Khabib has lots of options upon return

[christopher]

He can first get a warm up fight of Tony Ferguson and get an easy win
He can fight GSP, he would be a slight favorite against GSP that's reaching 40, Dana doesn't want this fight however,

He can then go to welterweight and fight Masvidal and Colby, physically those 2 are not big welterweights
Masvidal would be the easier fight for Khabib, granted Masvidal does have great TDD
Colby would be his toughest test but I think Khabib has superior skills in grappling, and his iron chin would hold up well to Colby's stand up

These are all winnable fights for Khabib, not only that these are big names

if he can beat these 4 dudes, his resume would be undisputed mma goat.

and they are all huge money fights

If I'm Ali I would talk Khabib into this.

He won't go down as the undisputed MMA GOAT, unfortunately the 3 title defenses won't do it even if he does retire undefeated. Fedor and Jon Jones have a much more impressive resume.. Khabib sadly has daddy issue keeping him away from MMA greatness, he lost the desire to be great. It's sad to see happen but a truth Khabib fans will have to accept 2020 very likely is the last time he will fight in this decade. New names will come and people will sit there fantacizing about how khabib would beat this person or that person..

 

[tripleo]

He won't go down as the undisputed MMA GOAT, unfortunately the 3 title defenses won't do it even if he does retire undefeated. Fedor and Jon Jones have a much more impressive resume.. Khabib sadly has daddy issue keeping him away from MMA greatness, he lost the desire to be great. It's sad to see happen but a truth Khabib fans will have to accept 2020 very likely is the last time he will fight in this decade. New names will come and people will sit there fantacizing about how khabib would beat this person or that person..

nah, He will come back

Ali already hinting Khabib is talking with Dana White, Khabib is just using leverage to get the GSP fight

however there will be very few fights left for him, maybe 1 or 2

as the Khabib fam, I am holding my breath rooting for Khamzat nowadays

 

[christopher]

nah, He will come back

Ali already hinting Khabib is talking with Dana White, Khabib is just using leverage to get the GSP fight

however there will be very few fights left for him, maybe 1 or 2

as the Khabib fam, I am holding my breath rooting for Khamzat nowadays

Nah man they will try and pressure the guy into fighting when he already quit mentally more than I think I've ever seen someone just stop and say Ya, I don't ever want to fight again, you hear people say that but the way he quoted his mom and made it a point to make sure he stuck to his word, was quite impressive but at the same time kind of says it all. Khabib was cut from a different cloth and it was cool to see his rise, but C'est la Vie

 

[Peli]

He can first get a warm up fight of Tony Ferguson and get an easy win
He can fight GSP, he would be a slight favorite against GSP that's reaching 40, Dana doesn't want this fight however,

He can then go to welterweight and fight Masvidal and Colby, physically those 2 are not big welterweights
Masvidal would be the easier fight for Khabib, granted Masvidal does have great TDD
Colby would be his toughest test but I think Khabib has superior skills in grappling, and his iron chin would hold up well to Colby's stand up

These are all winnable fights for Khabib, not only that these are big names

if he can beat these 4 dudes, his resume would be undisputed mma goat.

and they are all huge money fights

If I'm Ali I would talk Khabib into this.

Warm up fight? You act like he's been gone for two years

 

[Satan's Daddy.]

Move up and challenge usman for the belt and then retire as the undisputed goat.. Even surpass GSP because we all know Usman>Bisping.

 

[Brettco]

Because it would be easy money, and put that stupid discussion to rest
just last year if you make a poll who would win between Khabib and Tony, almost half the population actually pick Tony
it's a good way to shut the casuals/haters up for good

He is the only ufc fighter that doesn't care about money. And hes rich beyond his wildest dreams. And he doesn't even care about money btw! He's done

 

[Mma23]

nah, He will come back

Ali already hinting Khabib is talking with Dana White, Khabib is just using leverage to get the GSP fight

however there will be very few fights left for him, maybe 1 or 2

as the Khabib fam, I am holding my breath rooting for Khamzat nowadays

Is it literally only because he’s Muslim? I really don’t get this archaic shit. I cheer for fighters based on their fighting styles and personalities.

