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I think gregor gillespie will beat khabib

He has clean boxing knockouts, dramatic ground and pound, insane takedowns, and can smother. He’s shown bits of everything in every fight and has definitely not been exposed in the slightest

I disagree. He had a tough time doing anything in his last fight until Medeiros gassed. It was the first time I wasn’t blown away by his skills. It was still impressive, but I personally feel it showed he won’t be able to replicate his earlier performances against the division’s elite.
 
stylistically he is his toughest match up in that division for sure but he is really small compared to Khabib and I feel like he would get outmuscled
nah. khabib is his toughest match up. khabib is a better wrestler/grappler/striker. why do people assume that any wrestler beats khabib. khabib is a wrestler and it goes both way.
 
I could have sworn he was signed to fight a top 10 fighter finally, but cannot find any evidence?

Anyone? Did I take a rumor too seriously? Were they talking about Kevin Lee or something like that, but it never materialized?
 
nah. khabib is his toughest match up. khabib is a better wrestler/grappler/striker. why do people assume that any wrestler beats khabib. khabib is a wrestler and it goes both way.

Did you even read what i wrote?
 
Did you even read what i wrote?
yes. my point is that just like any decent wrestler would on paper present problems for khabib, khabib presents problems for them regardless of the size. Gregor has a similar game plan to khabib, which is takedown and smash until they give a neck or a limb or get a tko/decision win. you think someone with the same game plan as khabib wouldnt have problems imposing that game plan ON khabib regardless of size? taking khabib down, controlling him down and outgrappling him is 20 times harder than doing it to Yancy.
 
yes. my point is that just like any decent wrestler would on paper present problems for khabib, khabib presents problems for them regardless of the size. Gregor has a similar game plan to khabib, which is takedown and smash until they give a neck or a limb or get a tko/decision win. you think someone with the same game plan as khabib wouldnt have problems imposing that game plan ON khabib regardless of size? taking khabib down, controlling him down and outgrappling him is 20 times harder than doing it to Yancy.

It goes both ways though. Khabib hasn't fought any wrestlers close to his level yet either so we can't really judge based on that. All we can compare is what different wrestlers did to non wrestlers which isn't really anything to go by at the end of the day. Gregor is too small so I don't see him winning. I#ve said for a long time that I think Kevin Lee can beat Khabib but I think he lacks the gas tank. If Gaethje has the defensive wrestling to stay on his feet he would demolish Khabib. Those are the match ups that would give him trouble in my opinion
 
Gregor is like a pint sized Khabib. I have honestly no idea how anyone could think that Gregor would beat him.
 
Gregor is too small and way too old.

Young stud Khabib (30) will beat up old man Gregor (32) up real bad

#KHABIBBLESS
 
It goes both ways though. Khabib hasn't fought any wrestlers close to his level yet either so we can't really judge based on that. All we can compare is what different wrestlers did to non wrestlers which isn't really anything to go by at the end of the day. Gregor is too small so I don't see him winning. I#ve said for a long time that I think Kevin Lee can beat Khabib but I think he lacks the gas tank. If Gaethje has the defensive wrestling to stay on his feet he would demolish Khabib. Those are the match ups that would give him trouble in my opinion
gaethje is mainly a striker now so i wouldnt count on him. as for the rest it goes both ways like you said. someone like kevin lee/gregor has also never faced a wrestler like khabib.
 
Khabib should just fight gsp and get his first loss out of the way.
gsp is almost 38 and if the fight happens he would be like 39 with only a single fight in like 7 years. i would recommend you putting your money on khabib. he would finish current day gsp inside 4.
 
He got boo’d in his hometown last fight

Tony, debatably the most exciting fighter at LW, on an 11 fight streak is having trouble getting a shot at the actual title

I can’t even imagine what kind of streak Gregor is going to have to go on to get one
 
gaethje is mainly a striker now so i wouldnt count on him. as for the rest it goes both ways like you said. someone like kevin lee/gregor has also never faced a wrestler like khabib.

Gaethje's level of wrestling is the unknown factor here. He was a NCAA Div 1 wrestler though so he is no scrub and as far as I know I've never seen him get taken down and controlled EVER. I think he only got taken down like 2 or 3 times in his career when he was completely gassed and even then he popped right back up.
 
Gaethje's level of wrestling is the unknown factor here. He was a NCAA Div 1 wrestler though so he is no scrub and as far as I know I've never seen him get taken down and controlled EVER. I think he only got taken down like 2 or 3 times in his career when he was completely gassed and even then he popped right back up.
90% of mma fighters are strikers that shoot for takedowns when theyre tagged. barboza was taken down for like 3-5 years before the khabib fight. it means nothing if strikers cant take him down.
 
gsp is almost 38 and if the fight happens he would be like 39 with only a single fight in like 7 years. i would recommend you putting your money on khabib. he would finish current day gsp inside 4.
Khabib is very one dimensional compared to GSP. Plus what Khabib does best, GSP does better. I wouldn't give Khabib much of a chance.
 
actually when wrestling the smaller guy has an advantage of taking you down because their level is already lowered enough so they can shoot on you easier because youre bigger and the bigger you are the harder you fall. the taller guy has to get in his wrestling stance and change levels to the short guys size but the short guy could evade by stuffing the takedown or by last resourt sprawling
Lmao, stfu
 
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