Khabib outstruck Barbosa in the stand-up

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Just imagine how badly Khabib would have fucked up glass-hearted, quitter Cerrone if they ended up fighting.
 
Yeah, Barboza was done after the 1st. He was just looking to minimize damage, which he actually did pretty well. He got destroyed in the 1st though.
 
Why bring Cerrone into this
It’s not 2014 anymore
 
Khabib does hurt people on the feet but it never gets noticed becouse he goes directly to the TD
 
You could see after he badly beat up Edson on the ground in round 1 that he was just full on confident he was going to win and went right after him standing. I know Khabib is a pressure fighter anyway, but I think he was more measured and leery of Edson's power in round 1, as well he should be. Once he put the hurting on him and sensed the blood in the water, he was going full brunt forward, throwing knees and punches, etc.

To Edson's credit, he still threw big strikes late when he must have been exhausted and was clearly hurt. There was that one spin kick that looked to me like it connected but Khabib just sort of ate it without issue. That's scary.

Damn good fight. Great performance from Khabib. Nice show of heart from Barboza. Many others would have wilted and gotten stopped.
 
Barboza was concussed after the first. A lot easier to outstrike someone when you've beaten them senseless and made them gunshy. Also, Barboza has great kicks but not so great hands and Khabib's pressure made it impossible for Edson to get off many kicks.
 
Threat of the takedown. Is normal.
 
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Thought this thread was gonna be more about the fight tonight than a random hate thread about Cerrone.

Weak as fuck
 
Now that was a beatdown. I bet Barboza has a headache for at least a week. But he didn't quit...
 
Barboza has shit boxing this is no surprise at all. Remember, that jew was beating up barboza standing before getting sparked with that knee
Go watch Barboza-pettis fight and you will know his boxing is not shit.He got some of the fastest hand in LW.
 
Yeah, but in an imaginary striking fight outside of the context of MMA, his striking would suck.

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