Khabib on Conor: I expected him to be Mentally Tougher

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“Conor’s trash talk? Yes, he had talked for a while [during the fight], but when I started pushing him, he immediately switched to the ‘it’s just business‘ mode [referencing what McGregor said in the cage]”

“ I was a bit disappointed. I expected him to be mentally tougher. When I was grounding-and-pounding him, talking to him, and he responded that it was “just business” it looked like he was trying to calm me down to avoid a real beating.

Nurmagomedov likened the whole ordeal to ‘a son trying to justify himself in front of his angry father’

‘Psychology is a very strong tool’, the Dagestan fighter concluded.”

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Honestly Khabibs mental destruction of Conor was the most impressive thing about the fight in my opinion. Khabib utterly broke him. Think thats the most mentally defeated a fighter has been in a fight before.
 
I believe conor was saying that in response to khabib taking his shit talking so seriously. But idk, not to defend conrad but i actually don't consider him mentally weak. He seems to be unaffected by big moments, and doesnt hesitate.
 
Mesos said:
“Conor’s trash talk? Yes, he had talked for a while [during the fight], but when I started pushing him, he immediately switched to the ‘it’s just business‘ mode [referencing what McGregor said in the cage]”

“ I was a bit disappointed. I expected him to be mentally tougher. When I was grounding-and-pounding him, talking to him, and he responded that it was “just business” it looked like he was trying to calm me down to avoid a real beating.

Nurmagomedov likened the whole ordeal to ‘a son trying to justify himself in front of his angry father’

‘Psychology is a very strong tool’, the Dagestan fighter concluded.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-ie/sport/box...him-about-fighting-conor-mcgregor/ar-BB1cgrQz


Honestly Khabibs mental destruction of Conor was the most impressive thing about the fight in my opinion. Khabib utterly broke him. Think thats the most mentally defeated a fighter has been in a fight before.
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Khabib was mentally stronger absolutely, but your last two lines are utter bollocks, there have been hundreds of fights over the years where somebody mentally acquiesced, and a lot worse than Conor did.
 
I feel like you can see every fighter break under Khabib. Some have openly talked about it too. His GnP is ferocious.

Who knows how Conor meant it tho. He might have been saying it to asuage Khabib or not.
 
Darbo said:
Khabib was mentally stronger absolutely, but your last two lines are utter bollocks, there have been hundreds of fights over the years where somebody mentally acquiesced, and a lot worse than Conor did.
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I guess In lesser fights maybe, but in such a big fight only few come to mind. Forrest Griffins running out of the Octagon was a bad one too so I guess that one was worse. Post fight you also had the one with Ronda hiding her face behind a pillow lol
 
SakurabasEar said:
I believe conor was saying that in response to khabib taking his shit talking so seriously. But idk, not to defend conrad but i actually don't consider him mentally weak. He seems to be unaffected by big moments, and doesnt hesitate.
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People exaggerate so much on here it's unreal. Most of it is just low-key fighter bashing and trolling from people who don't even care to watch the fights.
 
Well, Khabib is now retired, and Conor keeps on fighting.

No doubt Khabib beat Conor, but also no doubt Khabib didn't lose a round vs Conor on purpose.
 
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