 

[Gambit MMA]

Colby fight made sense if both were champs these past few years. That ship has sailed

 

[Deleted member 567183]

I want to see Khabib vs Oliveira

 

[Deleted member 567183]

Khabib is done. He's got his hands full in retirement. Opening gyms for disadvantaged street kids around the world, his own MMA org. He has nothing to gain from coming back.

Only 1 thing he will gain if he returns and that is defending the belt 1 more time and break the record for the most title defenses in LW History

 

[Deleted member 567183]

I doubt he will come back to fight WW's. He already said he wouldn't fight GSP at a catch weight, it had to be at 155.

It became harder for Khabib to cut to 155

 

[Deleted member 567183]

Khabib has at most 1 more fight to go 30-0

Khabib will not go out like former legends such as Chuck, Anderson, BJ etc.

He knows when it call it a day

The fight that makes sense for Khabib (If he comes back) is Oliveria because he is on a 7-8 fight winning streak and Khabib did not fought him yet

 

[Deleted member 567183]

I doubt that Khabib is gonna fight another 4 times. If he comes back it's to get that 30-0 and then he's probably gone for good after that. I don't think he has any intention to move to WW either.

1 big fight and thats it imho

The only fight for Khabib right now is Charles Oliveria other than that he defeated everybody

 

[Deleted member 567183]

Move up and challenge usman for the belt and then retire as the undisputed goat.. Even surpass GSP because we all know Usman>Bisping.

Usman himself said that he dont want to fight Khabib because they are friends

 

[Sakuraba7]

Khabib has at most 1 more fight to go 30-0

Khabib will not go out like former legends such as Chuck, Anderson, BJ etc.

He knows when it call it a day

Definitely. But I would like to see him go 32-0 as well. Including a few defenses.

 

[gaffbyknees2]

Lol idiots still asking for this Tony nonsense

 

[Sakuraba7]

He is the only ufc fighter that doesn't care about money. And hes rich beyond his wildest dreams. And he doesn't even care about money btw! He's done

He's definitely coming back to get 30-0. Nobody retires at 29-0. That was Dana telling him to do that, just so they can market a mega comeback fight.

I would like to see Khabib pack MSG in New York. Then go on an overseas tour before retiring. A fight in Germany, and a fight in Russia. Then retire for good. Would easily pack 100k in each if they wanted to.

 

[MCS]

For a guy who's very close to retirement I don't see taking the challenge of moving up 15 pounds to risk the 30-0 his dad wanted. I believe you move up if you are still hungry and very much active.

It looks like this is it for Khabib or 1 more fight at LW.

Conor is too much of a headache to listen to and deal with in general, and the first fight was decisive enough. Only thing is money, but money hasn't been the number 1 thing for Khabib.

Wanting the top contender at LW has been.

Tony is far removed now. He would've needed to beat Do Bronx, as Khabib cares about LW history, he has studied all the top fighters past and present. But Do Bronx himself isn't a important fight for legacy. He's not established enough.

If the GSP fight is off the table then I don't see an appealing fight for Khabib. I think a good option pulls him back to train for 30-0. But if that's not there then 29-0 and sheep farming, promoting and business it is.

 

[LetThemBleed]

Move up and challenge usman for the belt and then retire as the undisputed goat.. Even surpass GSP because we all know Usman>Bisping.

Had ample opportunity to do that whilst not retired. Zero chance he comes back and faces Usman. At best he might pull a GSP trick and come back against the WW equivalent of 'Ping. Zero intersest seeing him fight a 40 year old GSP at a weight class GSP's never fought at either tbh. The Conor fight only makes any sense if Conor absolutely starches Dustin then starches one of Gaethje or Oliviera. The UFC would throw money at Khabib to make that match up and it would do easily over 2 million ppvs, hell possibly could break even 3 million.

 

[LetThemBleed]

Lol idiots still asking for this Tony nonsense

Just trying to deal with the sadness it never happened perhaps? Just sad seeing Tony get run over now, I kinda hoped the Justin performance was a one off aberration given the double weight cut. Oliviera put that notion to bed.