsenal. Nope. Just switch kick jab, wheel kick...

So you’re an expert and a coach now....hmmmm

 

[ThEiCeMaN6791]

Yup idk why these supposed "elite" fighters cant figure out the same one dimensional style that has been ruining MMA since its inception.

Cant wait for Conor to send this blanket back to irrelevancy

If you think grappling has been ruining MMA since day one then why do you watch? There’s plenty of kickboxing out there.

 

[GBcrazy]

Yup idk why these supposed "elite" fighters cant figure out the same one dimensional style that has been ruining MMA since its inception.

Cant wait for Conor to send this blanket back to irrelevancy

> says khabib is one dimensional
> brings up conor

You are a moron lul.

The only complete fighter we have is Tony anyway, but Khabib would beat up Conor.

 

[maxi diablo]

I actually thought Barboza did well. But man does khabib have a chin.