- Joined
- Feb 7, 2015
- Messages
- 13,269
- Reaction score
- 9,672
Khabib throwing salt in that wound
Khabib on Conor: I expected him to be Mentally Tougher
- Thread starter Mesos
- Start date
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2009
- Messages
- 29,282
- Reaction score
- 19,562
After you knocked him down, beat on him from on top for nearly an entire round, he escaped to his feet and laughed in your face and came out swinging again.
He was certainly mentally tougher than guys like Poirier and Gaethje who folded at the first sign of adversity.
He was certainly mentally tougher than guys like Poirier and Gaethje who folded at the first sign of adversity.
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2011
- Messages
- 18,758
- Reaction score
- 5,098
Khagoat does what Khagoat wants
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2011
- Messages
- 18,758
- Reaction score
- 5,098
I've seen plenty idiots laugh before they got their asses kickedAfter you knocked him down, beat on him from on top for nearly an entire round, he escaped to his feet and laughed in your face and came out swinging again.
He was certainly mentally tougher than guys like Poirier and Gaethje who folded at the first sign of adversity.
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2013
- Messages
- 6,918
- Reaction score
- 3,826
I mean to me Conor actually showed how tough he was In that fight, I thought it was over after khabib started mauling and gnp him like crazy in round two. But he took his ass whipping and went on to win the next round even though it was khabib recovering round but still if he was mentally defeated he wouldn’t of won the third and would just be scared of doing anything in that round.
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2018
- Messages
- 412
- Reaction score
- 473
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2009
- Messages
- 29,282
- Reaction score
- 19,562
So a skill difference, not a mental toughness difference. Thanks for agreeing.
Also Conor laughed and then went on to win the next round. So not really applicable.
- Joined
- Aug 26, 2011
- Messages
- 20,839
- Reaction score
- 4,720
he wasn't that composed, he let his emotions get the best of him in the second round and nearly punched himself out. If Conor had better cardio Khabib might have been in serious trouble.
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2019
- Messages
- 8,199
- Reaction score
- 17,027
Didn’t he nearly submit Conor with a kimura in the second round? As far as I remember the only reason he wasn’t able to finish it was because of Conor’s cheating lmao.
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2013
- Messages
- 8,985
- Reaction score
- 4,104
Yeah, Khabib broke him.
- Joined
- Jun 8, 2006
- Messages
- 11,094
- Reaction score
- 8,220
Oh, you want to deflect and point to examples outside of their fight?
Yes, clearly Conor's mental composure was soooo high when he threw a dolly at a bus...when he slapped a phone out of a guy's hand...when he punched an OLD MAN on a bar stool...when he...
- Joined
- Aug 26, 2011
- Messages
- 20,839
- Reaction score
- 4,720
that's true. I'm not a Conor fan, I just said Khabib let his emotions get to him and nearly punched himself out in the second. I was rooting for Khabib and was concerned he might have a problem due to using that much energy but fortunately Conor's cardio sucks so he couldn't take advantage of it besides winning a close round in the 3rd.
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2016
- Messages
- 11,004
- Reaction score
- 18,099
Different culture, hard to judge
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2008
- Messages
- 9,260
- Reaction score
- 7,852
grasping at strawsAfter you knocked him down, beat on him from on top for nearly an entire round, he escaped to his feet and laughed in your face and came out swinging again.
He was certainly mentally tougher than guys like Poirier and Gaethje who folded at the first sign of adversity.
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2015
- Messages
- 7,821
- Reaction score
- 3,596
in before Conor fans claim he said, "it's only kisses" <45>
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2006
- Messages
- 18,674
- Reaction score
- 14,908
Conor was beaten before he even entered the cage, hence the whiskey compensation.
It was just his turn to suffer the same fate he inflicted upon others (with his badgering pre-fight antagonism).
It was just his turn to suffer the same fate he inflicted upon others (with his badgering pre-fight antagonism).
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2009
- Messages
- 29,338
- Reaction score
- 19,420
He did that because he is above all the trash surrounding that octagon so he makes his own rules. Khabib bless.
fully agree with your post, it was amazing from that aspect alone.“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.”
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.
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2009
- Messages
- 29,338
- Reaction score
- 19,420
That fight turned Conor from contender to meme instantly.
Conor fans 2 years later coping as they can. "But but he jumped from the cage". Lol.
